At 11am EST/8am PST the ALA Youth Media Awards will begin. I will be hunkered down in my classroom with a few students (hopefully!), watching the awards as they unfold over our lunch. Every year I set a goal for myself- read the Newbery, and now the Printz, Award winner and honor books before they are announced. So here goes again…..my predictions for this year. These are in no particular order and I don’t pretend to know what will take home the gold as opposed to an honor. These are just the books I expect/hope to see honored later today!
Newbery:
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Printz:
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Boy21 by Matthew Quick
The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
Can’t wait to see if I get any of them right! What are you predicting will take home a sticker?
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my fingers are crossed for Code Name Verity!!
For the first time, I had all my staff gather and watch the live webcast and it was so much fun! All the love for BOMB today has made me really happy and I went out and bought ARISTOTLE AND DANTE… and IN DARKNESS for my Kindle. 😀
I can’t believe they passed up Wonder, but I am sooooo happy that Ivan got the Newbery!