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Want to Know the Judges’ Assignments? — Here They Are!
The judges are all announced so now is time to let you know what they are judging. Here you are! What do you think? How do YOUR brackets look?
Round OneM1 Judge: Duncan Tonatiuh
Freedom in Congo Square vs. Freedom Over MeM2 Judge: Lulu Delacre
Thunder Boy Jr. vs. When Green Becomes TomatoesM3 Judge: James Dashner
Ghost vs. The Girl Who Drank the MoonM4 Judge: Varian Johnson
Makoons vs. March: Book ThreeM5 Judge: Tanya Lee Stone
Samurai Rising vs. Some Writer!R1 M6 Judge: Jane Yolen
Wet Cement vs. When the Sea Turned to SilverM7 Judge: Nova Ren Suma
Anna and the Swallow Man vs. The Lie TreeM8 Judge: Brendan Kiely
The Passion of Dolssa vs. The Sun is Also a Star
Round Two
M1 Judge: Javaka Steptoe
M2 Judge: Eliot Schrefer
M3 Judge: Cynthia Kadohata
M4 Judge: Sara Farizan
Round Three
M1 Judge: Ellen Oh
M2 Judge: Sabaa Tahir
The Closing Battle
Judge: Kwame Alexander
Filed under: 2017
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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