I read a lot of books for children and young adults for my job. I love that part of my job! I always pay attention to the latest award winning books chosen by the American Library Association (ALA). Of particular interest to me is the Newbery Award given to an author for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. You can check out the ALA site for the list of this year's Newbery Medal winner and honor books.
I just finished this year's Newbery Award winner, The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman. The beginning of the book was really creepy. The book begins with a description of an assasin with a bloodied knife slowly walking up a set of stairs intent on killing a baby boy who should be in his crib. Of course the baby gets away and that begins the rising action for this exciting story.
If you've read the book or once you read the book I'd like to hear your thoughts on the prophecy that one of the Jacks tells the protagonist, Bod, about in chapter seven. To me the idea of killing the child who might stand in the way of their power was rather Biblical. I enjoyed the book and once I got going on the story it was certainly one of those books that I had trouble putting down. I hope you enjoy it too.
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I'm convinced the judges this year were a glum bunch. I read the runner-up, The Underneath by Kathi Appelt. I found it too scary to read to my third graders and, as an animal lover, a man's mistreaqtment of his dog disturbing. HOwever, there must have been something....I, too, could not put it down.
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