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2016 Brackets, This Time With Judges
With the judges all announced it is time to let you know just what they are judging. So here you are. Now, what do you think? How do YOUR brackets look?
Round One
M1 Judge: Michael Buckley
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler vs Challenger DeepM2 Judge: Maris Wicks
Drowned City vs EchoM3 Judge: Melanie Crowder
Gone Crazy in Alabama vs Goodbye StrangerM4 Judge: Erin Kelly Entrada
The Hired Girl vs I Crawl Through ItM5 Judge: Tim Federle
The Marvels vs Most DangerousR1 M6 Judge: Francis Hardinge
My Seneca Village vs NestM7 Judge: Cece Bell
Nimona vs Rhythm RideM8 Judge: Pamela S. Turner
Symphony for the City of the Dead vs X: A Novel
Round Two
M1 Judge: Jennifer Donnelly
M2 Judge: Meg Medina
M3 Judge: Carolyn Mackler
M4 Judge: Mariko Tamaki
Round Three
M1 Judge: Kelly Loy Gilbert
M2 Judge: Padma Venkatraman
The Closing Battle
Judge: Ann M. Martin
Filed under: 2016
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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