You have voted and spoken. The contenders for the final round of the MOCK BOB are:
Eleanor & Park vs Rose Under Fire
Go here to cast your vote and have a chance to win a prize.
The prize drawing will be on April 1st, when this year’s official Battle of the Kids’ Books comes to a conclusion.
M1: 3/13 Judge Duncan Tonatiuh
Freedom in Congo Square vs. Freedom Over Me
M2: 3/14 Judge Lulu Delacre
Thunder Boy Jr. vs. When Green Becomes Tomatoes
M3: 3/15 Judge James Dashner
Ghost vs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
M4: 3/16 Judge Varian Johnson
Makoons vs. March: Book Three
M5: 3/17 Judge Tanya Lee Stone
Samurai Rising vs. Some Writer!
M6: 3/20 Judge Jane Yolen
Wet Cement vs. When the Sea Turned to Silver
M7: 3/21 Judge Nova Ren Suma
Anna and the Swallow Man vs. The Lie Tree
M8: 3/22 Judge Brendan Kiely
The Passion of Dolssa vs. The Sun is Also a Star
M1: 3/23 Judge Javaka Steptoe
Freedom in Congo Square vs. When Green Becomes Tomatoes
M2: 3/24 Judge Eliot Schrefer
Ghost vs. March: Book Three
M3: 3/27 Judge Cynthia Kadohata
Some Writer! vs. When the Sea Turned to Silver
M4: 3/28 Judge Sara Farizan
The Lie Tree vs.The Sun is Also a Star
M1: 3/29 Judge Ellen Oh
Freedom in Congo Square vs. March: Book Three
M2: 3/30 Judge Sabaa Tahir
Some Writer! vs. The Sun is Also a Star
Revealed3/30
3/31 The Closer Judge Kwame Alexander
The Girl Who Drank the Moon vs. March: Book Three vs. The Sun is Also a Star
12/14 Guess-the-Contenders-Game
1/18 Contenders Revealed
1/31 Fantasy BOB Commences and Pairings Revealed
2/6-2/26 Judges:
James Dashner, Lulu Delacre, Sara Farizan,
Varian Johnson, Cynthia Kadohata, Brendan Kiely,
Ellen Oh, Eliot Schrefer, Javaka Steptoe,
Tanya Lee Stone, Nova Ren Suma, Sabba Tahir, Duncan Tonatiuh, Jane Yolen, and Closer Kwame Alexander.
2/10 Download SLJs Battle of the Kids’ Books Brackets.
3/1 Judge Pairings Announced
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Wow! Two very good contenders! I’m disappointed the Mock BoB doesn’t have an Undead contender, but I suppose that would give away who the real Undead Contender is.
But you are already voting for all the contenders and battles in the Mock Bob! Unlike the real BoB where you only get to vote for the Undead and have to leave the other two to the judges:)
hahahahaha, wow, blink and you miss all the action! Amazed Rose made it this far, not surprised at all about Eleanor & Park, and SO GLAD I’m just watching from the Peanut Gallery because I would not want to have to vote on that one. 😀
ugh! the two best books on the list! so hard to pick! guess i’ll pick eleanor & park purely because i’m a romantic at heart. just ask my husband.