Let me tell you, I am so proud of the job my panel has done. It is harder than you can imagine to whittle down 129 nominees to one shortlist! Obviously, we all have our favorites that just can’t make the cut. For some reason, the judges just don’t want a shortlist of 50 books. 😉 In all seriousness, though, we all have our favorites! We decided to do a round-up, on our individual blogs, of our favorites from the Cybils middle grade nominees. (Some of these could make the shortlist, but obviously they all can’t).
Tennyson by Lesley M. M. Blume- My review
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt- My review and a post about using it as my first read-aloud of the year.
Aloha Crossing by Pamela Bauer Mueller- My review
Every Soul A Star by Wendy Mass- My review
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost- My review
Dog Lost by Ingrid Lee- My review
Meeting Miss 405 by Lois Peterson- My review
Six Innings by James Preller- My review
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth-My review
These were Cybils nominees for Middle Grade Fiction, but they obviously all can’t make to to the shortlist of finalists that will be announced on January 1st. I liked several books that my fellow committee members didn’t care for, and vice-versa. Hopefully you will enjoy some of my selections that didn’t make the shortlist!
Sherry’s list
Matt’s list
Alysa’s list
Kim’s list
Mary’s list
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Great list!
My three favorite MG novels of the year are:
THE WILLOUGHBYS, Lois Lowry
THE PENDERWICKS OF GARDAM STREET, Jeanne Birdsall
MASTERPIECE, Elise Broach
Thanks so much for sharing your list of favorites! I really liked Violet Raines, also!
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