Winner of the 2012 Battle of the Kids’ Books

The Battle

Round One

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

Round Two

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

Round Three

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

 Revealed

3/30

The Closing Battle

3/31 The Closer Judge Kwame Alexander
The Girl Who Drank the Moon vs. March: Book Three vs. The Sun is Also a Star

Get Your Brackets Here!

Pre-Battle

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