Every year we participate in a Mock Newbery discussion with other librarians in Nassau County. We read books that have some Newbery buzz, discuss them and then vote on a winner. I thought you might like to know what's on our radar this year, so here are the books we'll be reading:
Keeper by Kathi Appelt
Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman
Falling In by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan
What Happened on Fox Street by Tricia Springstubb
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

I read Heart of a Samurai and really liked it, but that's the only one I can report on so far.