Happy New Year! Today the 2018 Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary Awards) finalists are announced. I’m ready to kick into gear in my role as a round two judge in the middle grade speculative fiction category. Mark @ Say What?, Stacy @ It’s All About the Journey, Rosemary @ Mom Read It, Jen @ Geek Reads Kids and myself will deliberate to decide which of the following finalists will be named the category winner:
- Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend
- A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic #1) by Anna Meriano
- Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
- Snared: Escape to the Above by Adam Jay Epstein
- Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain by Zac Gorman
- The Stone Girl’s Story by Sarah Beth Durst
You can read more about each book in blurbs written by the round one judges on the Cybils website. Winners will be announced on February 14. There are 9 other categories (including picture and board books, young adult fiction, junior/senior high non-fictionand graphic novels) so be sure to check those out too.
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