Hot off the press! Next year’s Mark Twain Award Nominees!
Posted by CINDY MATZAT on December 3, 2009
As many of you know, I am on the Mark Twain Award committee this year. We just received the list of books that have been selected as the 2010-2011 Mark Twain Award nominees. The committee starts by reading over 200 books that are suggested by publishers, teachers, librarians, and students. We rate the books and narrow them down to a list of 35 that is then sent to several reader selectors across the state. Their rankings are then compiled, and that’s how we get the list!
Now, here’s what you’ve been waiting for (drum roll, please…):
Mark Twain Nominees 2010-2011
Seer of Shadows by Avi
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
Margret and Flynn by Kathleen Duey
Found by Margarte Peterson Haddix
Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs
Stolen Children by Peg Kehret
School Spirit by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Safe at Home by Mike Lupica
The Totally Made Up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish by Claudia Mills
Bringing the Boy Home by N.A. Nelson
The Leanin’ Dog by K.A. Nuzam
The Mysterious Case of the Albright Society by Diane Stanley
You might start keeping an eye out for these titles in your book orders and stock up on them for your classroom for next year.
Enjoy!