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2013 Judge: Deb Caletti
Deb Caletti is the award-winning author of nine young adult novels, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, The Nature of Jade, Stay, and The Story of Us. In addition to being a National Book Award finalist, Deb’s work has gained other distinguished recognition, including the PNBA Best Book Award, the Washington State Book Award, and School LibraryJournal’s Best Book award, and finalist citations for the California Young Reader Medal and the PEN USA Literary Award. Her first novel for adults, He’s Gone, will be released in May of 2013, and her next Y/A novel, The Last Forever, will appear in the spring of 2014. Deb lives with her family in Seattle.
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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