We’ve finished introducing our first round of mock Newbery
contenders. The reading list at right
now contains links to the posts for each of our first seven books.
Going forward, we envision using SurveyMonkey to whittle down
our initial list of seven books to three.
To these three, we will add a new selection of books as the fall titles
begin appearing. Ultimately, we will
pare our list down to the winner, to be announced just before the official
Newbery Medal winner is revealed at the ALA Youth Media Awards on January 28, 2013.
How can you participate?
1.
Leave us a comment. Did you read the first seven books?
2.
Join in the conversation. Click the links at right for each book and
share your thoughts.
3.
Comment on this or any other post with
suggestions for books we should add to the reading list.
Thanks.
Well I will throw my hat in with Wonder, The Lions of Little Rock and May B.
ReplyDeleteI have yet to read Wonder, so I can't weigh in yet with an opinion. I'm creeping up the holds list. Last time I checked, I was #9. Thanks for being the first to voice a preference. It's so difficult when all of the choices are good!
ReplyDeleteI have read 4 of the 7 - I think "Lions of Little Rock" and "One and Only Ivan" might be contenders. I am not on the "Wonder" bandwagon. I think it has problems with plot and voice. I loved "May B" but think the committee will not deem it "deep" enough. Still to read for me - "Crow", "Glory Be" and "Mighty Miss Malone".
ReplyDeleteBiblia, I'm not on the Wonder bandwagon either. I found it disjointed and a bit too long, not to mention that it sabotages itself with the ending. I still have to read Crow. Miss Malone and Lions of Little Rock are my favorites so far, with tight storytelling and well rounded characters.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to revisit May B.
Crow just took far to long to get into the story, and I felt myself trudging along through it, however I would not be surprised if it got something just because it is talking about an event that is not well known, and it is historical and we know they love the historical. I Really loved Lions, I thought the characters are well-developed and it was a great read. I don't know I just liked Wonder.
ReplyDeleteWhen I read Crow, I was struck with how different the ending seems from the first several chapters. I enjoyed learning about Moses and his family and I didn't find any of it boring. The intensity and violence of the ending just took me a little bit by surprise.
DeleteSome libraries have cataloged Crow as YA. Were it my choice, I may have done the same.
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