Hey, world — for those who are passionate about children’s books, here is another chance to read, think, talk, debate, and speculate about the top 2011 books for young readers. Congratulations to the sixteen contenders of School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books, 2011 — which will take place in mid- to late- March.
- AS EASY AS FALLING OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH by Lynn Rae Perkins
- THE CARDTURNER by Louis Sachar
- A CONSPIRACY OF KINGS by Megan Whalen Turner
- COUNTDOWN by Deborah Wiles
- THE DREAMER by Pam Munoz Ryan
- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BARBIE by Tanya Lee Stone
- HEREVILLE: HOW MIRKA GOT HER SWORD by Barry Deutsch
- KEEPER by Kathi Appelt
- THE ODYSSEY by Gareth Hinds
- ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia
- THE RING OF SOLOMON by Jonathan Stroud
- SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
- A TALE DARK AND GRIMM by Adam Gidwitz
- THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE K.K.K. by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- TRASH by Andy Mulligan
- WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by John Green and David Levithan
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