2012 Mind the Gap Awards

2012 Mind the Gap Awards






















































Most likely to haunt award committeesAnya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
 
Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann
Better luck next timeGood Luck, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke,
illustrated by Lauren Tobia
Tragic and tragically overlookedAmerica Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown
 
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance
of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming
 
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
Best Cold War book left out in the coldLife: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
Best year-round Christmas book
(think of the money you’ll save!)
The Money We’ll Save by Brock Cole
Science made simple (youngest)Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Science made simple (oldest)Feynman by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Leland Myrick
Best animal survival storiesCan We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White
 
Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan
Campbell Bartoletti, illustrated by Holly Meade
Best human survival storiesBluefish by Pat Schmatz
 
Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones
Best swamp survival storiesMeadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
by Thomas F. Yezerski
 
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Batteries not requiredPress Here by Hervé Tullet

From the July/August 2012 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.
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Marika McCoola

I completely agree with Anya's Ghost! I do wish Anya's Ghost had won an award from a committee that looks at more than graphic novels, as it's a book that should be upheld as not just a great graphic novel, but a great book. However, Vera did win an Eisner for the book. Do libraries generally order all Eisner-winning books?

Posted : Aug 03, 2012 01:05


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