VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) has a great list of the Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers from 2005. The list is in pdf format, so make sure you have Adobe loaded.
A lot of my favorite teen novels of the year are included, like Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney, Invisible by Pete Hautman, and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Many of the others are on my lengthy to-be-read list and others will be added there. Enjoy!
The Golden Kite Awards have been announced. They are given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) for the most outstanding fiction, nonfiction, picturebook text and picturebook illustrations. This year’s winners are:
FICTION:
Award: Mary E. Pearson for A Room on Lorelei Street
Honor: Deborah Wiles for Each Little Bird That Sings
NONFICTION:
Award: Russell Freedman for Children of the Great Depression
Honor: Suzanne Jurmain for The Forbidden Schoolhouse
PICTURE BOOK TEXT:
Award: Pat Mora for Dona Flor
Honor: Becky Birtha for Grandmama’s Pride
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION:
Award: Melissa Sweet for Baby Bear’s Chairs
Honor: Barbara McClintock for Cinderella
Waking Brain Cells 