Not a Newbery, but still cool

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

The King of Attolia got in ALA's list of the Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults last year!

About time it gets something, eh? Knowing my library, I have a feeling it'll be listed on pamphlets all over the library now.

Before I forget, to give credit where credit is due, I got the list from Maureen Johnson's blog.

Comments

[crazyviolin.livejournal.com]

The Book Thief's on there!! Oh that made me cry. Best book I've read this year. It's absolutely fantastic, but so sad.

[haleysings.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cool, it's a good book then? I've been wondering about it since it comes up on Amazon every time I search for The Thief, and...well...I like books...XD

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a very short list, too. Excellent.

[estarria.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is about time it wins something. That looks like an important list. :)

[avian-xj.livejournal.com]

Woot, KoA!

[emmaco.livejournal.com]

That's great news! Hopefully MWT will garner some new fans.

Also cheering for Book Thief, not only is it a great book but the author is a very cute Australian (http://www.randomhouse.com/features/markuszusak/). A strange thing about this book was that it's an adult book here in Australia but is doing very well as a YA in the USA. I hope librarians here know this and are encouraging teens to read it! I'm sure sensible reading adults in the USA already know that they can discover great books in the YA section of the store :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

Hm. I may just have to come to Australia to get Markus Zusak's autograph next.

[crazyviolin.livejournal.com]

lol, I've got a signed copy! I just found it in Borders.

[dh684.livejournal.com]

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[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Good catch, dh!