Saturday, January 26, 2013 I got together with 15 other adults to choose our Mock Newbery winner. The "committee" consisted of a variety of book lovers who'd been following SJCPL Mock Newbery blog throughout the year.We had many books on the table:
- The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Crow by Barbara Wright
- Splendors & Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech
- Chickadee by Louise Erdich
- Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
- Keeping the Castle by Patricia Kindl
- Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
- Moonbird by Philip Hoose
- No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Michaeux Nelson
- Son by Lois Lowry
- Miles to Go For Freedom by Linda Osborne
- Wonder by RJ Palacio
- The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
- The Lions of Little Rock by Kristine Levine
- Starry River of the Sky by Grace Lin
- Temple Grandin by Sy Montgomery
- The Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker
- The Unfortunate Son by Constance Leeds
- What Came from the Stars by Gary Schmidt
We ruled out several books right away then spent the rest of he day talking about the strenthgs and weakneses of the remaining books. Each person also had one or two books she wanted to go to bat for. Mine was Splendors and Glooms and Temple Grandin.
We ended with
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz - Winner
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz - Winner
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin - honor
No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Nelson - honor
The students met for two afternoons and awarded:
Wonder by RJ Palacio - Winner
Lions of Little Rock by Kristine Levine - honor
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz - honor
Summer of the Gypsy Moths by Sara Pennypacker - honor
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead - honor
Only a few hours left to see what the real committee picks!!
I can hardly wait!
The webcast starts at 8am in Seattle so that's 11 am my time. Here's a link in case you want to watch it too!
