Join us for SJCPL's Mock Newbery Club. For readers ages 9-14. We'll be reading a variety of books eligible to win the 2009 Newbery Medal. Be ready to read a lot and talk about what makes the writing good--or not. Registration required. Please register online or call 282-4607.

***PLEASE NOTE: You CAN read ahead. So if you've already read some of the books on the October list and want to read from the November or December list, you can.

You are also allowed to read eligible titles on your own & submit recommendations of titles that are NOT on the list, so that something great that Kris might have missed can be discussed by the whole group & considered for our Mock Newbery Medal. AND Kris reserves the right to add a couple of titles if she finds more. : )

For the October 30 meeting (4:00-5:00 p.m.):
Read 3 or more of these 6:

• Avi. The Seer of Shadows. (Juvenile Mystery)
• Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Rinaldi, Ann. The Redheaded Princess. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Riordan, Rick. The Battle of the Labyrinth. (Teen Fiction)
• Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey. (Juvenile Fiction)

For November 13 meeting (4:00-5:00 p.m.):
Read 1 of the above books that you haven't read, but ONLY if it was highly recommended, plus 2 or more of these 6:

• Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Blume, Lesley M.M. Tennyson. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Henkes, Kevin. Bird Lake Moon. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Law, Ingrid. Savvy. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Schmidt, Gary. Trouble. (Teen Fiction)

For December 11 meeting (4:00-5:00 p.m.):
Read 1 of the above books that you haven't read, but ONLY if it was highly recommended, plus 2 or more of these 6:

• Appelt, Kathi. The Underneath. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Dowell, Frances O'Roark. Shooting the Moon. (Teen Fiction)
• Erdrich, Louise. The Porcupine Year. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Kadohata, Cynthia. Outside Beauty. (Teen Fiction)
• Park, Linda Sue. Keeping Score. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Spinelli, Jerry. Smiles to Go. (Teen Fiction)

EXTRA CREDIT--Do you want to try some other eligible, highly recommended titles that just missed the list? These books could win, so you might want to check out a few of them too. Here are a few more to whet your appetite:

• Adler, David. Don't Talk to Me about the War. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Broach, Elise. Masterpiece. (Juvenile Fiction) (soon to be on order)
• Cheng, Andrea. Where the Steps Were. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. (soon to be on order --Teen Fiction)
• Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. (soon to be on order; Teen Fiction)
• Creech, Sharon. Hate That Cat. (soon to be on order--Juvenile First Chapter)
• Fleischman, Sid. The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West. (Juvenile Biography)
• Forester, Victoria. The Girl Who Could Fly. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Fradin, Dennis. Duel!: Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words. (Juvenile Nonfiction 973.46 F841d)
• Frost, Helen. Diamond Willow. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Gifaldi, David. Listening for Crickets. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Havill, Juanita. Grow. (soon to be on order; Juvenile Fiction)
• Hesse, Karen. Brooklyn Bridge. (soon to be on order; Juvenile Fiction)
• Horvath, Polly. My One Hundred Adventures. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Kerley, Barbara. What To Do about Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! (Juvenile Biography)
• Lemna, Don. When the Sergeant Came Marching Home. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Li, Moying. Snow Falling in Spring. (soon to be on order; Juvenile Nonfiction)
• Lin, Grace. The Year of the Rat. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Martin, Patricia. Lulu Atlantis and the Quest for True Blue Love. (Juvenile First Chapter Book/Fiction)
• Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. (Teen Fiction)
• Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. (Juvenile Nonfiction 796.357 N334w)
• O'Connor, Barbara. Greetings from Nowhere. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Preller, James. Six Innings. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Rodman, Mary Ann. Jimmy's Stars. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)
• Smith, Hope Anita. Keeping the Night Watch. (Juvenile Fiction)
• Winters, Kay. Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak. (Juvenile Nonfiction 973.311 W736c)
• Winston, Sherri. The Kayla Chronicles. (Teen Fiction)
• Yep, Laurence. The Dragon's Child. (Juvenile Historical Fiction)

**Over e-mail or telephone you can give Kris your 3 nominated books by Monday, 12/22.

For Jan. meetings--we will narrow down our nominated titles and vote for our top 3 favorites after discussion. Final 2 meetings are 1/22/09 & 1/23/09, from 3:00-5:00 p.m.

8/6/08, KES; 3 bolded titles added 8/8/08; 2 bolded titles added 8/12/08 (by Broach & Creech)