Final Reading List for 2012 Mock Newbery

You've looked over List One and List Two. Here (at last) is the final reading list for the ACPL Mock Newbery 2012:

The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin

I Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems

The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill

True (…sort of) by Katherine Hannigan

The Wikkeling by Steven Arntson

With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo

YOUR CHOICE – Let us know in the comments below which title you were hoping was going to be included in the discussion; we’ll do our best to have it available for perusal on January 7th, the day of our in-person discussion.

We hope you'll consider joining us for our "in-person" discussion. You can register online or you can call Children's Services at 260.421.1220 to register.
Here are the details:

WHO:        Adults interested in great new children's books

WHAT:      ACPL Children's Services Mock Newbery discussion

WHERE:    Allen County Public Library  900 Library Plaza  Fort Wayne, Indiana

WHEN:      Saturday, January 7, 2011 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Second Reading List for 2012 Mock Newbery

It’s finally here! The second reading list for this year's ACPL Mock Newbery! This program will be held at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana on January 14, 2012. While we will continue to highlight and discuss a wide variety of children's books on our blog -- and we encourage comments on all of them -- the books on this list and on our first list are destined to be 'brought to the table' to be discussed in more depth at our “in person” Mock Newbery Discussion and Election. Our third and final list will be posted in mid-November.

So… without further ado… here are the ten titles on our second short list:

• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
• Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal
• Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos 
• Junonia by Kevin Henkes
• Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan
• Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richards Jacobson
• Young Fredle by Cynthia Voigt
• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
• Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy

We welcome continued online discussion through this blog and invite you to join us for our "in person" discussion to be held at our Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Time Flies!

About one month ago, we posted our first reading list for the 2012 ACPL Mock Newbery program with a promise that the second list would be posted by the end of September. Looking at the calendar, it appears we've missed our self-imposed deadline.

Oops!

We will get the second reading list posted within the week -- REALLY! -- but we'd love your help. There has been a great variety of excellent material for children published this year. Which titles do you think should be on this second list? Keep in mind that we will have a total of three booklists this year;  the third & final list will be posted in mid-November.

It's Time for the First Mock Newbery 2012 Reading List

How time flies! As several people have reminded me, it's already (past) time for us to put out the first "official" Mock Newbery Reading List for the year. We plan to have three reading lists over the course of the year -- the first will be published by the end of this weekend, the second will be posted by the end of September, and the third and final reading list for the year will be posted in mid-November.

Here's how you can help!

What titles do you think need to be on this first list? We really value your input & suggestions of titles! Just email your suggestions to mvoors@acpl.info or post your suggested titles here in the comments. We look forward to hearing from you!
 
Look for the first reading list for this year's ACPL Mock Newbery to be posted by Sunday, August 7th.