BCCLS Mock Awards

Our Winners for 2011

2011-01-10T14:37:00.000-05:00

And the Winners are: Mock Printz - They Called Themselves the KKK by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Mock Newbery - Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes Mock Caldecott - Art and Max by David Wiesner Some of the voting was very close. If anyone there that day remembers the honor books please post in comments. I know Finnikan was a close one in Printz and took the online voting. The actual Awards

Mock Printz: Jump by Carbone

2010-06-21T13:50:00.000-04:00

P.K. is a normal teen who loves to rock climb and whose parents just don't understand her. She's not doing well at her school where they focus on standardised tests and traditional classes, plus her parents don't like her non-conformist friends. So they want to send her to a nice boarding school where they believe that she will focus on classes and become a 'good' student. Her answer is to run

Mock Newbery/Printz : Guardian Angel House by Kathy Clark

2010-06-17T14:01:00.002-04:00

Title: Guardian Angel HouseAuthor: Kathy ClarkPublisher: Second Story HouseISBN: 978-1-897187-58-6This historical fiction about a young teen living in Budapest, Hungary who winds up hidden with her younger sister in a Catholic convent makes a contribution to this genre. It is 1944 and of course in Hungary, which was one of the last countries to affect the Jews, it is no longer safe. Even though

Mock Printz: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta

2010-06-01T12:11:00.002-04:00

Marchetta, MelinaFinnikin of the RockMelina Marchetta brings her gift of writing to the field of fantasy. Finnikin makes a blood oath with a prince and the prince's cousin at the age of nine to protect his country of Lumatere. A short time later, a blood bath ensues when an impostor king takes over the country. Finnikin himself loses all his family and everything. Killing, rape, and death

A bunch of books that aren't going to win the Printz...

2010-05-25T16:06:00.003-04:00

but they are awesome and you should read them or at least buy them for your library.Riker's High by Paul VolponiThe Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth ScottThe Six Rules of Maybe by Deb CalettiEvery Little Thing in the World by Nina de GramontThe World as We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferStruts and Frets by Jon SkovronSaving Maddie by Varian JohnsonIt's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

Mock Printz: A Million shades of gray by Kadohata

2010-04-29T11:51:00.002-04:00

A million shades of gray by Cynthia Kadohata Notes from the catalog: In 1975 after American troops pull out of Vietnam, a thirteen-year-old boy and his beloved elephant escape into the jungle when Viet Cong attack his village. The Good: This is a historical fiction firmly in the middle grade level which looks at a side of the war in Vietnam that is often overlooked. What did happen in Vietnam

Current favorites as of 4/19/2010

2010-04-28T14:30:00.000-04:00

Caldecott Faves: Bildner, Phil The Hallelujah Flight Kimmelman, Leslie The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah Schoenherr, Ian Don't Spill the Beans Tavares, Matt Henry Aaron's Dream Newbery Faves: Paulsen, Gary Woods Runner Printz Faves: Green, John and David Levithan Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Mock Printz: Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray

2010-04-10T10:38:00.000-04:00

Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray ISBN:978-0-375-85843-7 This British import might sound like a stock novel if you just look at the quick summary. Boy is bullied, ends up dead, his friends are working through thier grief and trying to understand what happened. But if you pass up the experience of reading this book you'll be missing some laugh out loud moments of teen boys doing what they do best;

Mock Newbery 2010: The Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen

2010-04-05T12:46:00.007-04:00

Title: The Woods RunnerAuthor: Gary PaulsenPublisher: Wendy Lamb BooksISBN: 9780385738842In Woods Runner Gary Paulsen presents a side of the American Revolution that is not always discussed in juvenile literature. Instead of the glorified rebellion, the 13 year old Samuel is dealing with a dark war that is on his homefront. Samuel has learned to survive in the wilderness of the Pennsylvania

Anyone Read Happyface yet?

2010-03-29T20:24:00.000-04:00

I don't remember what reviews this got, but it was here waiting for me when I got back from PLA. I picked it up and it looks really interesting...reminds me of Wimpy kid, but older and deeper. Thoughts? Oh yeah...it's by Stephen Emond

NEW BOOKS!

2010-03-11T17:59:00.000-05:00

Everyone ready for a new year of BCCLS Mock Awards? This year I'm reading for the Printz and I just finished a book that Amy from Teaneck gave me a heads up on. Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta. It's definatly worth a read and I think it will be talked about when the Printz award comes around. Not just because Marchetta won with Jellicoe Road a few years back either! Finnikin of the

And the results are in! Winners of BCCLS Mock Awards!

