From: Nigrelli, Joanna <Joanna.Nigrelli_at_ci.austin.tx.us>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:02:45 -0600

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Austin Public Library Mock Newbery Discussion

On Monday, December 14th, Austin Public Library conducted a Mock Newbery discussion for library staff. Ten books were discussed as part of this exercise, and the winner and honor books are highlighted below:

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything But Typical

**Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces (Honor book)

DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician's Elephant

**Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate (Honor book)

Peck, Richard. A Season of Gifts

Philbrick, Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

**Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me (Medal winner)

Stone, Tanya Lee. Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

**Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (Honor book)

Woodson, Jacqueline. Peace, Locomotion

Stay tuned for Austin Public Library's Mock Printz results in January!

Joanna Nigrelli, Teen Librarian

Austin Public Library
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