By late Monday morning, the wait will be over! We will know the 2011 ALA Award winners. But before they are announced from San Diego, here are my predictions.
Newbery 2011:
(In no particular order, as I would be happy to see any of these as the medal winner or honor books.)
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth by Lynn Rae Perkins
Printz Award:
Nothing by Janne Teller
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Sibert Award:
The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (Scientists in the Field Series) by Loree Griffin Burns
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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I would love to see Sharon Draper’s Out of My Mind win the Newbery!
Countdown is my pick. Thanks for sharing!