{"id":16585,"date":"2013-01-04T22:45:21","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T02:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=16585"},"modified":"2013-01-04T23:09:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T03:09:57","slug":"2012-sonderbooks-stand-outs-other-childrens-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=16585","title":{"rendered":"2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs: Other Children’s Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tonight I’m posting about my 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a> in the category of “other” Children’s Fiction — all except Fantasy and Science Fiction, which was the category I judged for the Cybils, so had a lot of books.<\/p>\n

This category includes most of my Newbery hopefuls, though I didn’t choose them for award winners, but just ranked in terms of how much I enjoyed reading them. I’m posting this category tonight because it’s the only category where I have all the reviews already posted. I’m getting to this late tonight because today I went and looked at a townhome that I’m going to make an offer for! I found that the best way to make such a big decision was to take a nap!<\/p>\n

Anyway, here are my 2012 Sonderbooks Stand-outs<\/a> for Non-Fantasy Children’s Fiction:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1. Summer of the Gypsy Moths<\/a><\/em>, by Sara Pennypacker
\n2. The One and Only Ivan<\/a><\/em>, by Katherine Applegate\"\"<\/a>
\n3. Wonder<\/a><\/em>, by R. J. Palacio
\n4. Liar and Spy<\/a><\/em>, by Rebecca Stead
\n5. Twelve Kinds of Ice<\/a><\/em>, by Ellen Obed Bryan
\n6. The Lions of Little Rock<\/a><\/em>, by Kristin Levine<\/p>\n

You may have noticed that I don’t have the same number of stand-outs in each category. That’s because these are the books that stand out in my mind after a year of reading, and I try to hold the same standard to all categories. So some have more choices than others.<\/p>\n

This list does have one book, The One and Only Ivan<\/em>, that was on our Cybils shortlist for Middle Grade Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/a>, by virtue of animals talking to each other. But I maintain that in spirit, it’s not a fantasy novel at all, so for my purposes, it’s on this list.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, all of these books are on our Mock Newbery Book Club shortlist for voting on January 14th at 4:30 pm at City of Fairfax Regional Library. I guess that makes sense, since I made the shortlist! Also on our shortlist are two other Sonderbooks Stand-outs: Palace of Stone<\/em> and Starry River of the Sky<\/em>, and two books I haven’t read yet: Bomb<\/em>, by Steve Sheinkin, and Three Times Lucky<\/em>, by Sheila Turnage. If any of my readers live in the area, please come join us, even if you haven’t read all the books!<\/p>\n

Tonight I’ll update the review pages for all these books to reflect their Stand-out status. If you haven’t caught these books yet, I recommend them all highly. And who knows, maybe you can beat the crowd for checking out some Newbery honorees!<\/p>\n

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