The winners of the first-ever Cybils have been announced. (For those of you in a coma, these are the YA/Children’s Lit Bloggers’ Choice Awards.)
There are some damn fine books on the winner’s list, including A Drowned Maiden’s Hair (which I loved loved loved) and Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (likewise). List of winners behind the cut (list stolen from Jen). And follow the first link in this post for commentary from the judges on each category.
Fantasy and Science Fiction:
"Ptolemy’s Gate"
Jonathan Stroud
Hyperion: Miramax
Fiction Picture Books:
"Scaredy Squirrel"
by Melanie Watt
Kid’s Can Press
Graphic Novels:
Ages 12 and Under:
"Amelia Rules," vol. 3: Superheroes
by Jim Gownley
Renaissance Press
Ages 13 and Up:
"American Born Chinese"
Gene Yang
First Second
Middle Grade Fiction:
"A Drowned Maiden’s Hair"
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Candlewick Press
Non-Fiction, Middle Grade and Young Adult:
"Freedom Walkers"
by Russell Freedman
Holiday House
Non-Fiction Picture Books:
"An Egg is Quiet"
written by Dianna Aston; illustrated by Sylvia Long
Chronicle Books
Poetry:
"Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow"
written by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes
Houghton Mifflin
Young Adult Fiction:
"Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist"
by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Thanks so much for promoting the list, Gwenda! And especially for taking up my call to people to buy the books. I would love to see these awards have a quantifiable impact. Of course they’re already having a grass-roots, enthusiasm sort of impact, which is wonderful. Thanks for contributing!
Oh, and thanks for the recommendation of Life as We Knew It. I’m simply dying to read that one!
But what if you already own the books?
Buy them for a friend? 🙂
Thanks, Jen — the whole effort has been so well conducted, especially for something in its first year. Yay, Cybils!
I see I have some readin’ to do. Thanks for the recommendations of A Drowned Maiden’s Hair and ..Nick and Norah’s.
NIck & Norah’s is wonderful.
What if you have no friends, Gwenda? What then, huh?
I’m with Justine. I’m going to have to order for friends (I’m pretty sure Justine has some!!)