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The 2016 Contenders!
THE BOYS WHO CHALLENGED HITLER by Phillip Hoose
CHALLENGER DEEP by Neal Shusterman
DROWNED CITY by Don Brown
ECHO by Pam Muñoz Ryan
GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA by Rita Williams-Garcia
GOODBYE STRANGER by Rebecca Stead
THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz
I CRAWL THROUGH IT by A. S. King
THE MARVELS by Brian Selznick
MOST DANGEROUS by Steve Sheinkin
MY SENECA VILLAGE by Marilyn Nelson
NEST by Kenneth Oppel
NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson
RHYTHM RIDE by Andrea Davis Pinkney
SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD by M. T. Anderson
X: A NOVEL by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
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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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