2016 Cybils Finalists

The 2016 Cybils finalists were announced on January 1, 2017. Each year, the Cybils awards are given to books for children and teens in a number of different categories, all of which have been read and discussed by first and second round judges. You will find a list of all the finalists here.

Once again, I am a Middle-Grade Fiction round two judge and my reading assignment includes these finalists and I can't wait to begin:

Full of Beans 
Jennifer L. Holms
Random House BFYR

Ghost 
Jason Reynolds
Atheneum BFYR

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
Joseph Marshall
Amulet

Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson
Walden Pond Press

Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks and
Gita Varadarajan
Scholastic

Slacker
Gordon Korman
Scholastic

Some Kind of Happiness
Claire Legrand
Simon & Schuster



The winners of the Cybils awards will be announced on February 14, 2017. My reviews of all these books will follow that announcement.