2010-01-11T12:41:00.008-05:00

Below are the results of the Mock Awards sponsored by the BCCLS Youth Services Committee and held on Friday, January 8, 2010:Printz Award Winner:Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Dorothy HeiligmanPrintz Award Honors: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Fire by Kristin CashoreNewbery Award Winner: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline KellyNewbery Award Honors: Where the

Mock Printz 2010: Breathless by Jessica Warman

2009-10-27T12:48:00.002-04:00

Title: Breathless Author: Jessica Warman Publisher: Walker & CompanyISBN: 9780802798497Starred reviews in: Booklist, SLJ, BBYA nomineeSummary: Gifted swimmer, Katie Kitrell’s life in her small Pennsylvania town changes when her older brother Will (whom Katie’s closest to and who suffers from drug induced schizophrenia) progressively gets worse and attempts suicide. Not close to her distant,

Mock Printz: Carbon Diaries 2015

2009-10-26T19:42:00.000-04:00

Title: Carbon Diaries: 2015Author: Saci LloydPublisher: Holiday HouseStarred Review: BL, HB, SLJISBN: 9780823421909Synopsis:It’s 2015 and the Great Storm has hit. In response Great Britain conducts a grand experiment to try to stem the effects of climate change. Those measures which were to be phased in slowly until fruition in 2030 are now put into effect immediately. Nationwide carbon rationing

Mock Printz 2010: Going Bovine by Libba Bray

2009-10-19T13:13:00.004-04:00

Title: Going Bovine Author: Libba Bray Publisher: Delacorte Press, Random HouseISBN: 9780385733977Starred reviews in: Booklist, BBYA nominee Summary: Texas teen Cameron Smith was coasting along through high school and life in general with very little effort spent on either. All of this changes when he’s diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the human equivalent of Mad Cow disease). He goes

Mock Printz 2010: The Demon's Lexicon

2009-09-21T20:21:00.002-04:00

Title: The Demon’s LexiconAuthor: Sarah Rees BrennanPublisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksISBN: 9781416963790Starred Review: KirkusISBN: 9781416963790Synopsis:“The pipe under the sink was leaking again. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that Nick kept his favourite sword under the sink.”So starts “The Demon’s Lexicon” by Sarah Rees Brennan. This is Brennan’s debut work and it is the story of

MockPrintz: Fire by Kristin Cashore

2009-08-22T11:39:00.002-04:00

Title: FireAuthor: Kristin CashorePublisher: DialISBN:9780803734616Starred Review:The Horn Book, Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, and School Library JournalIt is kind of mean of me to mention this book when it isn't released until October, but you'll want to make sure you put your name on the holds list in advance.Fire is part-human, part-Monster, and while most of the monsters in the Dells

Mock Printz 2010: Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill

2009-07-31T14:17:00.011-04:00

Title: Soul EnchiladaAuthor: David Macinnis GillPublisher: Greenwillow/Harper CollinsISBN:9780061673016Starred Review:KSynopsis:Eunice “Bug” Smoot is having a bad day. Someone has egged her car, she’s lost her job, she is about to be evicted, and if that weren’t bad enough, a demon has come to repossess her car. It turns out her grandfather, Papa C, signed a contract putting their souls up as

Mock Printz 2010: Charles and Emma/The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman

2009-07-28T16:34:00.004-04:00

Title: Charles and Emma/The Darwins' Leap of Faith Author: Deborah Heiligman Publisher: Henry Holt & Co., LLCISBN: 9780805087215Starred reviews in: Booklist, SLJSummary: In 1838 London, Charles Darwin sat and considered marriage—using a pros and cons list. With the decision to marry resolved, and his father’s two cents sought, fate and family put Darwin in the path of cousin, Emma Wedgwood. The

Mock Printz 2010: Heartsinger by Karlijn Stoffels

2009-07-21T15:00:00.003-04:00

Title: HeartsingerAuthor: Karlijn Stoffels(translated by Laura Watkinson)Publisher:Arthur A. Levine BooksISBN:9780545069298Starred Review: PWSynopsis:Heartsinger was originally released, in Dutch, in 2006. It is the story of Mee, the “Singer of Sorrows”. He has the ability to sing someone’s life story and heal their emotional pain but he is unable to heal his own. The story begins with Mee’s

Mock Printz 2010: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

2009-06-10T12:16:00.002-04:00

Title: North of Beautiful Author: Justina Chen Headley Publisher: Little, Brown and CompanyISBN: 9780316025058Starred reviews in: BooklistSummary: Terra Cooper, 16, is a high school senior and artist ready to graduate and hoping to study art in a college far away from a home ruled by her sarcastic and cruel cartographer father. Terra’s older brothers have escaped Mr. Cooper’s verbal abuse while

Mock Printz 2010: Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

2009-06-04T15:40:00.006-04:00

Title: FlygirlAuthor: Sherri L. SmithPublisher: PutnamISBN: 978-0-399-24709-5Starred review in: Booklist, Jan 15, 2009Ida Mae Jones is a light-skinned African-American who lives on a strawberry farm in 1940's Louisiana. Her life would have been predictable except for her Dad, who before he dies, teaches her to fly a plane and dust the crops. This strong fascination with flying gives her an

Mock Printz 2010: King of the Screwups by K.L. Going

2009-05-30T22:07:00.002-04:00