Friday, December 31, 2010

Impressive List of 2010 CYBILS MG Fiction Nominees. Finalists TBA Tomorrow!



A Million Shades of Gray

by Cynthia Kadohata
Atheneum

Nominated by: Aline Pereira
Reviewed by: Sherry



A Place for Delta

by Melissa Walker
Whale Tale Press

Nominated by: Katy F.



Abigail Iris: The Pet Project

by Lisa Glatt
Walker Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton



Alchemy and Meggy Swann

by Karen Cushman
Clarion Books

Nominated by: Kirby Larson
Reviewed by: Sandra



Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes

by Lenore Look
Schwartz and Wade Books

Nominated by: Becky



Anna Mei, Cartoon Girl

by Carol A. Grund
Pauline Books & Media

Nominated by: Cassie Veselovsky



Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray

by Nick Bruel
Square Fish

Nominated by: Kara Dean



Because of Mr. Terupt

by Rob Buyea
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: David Richardson
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | TheBoyReader



Belly Up

by Stuart Gibbs
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Jennifer Rembold
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra



Betti on the High Wire

by Lisa Railsback
Dial

Nominated by: Mary Ellen Thompson
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sherry



Big Nate: In a Class by Himself

by Lincoln Peirce
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Terry Doherty
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra



Blessing's Bead (Melanie Kroupa Books)

by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Reviewed by: CherylV | Sandra



Bobby The Brave (Sometimes)

by Lisa Yee
Arthur A Levine

Nominated by: Doret
Reviewed by: karen_kidsmomo



Bogus (The Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series)

by Karla Oceanak
Bailiwick

Nominated by: Beth Knees



Boys without Names

by Kashmira Sheth
Balzer + Bray

Nominated by: Rupa Valdez
Reviewed by: Sandra



Buddy Zooka: In the French Quarter and Beyond

by Tracey Tangerine
Broken Levee Books

Nominated by: Jessica Sattell



Camp X: Trouble in Paradise

by Eric Walters
Puffin Canada

Nominated by: Justin Stoller



Classic Starts: Great Expectations (Classic Starts Series)

by Charles Dickens
Sterling Publishing

Nominated by: Derry Wilkens
Reviewed by: Sandra



Classic Starts: Moby-Dick (Classic Starts Series)

by Herman Melville
Sterling Publishing

Nominated by: Katie Connors
Reviewed by: Sandra



Clementine, Friend of the Week

by Sara Pennypacker
Hyperion

Nominated by: Angie
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry



Closed for the Season

by Mary Downing Hahn
Sandpiper

Nominated by: Pink Me
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



Countdown

by Deborah Wiles
Scholastic

Nominated by: Anne Marie Pace
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry



Crunch

by Leslie Connor
Katherine Tegen Books

Nominated by: Deena Lipomi
Reviewed by: CherylV | Everead | Melissa | Sherry



Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool

by Odo Hirsch
Kane/Miller Book Pub

Nominated by: Charlotte
Reviewed by: Melissa



Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom

by Susin Nielsen
Tundra

Nominated by: Sandra Stiles
Reviewed by: Sandra



Departure Time

by Truus Matti
namelos

Nominated by: Sheila Ruth



Dream of Night

by Heather Henson
Atheneum

Nominated by: Christina Miller
Reviewed by: Everead | Sandra



Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook

by Mary Amato
Holiday House

Nominated by: Kathleen Morandini



Elite Ambition (Canterwood Crest)

by Jessica Burkhart
Aladdin

Nominated by: jennifer (yabooknerd)



Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever

by Ruth McNally Barshaw
Bloomsbury USA

Nominated by: Charlie Barshaw



Emily's Fortune

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Sherry Early
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry



Emma's River

by Alison Hart
Peachtree

Nominated by: Lesley



Fairview Felines

by Michele Corriel
Blooming Tree Press

Nominated by: Kari Olson



Finally

by Wendy Mass
Scholastic

Nominated by: Kelly Jensen
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Everead | Melissa | Sherry



Finding Family

by Tonya Bolden
Bloomsbury USA

Nominated by: Edi



Finn Reeder, Flu Fighter: How I Survived a Worldwide Pandemic, the School Bully, and the Craziest Game of Dodge Ball Ever

by Eric Stevens
Stone Arch Books

Nominated by: Liz Rouse
Reviewed by: Sandra



Fiona Finkelstein Meets Her Match!!

