In case you missed it yesterday, here is the list of middle grade fiction finalists. I wonder if the authors know that they were included? I tried to leave comments on blogs if the authors had them, but many didn't. Here is the shortlist that the fabulous first round panel agreed on.
Almost Home
by Joan Bauer
Viking
Nominated by: Sarah Potvin
Chomp
by Carl Hiaasen
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: June Morgan
Fourmile
by Watt Key
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: DLacks
The Adventures of Beanboy
by Lisa Harkrader
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Nominated by: Kyle Kimmal,The Boy Reader
Hey, I can install drywall! I also shingle, lay tile and carpeting, pour cement, and do plumbing. No electric work though. I will fly over and we can talk books while we swing hammers (-:)
ReplyDeleteHi Karen! I am clearly out of the loop on the Cybils--thanks for posting this. I've read several of these, and particularly loved Fourmile!
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