Newbery Award
Winner:
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!
Honors:
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.
Breaking Stalin’s Nose Eugene Yelchin
I had never even heard of this one before the awards.
Printz Award
Winner:
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!
Honors:
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.
The Returning by Christine Hinwood
Never heard of this book or author–
Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
Or this one!
I have a lot of reading to do!