by Shawn K. Stout
Aladdin

Nominated by: Gwenda Bond



Gaff

by Shan Correa
Peachtree

Nominated by: Lesley
Reviewed by: Sherry



Grease Town

by Ann Towell
Tundra

Nominated by: Lawrene Denkers
Reviewed by: Sherry



Guinea Dog

by Patrick Jennings
Egmont USA

Nominated by: Grier Jewell



Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley

by Stephanie Greene
Clarion Books

Nominated by: Dianne White
Reviewed by: Sandra



Heart of a Samurai

by Margi Preus
Amulet

Nominated by: Chris Abouzeid
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog)

by Art Corriveau
Amulet

Nominated by: Laura Mihalick



How to Survive Middle School

by Donna Gephart
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jennifer Schultz
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa



I Fooled You: Ten Stories of Tricks, Jokes and Switcheroos

by
Candlewick Press

Nominated by: JoAnn Early Macken



I, Emma Freke (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Intermediate)

by Elizabeth Atkinson
Carolrhoda Books

Nominated by: Elizabeth Dingmann
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



I, Q: The White House

by Roland Smith
Sleeping Bear Press

Nominated by: Barb
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks



Island Sting

by Bonnie J. Doerr
Leap Books

Nominated by: Mia Brown
Reviewed by: Sandra



It's Raining Cupcakes

by Lisa Schroeder
Aladdin

Nominated by: Jone Rush MacCulloch
Reviewed by: Sandra



Julia Gillian And The Dream Of The Dog

by Alison McGhee
Scholastic

Nominated by: Becky



Leaving Gee's Bend

by Irene Latham
Putnam

Nominated by: Amy @ Hope Is the Word
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



Mallory Goes Green!

by Laurie B. Friedman
Carolrhoda Books

Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy



Mamba Point

by Kurtis Scaletta
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jenny McNeil



Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth

by Sandra Dutton
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Jennifer Russell



Max Cassidy: Escape from Shadow Island

by Paul Adam
Walden Pond Press

Nominated by: Lori Calabrese
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



Me and Rolly Maloo

by Janet S. Wong
Charlesbridge

Nominated by: Lili Cohen
Reviewed by: Sandra



Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze

by Alan Silberberg
Aladdin

Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Everead | Melissa | Sandra



Mockingbird

by Kathryn Erskine
Philomel

Nominated by: Sarah Wethern
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra



Mom, There's a Dinosaur in Beeson's Lake (Secrets of a Lab Rat)

by Trudi Trueit
Aladdin

Nominated by: Librarian Kate
Reviewed by: Sandra



Monica and the Bratty Stepsister

by Diana G Gallagher
Stone Arch Books

Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden



Moon Over Manifest

by Clare Vanderpool
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Annmarie Algya



My Best Frenemy (Friends for Keeps)

by Julie Bowe
Dial

Nominated by: Carol Avery
Reviewed by: Sandra



My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours

by Kristina Springer
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Deena Lipomi



My Life as a Book

by Janet Tashjian
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Debbie Nance
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra | Sherry



My Life with the Lincolns

by Gayle Brandeis
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Michael Kurth
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks



NERDS: Book Two: M Is for Mama's Boy

by Michael Buckley
Amulet

Nominated by: Alyssa
Reviewed by: Sandra



Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders: The Neil Flambe Capers #1

by Kevin Sylvester
Key Porter

Nominated by: Laura



Nice and Mean

by Jessica Leader
Aladdin

Nominated by: Paul W. Hankins



Noonie's Masterpiece

by Lisa Railsback
Chronicle Books

Nominated by: morninglightmama
Reviewed by: Sandra



Nuts

by Kacy Cook
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books

Nominated by: Karen Branstetter
Reviewed by: Sandra



One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-garcia
Amistad

Nominated by: Jennifer Laughran
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | CherylV | Melissa | Sandra | Sherry



Only One Year

by Andrea Cheng
Lee & Low Books, Inc.

