What Do Katherine Applegate and Derrick Barnes Have in Common?
They both recently visited The Yarn podcast:

Newbery winner Katherine Applegate takes us behind the scenes of her latest novel, Odder:
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And Newbery Honor winner Derrick Barnes talks about his graphic novel, written with and about Tommie Smith, Victory. Stand! (a book which was recently longlisted for the National Book Award):
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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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