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The 2011 Battle of the Kids’ Books Contenders
As announced today, one by one, on twitter, here are this year’s contenders:
- AS EASY AS FALLING OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH by Lynn Rae Perkins
- THE CARDTURNER by Louis Sachar
- A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS by Megan Whalen Turner
- COUNTDOWN by Deborah Wiles
- THE DREAMER by Pam Munoz Ryan
- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BARBIE by Tanya Lee Stone
- HEREVILLE: HOW MIRKA GOT HER SWORD by Barry Deutsch
- KEEPER by Kathi Appelt
- THE ODYSSEY by Gareth Hinds
- ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia
- THE RING OF SOLOMON by Jonathan Stroud
- SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
- A TALE DARK AND GRIMM by Adam Gidwitz
- THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- TRASH by Andy Mulligan
- WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan
About Battle Commander
The Battle Commander is the nom de guerre for children’s literature enthusiasts Monica Edinger and Roxanne Hsu Feldman, fourth grade teacher and middle school librarian at the Dalton School in New York City and Jonathan Hunt, the County Schools Librarian at the San Diego County Office of Education. All three have served on the Newbery Committee as well as other book selection and award committees. They are also published authors of books, articles, and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book Magazine. You can find Monica at educating alice and on twitter as @medinger. Roxanne is at Fairrosa Cyber Library and on twitter as @fairrosa. Jonathan can be reached at hunt_yellow@yahoo.com.
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