Nominated by: Anamaria Anderson
Reviewed by: Sandra



Orphan

by John Weber
WestSide Books

Nominated by: Evelyn Fazio
Reviewed by: Sandra



Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper
Atheneum

Nominated by: Carol Wilcox
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra | Sherry



Palace Beautiful

by Sarah DeFord Williams
Putnam

Nominated by: Rose Green
Reviewed by: Sandra



Penny Dreadful

by Laurel Snyder
Random House Children's Books

Nominated by: Terry Doherty
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | karen_kidsmomo | Melissa



Pies & Prejudice (Mother Daughter Book Club)

by Heather Vogel Frederick
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Deborah Khuanghlawn
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks



President of the Whole Fifth Grade

by Sherri Winston
Little, Brown

Nominated by: Ames O'Neill



Quenton Cohen: Professional Chef

by MAC
Toasted Coconut Media

Nominated by: Brandon Carter



Ratfink

by Marcia Thornton Jones
Dutton Juvenile

Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy
Reviewed by: Sandra



Ray, reflected

by Eric Elkins
Ghost Road Press

Nominated by: Michelle Bar-Evan



River Odyssey

by Philip Roy
Ronsdale Press

Nominated by: Erinna Gilkison



Rocky Road

by Rose Kent
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Cathy Carmode Lim
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra



Saint Training

by Elizabeth Fixmer
Zonderkidz

Nominated by: Vicki Palmquist
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks



Scones and Sensibility

by Lindsay Eland
Egmont USA

Nominated by: Kim Baccellia
Reviewed by: Sherry



Seaglass Summer

by Anjali Banerjee
Wendy Lamb Books

Nominated by: Alysa Stewart
Reviewed by: Sandra



Shooting Kabul (Paula Wiseman Books)

by N. H. Senzai
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Amanda Snow
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra | Sherry



Sir Seth Thistlethwaite and the Soothsayer's Shoes

by Richard Thake
Owlkids Books

Nominated by: Kendal Gerard



Sparks

by Ally Kennen
Marion Lloyd Books

Nominated by: Jenny Schwartzberg



Spies Inc.

by John Keilman
Storybuilders

Nominated by: Carolyn Starks



Spike and Ali Enson

by Malaika Rose Stanley
Transworld Publishers

Nominated by: Chimaechi Ochei



Stolen Child

by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada

Nominated by: Nicola Manning
Reviewed by: Sandra



Storm Mountain

by Tom Birdseye
Holiday House

Nominated by: Olivia Louise Griffiths



The Adventures of Andy & Spirit: Book 1

by Mary Jean Kelso
Guardian Angel Publishing

Nominated by: Mary Jean Kelso



The Archaeolojesters

by Andreas Oertel
Lobster Press

Nominated by: Catherine Knowles - Lobster Press
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Burgular Who Bit the Big Apple (Field Trip Mysteries)

by Steve Brezenoff
Stone Arch Books

Nominated by: Cara McCann



The Candymakers

by Wendy Mass
Little, Brown

Nominated by: Alvina



The Case of the Crooked Carnival (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives)

by Michele Torrey
Sterling Publishing

Nominated by: Derry Wilkens



The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye: An Enola Holmes Mystery

by Nancy Springer
Philomel

Nominated by: Beverly Wrigglesworth
Reviewed by: Melissa



The Case of the Terrible T. rex (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives)

by Michele Torrey
Sterling Publishing

Nominated by: Katie Connors



The Dancing Pancake

by Eileen Spinelli
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Little Willow
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra



The Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief

by Stephen M. Giles
Jabberwocky/Sourcebooks

Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
Reviewed by: CherylV | TheBoyReader



The Death-Defying Pepper Roux

by Geraldine Mccaughrean
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Shelf-employed
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter

by John Gosselink
Amulet

Nominated by: Jason Wells
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Devil's Door: A Salem Witchcraft Story (Historical Fiction Adventures)

by Paul B. Thompson
Enslow

Nominated by: Lisa Corrado



The Dog in the Wood

by Monika Schröder
Front Street

Nominated by: Connie Janke
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Dreamer

by Pam Munoz Ryan
Scholastic

Nominated by: Liz Jones
Reviewed by: Everead



The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester

by Barbara O'Connor
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Sara Holmes



The Fences Between Us (Dear America)

by Kirby Larson
Scholastic

Nominated by: Rebecca Herman
Reviewed by: Sherry



The Fizzy Whiz Kid

by Maiya Williams
Amulet

Nominated by: Brett Wright
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines

by Jo Ann Yhard
Nimbus

Nominated by: Colleen McKie
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Ghostwriter Secret (Brixton Brothers)

by Mac Barnett
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Bigfoot
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks



The Healing Spell

by Kimberley Griffiths Little
Scholastic

Nominated by: Natasha Maw
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling

by Maryrose Wood
Balzer + Bray

Nominated by: Melissa
Reviewed by: Melissa



The Kneebone Boy

by Ellen Potter
Feiwel & Friends

Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sherry



The Other Half of My Heart

by Sundee T. Frazier
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Valerie Kemp
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang

by Amy Ignatow
Amulet

Nominated by: Tom Angleberger



The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye

by Bonnie Shimko
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Kate Messner
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra



