Here’s my list of books that I think ought to be nominated for the Cybils. I’m going to keep adding to this list between now and October 15th, and I’ll note those books that have been nominated.
Young Adult Fiction:
Beautiful by Cindy Martinusen-Coloma. Published by Thomas Nelson, November, 2009. Nominated.
Exposure by Mal Peet. Published by Candlewick, October 13, 2009. Semicolon review here. Note the Oct.13, 2009 publication date. I’m wondering if we could get a dispensation from the powers that be for this book since I don’t see how anyone could have read it and nominated it last year in the two days that were available before the Oct. 15th cut-off. date. It’s a really good book.
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins. Published by Charlesbridge, July, 2010. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
Hush by Eishes Chayil. Published by Walker and Company, September, 2010. Semicolon review here.
Diamond Ruby by Joseph Wallace. Published by Simon and Schuster, May, 2010. Semicolon review here. Nominated, not eligible.
The Heart Is Not a Size by Beth Kephart. Published by HarperTeen, 2010. Nominated.
Somebody Everybody Listens To by Suzanne Supplee. Published by Dutton Books, 2010. Nominated.
Cate of the Lost Colony by Lisa Klein. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
The Fiddler’s Gun by Andrew Peterson. Published by Rabbit Room Press, December 1, 2009. Nominated.
Jump by Elisa Carbone. Semicolon review here.
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson. Semicolon review here. Whoops: The publication date is October 19th. I guess this one will have to wait for next year. Nominated in MG fiction?
No and Me by Delphine de Vigan. Translated from the French by George Miller. Published in English by Bloomsbury, August, 2010.
Middle Grade Fiction:
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. Cosmic Published by Walden Pond Press (an imprint of Harper Collins), January 19, 2010. Semicolon review here. Nominated in the Science Fiction/Fantasy category, which I guess is where it belongs.
The Reinvention of Edison Thomas by Jacqueline Houtman. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
Emily’s Fortune by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Published by Delacourte Press, 2010. Nominated.
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
Countdown by Deborah Wiles. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter. Nominated.
Fantasy:
The Curse of the Spider King by Thomas Wayne Batson and Christopher Hopper. Published by Thomas Nelson, November 3, 2009. Nominated.
Venom and Song by Thomas Wayne Batson and Christopher Hopper. Published by Thomas Nelson, July 13, 2010.
The Charlatan’s Boy by Jonathan Rogers. Published by Waterbrook Press, October 5, 2010. Nominated.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone. Semicolon review here. Nominated.
On the Blue Comet by Rosemary Wells. Candlewick, 2010. Nominated.
Easy Readers/Early Chapter Books:
Anna Maria’s GIft by Janice Shefleman. Published by Random House, April, 2010. Nominated.
Picture Books:
Eight Days: A Story Of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat. Published by Orchard Books, September 1, 2010.
Poetry:
Zack! You’re Acting Zany: playful poems and riveting rhymes by Marty Nystrom and Steve Bjorkman. Published by Standard Publishing, March 1, 2010. Nominated.
MG/YA Nonfiction:
You Were Made to Make a Difference by Max Lucado and Jenna Lucado Bishop. Published by Thomas Nelson, September 14, 2010. Nominated.
More ideas from Jennifer and Dawn at 5 Minutes for Books.
I can’t nominate all of these, folks. Anyone can nominate one book for each category in the Cybils from now until October 15th. So get in there and do your nominating thing, especially if any of the above are your favorites.
Unfortunately, I haven’t read ANY of these except Mockingjay. My one nomination, which I submitted first thing this morning, is Leaving Gee’s Bend in middle grade fiction.
Yay! Looking forward to working with you on the MG Fiction panel. I nominated Kneebone Boy!! It was a tough decision for me, and I thought it would get nominated anyway. I had another one that I had been planning on, but Kneebone Boy really was my top pick.
There are several fiction and nonfiction picture books I hope will get a nom, so we’re going to write up a post later this week as well.
Also–we reviewed Eight Days in Haiti if anyone wants to check out Dawn’s review (and it was this week, so I linked it up to the review as well).
Stoked for the nomination. Thanks so much! ch:
This is great, Sherry! Thanks for doing this. It’s awesome to see how many have already been nominated. I put in a couple nominations of my own so far, but I’m waiting a bit longer for lists like yours, of worthy candidates who haven’t yet been nominated, and then I’ll swoop in at the end with the rest of my noms. 🙂
The Fiddler’s Gun is actually by A.S. Peterson, Andrew Peterson’s brother.