Eighty nominated YA books contended for a Top 5 berth:
Book Thief, The
written by Markus Zusak
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, A
written by Dana Reinhardt
Wendy Lamb Books
Hattie Big Sky
written by Kirby Larson
Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
written by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Rules of Survival, The
written by Nancy Werlin
Dial
Wow... this was HARD.
Maybe next year there needs to be some kind of ...percentage cap. Our list had so many books it might have been easier to whittle the list down to a top 10 for the judges to select from. We all as a team felt that there were excellent choices we had to leave behind.
Of course, that's the point. But. Just a thought...
Posted by: TadMack | January 01, 2007 at 05:11 PM