The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin

by Michael D. Beil
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Beverly Wrigglesworth
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra



The Reinvention of Edison Thomas

by Jacqueline Houtman
Front Street

Nominated by: Rosanne Lindsay
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt

by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Dial

Nominated by: Torey Yates
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra



The Seventh Level

by Jody Feldman
Greenwillow Books

Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

by Tom Angleberger
Amulet

Nominated by: Sarah (aquafortis)
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra | Sherry | TheBoyReader | theowl



The Summer Before (Babysitters Club)

by Ann M. Martin
Scholastic

Nominated by: JB
Reviewed by: Sandra



The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet

by Erin Dionne
Dial

Nominated by: Jenny Moss
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



The Wonder of Charlie Anne

by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Margo Tanenbaum
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



This Is Me From Now On

by Barbara Dee
Aladdin

Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | CherylV



This Means War!

by Ellen Wittlinger
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Kara Dean
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry



Throwing Heat (Fred Bowen Sports Stories)

by Fred Bowen
Peachtree

Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)



To Come and Go Like Magic

by Katie Pickard Fawcett
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Beth Hull
Reviewed by: Sherry



Tortilla Sun

by Jennifer Cervantes
Chronicle Books

Nominated by: Saundra Mitchell
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra | Sherry



Touch Blue

by Cynthia Lord
Scholastic

Nominated by: Abby Johnson



Travels With Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana

by Patti Wheeler
Claim Stake Publishing

Nominated by: Karen Lucente
Reviewed by: Sherry



Turtle in Paradise

by Jennifer L. Holm
Random House Children's Books

Nominated by: Eric Carpenter
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sherry



Twenty Gold Falcons

by Amy Gordon
Holiday House

Nominated by: Terry Borzumato-Greenberg
Reviewed by: Sandra



Violet in Bloom: A Flower Power Book

by Lauren Myracle
Amulet

Nominated by: Mary Ann Zissimos



Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World

by Vordak T. Incomprehensible
Egmont USA

Nominated by: Jennifer Brod



Warriors in the Crossfire

by Nancy Bo Flood
Front Street

Nominated by: Lola Schaefer
Reviewed by: Sandra



What Happened on Fox Street

by Tricia Springstubb
Balzer + Bray

Nominated by: Miss Sarah
Reviewed by: Melissa



What I Learned From Being a Cheerleader

by Adrianne Ambrose
Bell Bridge

Nominated by: Deborah Smith



When Molly Was a Harvey Girl

by Frances M. Wood
Kane/Miller Book Pub

Nominated by: jama rattigan
Reviewed by: Melissa



Wildfire Run

by Dee Garretson
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Terri Bruch



Wishing for Tomorrow: The Sequel to A Little Princess

by Hilary McKay
Margaret K. McElderry

Nominated by: April Beckman
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sandra



Words That Start with B

by Vikki Vansickle
Scholastic Canada

Nominated by: Maral Maclagan



Year of the Tiger

by Alison Lloyd
Holiday House

Nominated by: David Rosenberg
Reviewed by: Sandra



Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar

by Robin Palmer
Puffin

Nominated by: Bri Meets Books



Zora and Me

by Victoria Bond
Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Colleen Mondor
Reviewed by: Melissa


The following nominated books are ineligible:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth

by Jeff Kinney
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub Date: November 9, 2010, past October 15 deadline

Nominated by: Christie Ibarra



Forge

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub Date: October 19, 2010, therefore past October 15th deadline.

Nominated by: Kathy M Burnette



I Am Jack

by Susanne Gervay
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date October 13th 2009

Nominated by: Nicole Geiger



Teddy Robinson Storybook, The (Kingfisher Modern Classics)

by Joan Robinson
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Reprint edition

Nominated by: Marina Cambareri



The Glory Wind

by Valerie Sherrard
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: pub date February 2011

Nominated by: Brent Sherrard



The Peril of the Sinister Scientist

by Janet Ann Collins
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: july 2009 pub date

Nominated by: Nancy Carty Lepri



The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis

by Barbara O'Connor
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Nominated last year

Nominated by: Kristine Michael



Word Nerd

by Susin Nielsen
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published September 2008

Nominated by: Erin W.

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