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What book should we read in April?
You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2017 Newbery contender and already published.
You may write in titles, provided the book is a 2017 Newbery contender and already published.
The Hour of the Bees
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Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Pax
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the key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd
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Key to Extraordinary
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Just My Luck by Cammie McGovern
The Last Boy at St. Edith's by Lee Gjersten Malone
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Paper wishes
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Mar 17, 2016 01:15PM
The Key to Extraordinary was being sold at my Scholastic book fair in November - are we sure it's eligible? Doesn't it have to be first published in 2016?
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I also just read "Sweet Home Alaska" recently and really enjoyed it.
How about Raymie Nightingale by DiCamillo?
Julie wrote: "The Key to Extraordinary was being sold at my Scholastic book fair in November - are we sure it's eligible? Doesn't it have to be first published in 2016?"Often Scholastic gets their titles into bookfairs before the trade copyright date. It would still be eligible.
BITTER SIDE OF SWEET barely slides into the Newbery age range of up to fourteen. I'm not discounting it but it is not a comfortable read, content wise.
I have not read Rayme Nightingale yet but I would love to see it here as an option.
So happy to see Some Kind of Courage on this list. I hope it makes the cut at some point this year!
The book went on sale at Scholastic Book Fairs on January 19, 2016, not in November. It is an early, paperback edition with a different cover from the hardcover just published. Same wonderful book!
I would love to read Rayme Nightingale when it comes out. I loved Pax! It is beautifully written, told through the alternating voices of the boy and his fox, and holds you in its grip from beginning to end.
I have read and enjoyed Paper Wishes. Looking forward to seeing what other people thought of this book. I enjoyed Paper Wishes more than Pax.
How about The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle?Have read Some Kind of Courage (particularly exciting read for boys) and Pax (theme is foremost, to the detriment of character and plot), have Paper Wishes up next. Look forward to Rayme Nightingale.
Julie wrote: "The Key to Extraordinary was being sold at my Scholastic book fair in November - are we sure it's eligible? Doesn't it have to be first published in 2016?"Scholastic has sometimes released books sooner than the publication date - not sure how or why! :)
Since Raymie Nightingale won't be released until mid-April, perhaps we could consider it for the May read?
I would love to see Some Kind of Courage as our pick. I've read Raymie, Paper Wishes and I just finished KEY. It was fantastic!
We have to get Hour of the Bees added to the main list- wow!!!
Mary HD wrote: "How about The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle?Have read Some Kind of Courage (particularly exciting read for boys) and Pax (theme is foremost, to the detriment of character and plot), have P..."
Just read Paper Wishes, which I thought was spot on in its depiction of a very unhappy little girl forced to move to an internment camp for Japanese Americans.
Also read The Charmed Children....which was good, but left too many plot holes to be filled with telling not showing.
