Category: young adult

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Round 1 Poetry Judge for Cybils 2018!

Happy dance! I’ve been selected as a Round 1 Poetry Judge for CYBILS 2018! Here is the complete list of the Round 1 CYBILS Poetry Judges:

    1. Matt Esenwine Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme @MattForrestVW
    2. Nancy Bo Flood The Pirate Tree @nancyboflood
    3. Elaine Magliaro Wild Rose Reader
    4. Patricia Nozell Wander, Ponder, Write @ptntweets
    5. Anastasia Suen #kidlit Book of the Day @AnastasiaSuen
    6. Carol Wilcox Carol W’s Corner @carwilc
    7. Bridget Wilson What Is Bridget Reading? @bridgetrwilson

After we select a short list, the Round 2 CYBILS Poetry Judges will begin their work in January:

  1. Linda Baie Teacher Dance @LBaie
  2. Katharine Hillyer The Winged Pen @SuperKate
  3. Sheri Howard Lobit Education Village Library @SherilynHoward2
  4. Jone MacCulloch Check It Out @JoneMac53
  5. Sylvia Vardell Poetry for Children @SylviaVardell

Nominations open October 1st — and you can nominate a book in each CYBILS category!

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Manga Classics)
by Mark Twain (Author), Crystal S. Chan (Adapter), and Kuma Chan (Artist)

Booktalk: The manga version of the story of a young boy growing up in the fictional small town of Hannibal, Missouri along the Mississippi River during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid. Life for Tom is a series of grand adventures that include his best friend “Huck” Finn, the love of his life Becky Thatcher, buried treasures, scoundrels, thieves and body snatchers.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE: For this Manga Classics edition, we tried to preserve as much of Mark Twain’s original language as possible to uphold the historical integrity of the work. We believe that by exposing rather than burying the past, it would help new readers think critically about current racial slurs and stereotypes by tracing them back to their historical origins, and by examining the intent and viewpoints of those associated with them.


BONUS! The original story is one of the 100 books nominated by the public this summer for THE GREAT AMERICAN READ on PBS. Voting for the #1 book is now open! Which novel will you choose?

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