We've lost so many giants of children's literature this year, with Maurice Sendak, Leo Dillon, Ellen Levine, Jean Craighead George, and likely more passing in just these last few months. Recently two more salwarts of young literature joined them. The Little Bear books are the very first books I can remember reading all by myself. There was something cozy and …
2007 Young Adult Fiction Finalists
Finding the best seven titles out of a list of 123 is… daunting, to say the least. The bloggers on this year’s YA nominating panel embraced the challenge, and below you’ll find the books that survived discussion and passionate debate through countless emails and one very long instant-message group chat. We’re proud of our shortlist, and hope you love it …
2007 Young Adult Fiction Nominations
Rounding in at a robust 123 titles, the most of any category this year, Young Adult Fiction proudly presents the 2007 nominations. –Jackie Parker, YA Fiction organizer
About Jackie Parker
Today we introduce Jackie Parker, our Young Adult Fiction organizer: I don’t remember playing with dolls as a child. What I do remember is hanging out in hot, musty school libraries as my librarian mother prepared for the school year. I remember helping by spreading out the new catalog cards across a great swath of carpeting and dancing across them …