Which books are best for our discussion?

As our Mock Discussion draws near, which books from our final reading list do YOU think all participants should be sure to read before we get together? We hope you'll give your thoughts by answering the quiz on the right. Vote for one book or vote for many. Just vote!!

Final Mock Newbery Reading List for 2010

Here (at long last) is Reading List 4 - the last reading list for our 2010 Allen County Public Library Mock Newbery:

• The Great and Only Barnum - The Tremendous Stupendous Life of P. T. Barnum by Candace Fleming
  

• Road to Tater Hill by Edith Hemingway
  

• Claudette Colvin - Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

• The Small Adventures of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor

Click here for a complete, printable list of all 45 of this year's "Short List" nominees; these are the books we will be discussing in January.

Here, in no particular order, are pictures of the covers of all the books we'll be discussing on January 9th:

If you would like to register for the ACPL Mock Newbery, click here. (Remember that if you are a Indiana Librarian, you will earn one LEU by attending.)

If you would like to register for the ACPL Mock Newbery for kids in grades 3 to 6, click here. (If you'd like to see the short list for the kids, click here.)

If you'd like to jump right in to the discussion and comment online about any of the titles on our lists, just click on the title - over there on the right - and comment away! All comments will be reviewed at our Mock Discussion in January.