There were some constraints on our book choices - mainly, because of our system's fiscal year we could not choose books published past Oct. 2009 because we feared we might not get them in time.
Books were chosen not only because of their literary excellence, but also with a mind on genre and stylistic differences.
So without further ado, here are the books we will be reading:
Mock Newbery:
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything But Typical
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces (review #1)
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician’s Elephant
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Peck, Richard. A Season of Gifts
Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me (review #1)
Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (review #1)
Woodson, Jacqueline. Peace, Locomotion
Mock Printz:
Anderson, Laurie Halse - Wintergirls
Burg, Ann E. – All the Broken Pieces (review #1 and yes we are doing this for both Newbery and Printz!)
Chen, Justine Headley – North of Beautiful (review #1)
Chima, Cindy Williams – The Demon King (review #1)
Larbalestier, Justine – Liar (review #1)
Ryan, Carrie – In the Forest of Hands and Teeth (review #1)
Tan, Shaun – Tales From Outer Suburbia
Thompson, Kate – Creature of the Night (review #1)
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2 comments:
I wish my lib did this. It sounds like so much fun!
Who won? Do you know yet?
The discussion takes place in December and January - so still a ways off yet. It'll be interesting. I had expected to find a clear favorite early on and I'm finding all the books so well written I think it will be very hard to choose. I think hearing other people's viewpoints and what stuck in their craw, so to speak, will be very informative.
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