King County Library System - Choose the Next Newbery at KCLS!

After a great meeting with lots of discussion the Choose the Next Newbery at KCLS Committee has narrowed the ballot down to eight amazing titles. We will be holding four discussion events around the county where we will also be giving away advanced readers copies of the many, many, many books we considered.

Redmond Library, Thursday, October 8 at 7pm
Bellevue Library, Saturday, October 10 at 11am
Carnation Library, Friday, October 16 at 2pm
Covington Library, Wednesday, November 18 at 7pm

Update: If you missed attending a discussion event, you can listen to the Covington discussion here.

Choose the Next Newbery at KCLS culminates on December 18, 2009 when we open the voting so King County can choose its own winner. You can vote online or in person at your local library. The official Newbery Award will be announced at the end of January. To be eligible to vote you need to read at least four of the eight nominees.

The Final Eight

All The Broken Pieces : a novel in verse / by Ann E. Burg

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Hear Micheline presenting...

Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal

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Hear Maggie presenting...

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had by Kristin Levine

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Hear Beth presenting...

Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino