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Round 3, Match 1: Bomb vs The Fault in Our Stars
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin Roaring Brook/Macmillan The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Dutton/Penguin Judged by Lynne Rae Perkins I would secretly like to be Barbara Tuchman. That is, to be...
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Round 3, Match 2: Splendors and Glooms vs No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair by Vaunda Nelson Carolrhoda Books/Lerner Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Candlewick Judged by James Patterson It seems criminal to have to pick between SPLENDORS AND...
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Round 3, Match 1: Boxers and Saints vs Far Far Away
JUDGE – PATRICK NESS Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang FirstSecond/Macmillan Far Far Away by Tom McNeal Knopf/Random House What should we demand of YA literature? Is that even an answerable...
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Round 3, Match 2: P.S. Be Eleven vs The Thing About Luck
JUDGE – ROBIN LAFEVERS P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia Amistad/HarperCollins The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata Atheneum Books for Young Readers I was so excited to be invited to be a...
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Round 3, Match 1: Brown Girl Dreaming vs El Deafo
JUDGE – KEKLA MAGOON Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Publisher El Deafo by Cece Bell Publisher So…yeah. No pressure. “Just choose your favorite of the two Newbery Honor books, Sophie.”...
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Round 3, Match 2: The Port Chicago 50 vs West of the Moon
JUDGE – MARCUS SEDGWICK The Port Chicago 50 by Steve Sheinkin Roaring Brook/Macmillan West of the Moon by Margi Preus Harry Abrams Chalk and cheese. Apples and Oranges. I know I’m not the only judge...
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Round 3, Match 1: Echo vs Gone Crazy in Alabama
JUDGE – Kelly Loy Gilbert Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Scholastic Press Gone Crazy In Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia Amistad/HarperCollins I am woefully unread in middle grade literature, and so as luck...
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Round 3: Match 2: The Marvels vs Nimona
JUDGE – Padma Venkatraman The Marvels by Brian Selznick Scholastic Nimona by Noelle Stevenson HarperCollins An author I admire once mentioned that he often worried he’d be “wrong” about a book....
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Round 3, Match 1: Freedom in Congo Square vs March: Book Three
JUDGE – ELLEN OH Freedom in Congo Square By Carole Boston Weatherford, Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Little Bee March: Book Three by Congressman John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell Top...
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Round 3, Match 2: Some Writer! vs The Sun Is Also a Star
JUDGE – SABAA TAHIR Some Writer! by Melissa Sweet Houghton Mifflin Harcourt The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Random House Generally I’m one of those people who snorts at the idea of giving...
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