Finalists of the 2011 Cybils

Congratulations to the finalists of the 2011 Children's and Young Adult Bloggers' Literary Awards (the Cybils)! For this blog, I would like to highlight the following finalists. =D

Middle Grade Fiction

The Friendship Doll by Kirby Larson (Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers)

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang (Scholastic)

Warp Speed by Lisa Yee (Arthur A. Levine)

Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy (Arthur A. Levine)

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)

The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty (Harcourt)

Poetry

Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto by Paul B. Janeczko (Candlewick Press)

Graphic Novels

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch (Amulet)

Sidekicks by Dan Santat (Arthur A. Levine)

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham (First Second Books)

Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)

Angelfall by Susan Ee (Feral Dream)

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake (Tor Teen)

The winners will be announced on Valentine's Day! <3

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