Breaking News: National Book Award Finalists Announced
The National Book Foundation has just released their list of finalists for the 2010 National Book Award. Click here (or the image below) to visit the site for more details.
The Big Question: Who’s your pick?
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Paolo Bacigalupi, “Ship Breaker”
Kathryn Erskine, “Mockingbird”
Laura McNeal, “Dark Water”
Walter Dean Myers, “Lockdown”
Rita Williams-Garcia, “One Crazy Summer”
(Thanks to Earlyword for the heads-up)
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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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Lockdown! What’s your pick?
Well, I’ve only read a couple books on this list. I really like One Crazy Summer, but I’m looking forward to checking out more of the finalists.