Can You Pick the Newbery?

Here at Sunset a few of us are going to participate in a Mock Newbery contest. The Newbery winner will be announced in January 2011 (I couldn't find the exact date). Here is the list of ten books that we plan to read and choose our winner from. I gleaned these titles from looking at other libraries Mock Newbery programs. These were the most mentioned titles. We plan to read them all (there are only 10) and then make our individual choices for the winner the week before the announcement. Feel free to join us or let us know of other books you think should be considered.

Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson

Keeper by Kathi Appelt

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

The Water Seeker by Kimberly Holt

The Night Fairy by Laura Schlitz

The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan

Countdown by Deborah Wiles

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia