Cindy Faughnan

The Winners Are…

Posted on January 25, 2012

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Newbery Award

Newbery Award

Newbery Award

Winner:

Winner:

Winner:

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos

Dead End in Norvelt

by Jack Gantos

I love all of Jack Gantos’s other books, so I can’t wait to read this one—as soon as I can find a copy!

I love all of Jack Gantos’s other books, so I can’t wait to read this one—as soon as I can find a copy!

I love all of Jack Gantos’s other books, so I can’t wait to read this one—as soon as I can find a copy!

Honors:

Honors:

Honors:

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Inside Out and Back Again

by Thanhha Lai

This is the only one of the winners I read before the awards! Short novel in verse.

This is the only one of the winners I read before the awards! Short novel in verse.

This is the only one of the winners I read before the awards! Short novel in verse.

Breaking Stalin’s Nose Eugene Yelchin

Breaking Stalin’s Nose Eugene Yelchin

Breaking Stalin’s Nose

Eugene Yelchin

I had never even heard of this one before the awards.

I had never even heard of this one before the awards.

I had never even heard of this one before the awards.

Printz Award

Printz Award

Printz Award

Winner:

Winner:

Winner:

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley

Where Things Come Back

by John Corey Whaley

I’d seen and been intrigued by the cover of this, but it hadn’t made it to my to-read pile yet. It certainly has now!

I’d seen and been intrigued by the cover of this, but it hadn’t made it to my to-read pile yet. It certainly has now!

I’d seen and been intrigued by the cover of this, but it hadn’t made it to my to-read pile yet. It certainly has now!

Honors:

Honors:

Honors:

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

Why We Broke Up

by Daniel Handler

I thumbed through this at the bookstore a week ago. It looks interesting. Heavily illustrated with heavy paper, it’s a strikingly beautiful book. Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket.

I thumbed through this at the bookstore a week ago. It looks interesting. Heavily illustrated with heavy paper, it’s a strikingly beautiful book. Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket.

I thumbed through this at the bookstore a week ago. It looks interesting. Heavily illustrated with heavy paper, it’s a strikingly beautiful book. Daniel Handler is Lemony Snicket.

The Returning by Christine Hinwood

The Returning by Christine Hinwood

The Returning

by Christine Hinwood

Never heard of this book or author–

Never heard of this book or author–

Never heard of this book or author–

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

Jasper Jones

by Craig Silvey

Or this one!

Or this one!

Or this one!

I have a lot of reading to do!

I have a lot of reading to do!

I have a lot of reading to do!