I love that my kids assume I've read all 10,000 books in my library, and I wish it were true. No, my goal is not to read every book in the library this year. I wish. Instead, I'm going to focus on the 2011-2012 Volunteer State Book Award Nominees for the 4-6 and 7-12 grade brackets. The list is as follows:
VOLUNTEER STATE BOOK AWARD--Intermediate Division (Grades 4-6)
Berlin, Eric. The Potato Chips Puzzles. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
Clements, Andrew. Extra Credit. Atheneum, 2009.
Feldman, Jody. The Gollywhopper Games. Greenwillow Books, 2008.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Wild Girl. Wendy Lamb Books, 2009.
Jonell, Lynne. The Secret of Zoom. Holt, 2009.
Kehret, Peg. Runaway Twin. Dutton, 2009.
Klise, Kate. Dying to Meet You: 43 Old Cemetary Road. Harcourt, 2009.
Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays. Scholastic, 2009.
McKinnon, Hannah Roberts. Franny Parker. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Faith, Hope, and Ivy June. Delacorte, 2009.
Parry, Rosanne. Heart of a Shepherd. Random House, 2009.
Paulson, Gary. Mudshark. Random House, 2009.
Petersen, P.J. Wild River. Delacorte, 2009.
Pitchford, Dean. Captain Nobody. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.
Rollins, James. Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow. HarperCollins, 2009.
Smith, Roland. Tentacles. Scholastic, 2009.
Tubb, Kristin O’Donnell. Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different. Delacorte, 2008.
VOLUNTEER STATE BOOK AWARD--Young Adult Division (Grades 7-12)
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. Viking Juvenile, 2009.
Brown, Jennifer. Hate List. Little, Brown Books, 2009.
Bunce, Elizabeth C. A Curse Dark as Gold. Arthur A Levine, 2008.
Chima, Cinda Williams. The Demon King. Hyperion, 2009.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. Delacorte, 2009.
Fleming, Candace. The Great and Only Barnum. Schwatz & Ward, 2009.
Forman, Gayle. If I Stay. Dutton, 2009.
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea. Viking, 2008.
Hoose, Phillip. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2009.
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Henry Holt.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Faith, Hope, and Ivy June. Delacorte, 2009.
Osterlund, Anne. Academy 7. Speak, 2009.
Padian, Maria. Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress. Knopf, 2008.
Reinhardt, Dana. How to Build a House. Wendy Lamb, 2008.
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Delacorte, 2009.
Smith, Roland. I, Q: Book One: Independence Hall. Sleeping Bear Press, 2008.
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl. Speak, 2009.
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Wendy Lamb Books, 2009.
Stork, Francisco. Marcelo in the Real World. Arthur A. Levine, 2009.
Stiefvater, Maggie. Shiver. Scholastic, 2009.
Westerfeld, Scott. Leviathan.Simon Pulse, 2009.
Whitman, Emily. Radiant Darkness. Greenwillow, 2009.
Yancey, Rick. The Monstrumologist. Simon and Shuster, 2009.
~ For my own sanity's sake, I'd like to mix in some adult fiction and nonfiction throughout the year.~
5 comments:
Push that VSBA stuff, A.
Good luck to you Amanda! I've seen several people making goals right about now and that's awesome. :)
Great goal! And definitely a good one. Best of luck with it.
Oh goody! Now I'll know which books to try to get my daughter to read!
Amanda,
I started reading your post and when I saw Tennessee, I checked your profile. I had no idea that you live in Tennessee! I live in Nashville (Donelson, actually). I just wanted to let you know about a group I have put together, Tennessee Book Bloggers. My goal is to eventually organize in- person meet ups when we get enough members. Right now, we stand at about 12 members (a couple do not live in Tennessee). If you're interested in joining, I host the group on Goodreads here: http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/35604.Tennessee_Book_Bloggers
I hope you will join us. And btw, I admire your passion for library science. I have considered entering the field myself.
Best,
Michelle
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