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By: Jenny Miller,
on 1/25/2012
By: Annie Beth Ericsson,
on 1/12/2011
1. Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool (Newbery) / I love surprises, and so does the Newbery! So this underrated debut novel, set in 1930s Kansas, is sure to send booksellers and librarians scrambling to put copies on the shelves. Can’t wait to see if it lives up to the top dog award!
2. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Printz) / When it comes to YA, no trend sucks me in more than dystopian fiction. The story of Nailer, a scavenger who finds a wealthy girl trapped among the wreckage of Gulf Coast oil ships, has intrigued me since it was nominated for a National Book Award. I’m hoping the action is as gripping and bold as the novel’s graphic cover.
3. One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia (Coretta Scott King, Newbery Honor) / If I had to place bets on a winner before the awards came out . . . this would’ve been my pick, because everyone’s been raving about it for ages. And something tells me those 3 sisters on their Brooklyn-to-California adventure are gonna steal my heart too.
4. Dark Emperor and Other Poems Of The Night by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen (Newbery Honor) / Three cheers for a picture book getting a Newbery, not just a Caldecott, Honor! It’s wonderful to see authors of books for younger readers be recognized, because it’s just as hard to say something beautiful in few words as it is to say in many.
1 Comments on Top Ten Award Winners On My To-Read List, last added: 1/13/2011
By: Jenny Miller,
on 1/10/2011
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| 2011 Randolph Caldecott Medal Written by Philip C. Stead Illustrated by Erin E. Stead Roaring Book Press |
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| 2011 John Newbery Medal By Clare Vanderpool Delacorte Books |
Quick note to say that I read Ship Breaker a couple months ago and LOVED it. Wait till you meet the dog-men…reminiscent of Hunger Games Mutts but oh so much more wonderfully complex–and much less creepy.