Best Books of 2010

It's that time again when Mrs. Wilson and Miss Hagensee select the best books they have read during the year. There have been so many great books that we both had a hard time limiting ourselves to just ten. We invite you all to send us your top ten list or at least tell us how your list compares to ours. Have a great holiday time and see you in the new year.

Mrs. Wilson's Favorite Books Read in 2010

1. Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins

2. Gone from These Woods, by Donny Seagraves

3. After Ever After, by Jordan Sonnenblick

4. 11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass

5. When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead

6. The Willoughbys, by Lois Lowry

7. Trouble, by Gary D. Schmidt

8. The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman

9. Waiting for Normal, by Leslie Connor

10. Notes from the Dog, by Gary Paulsen


Miss Hagensee's Favorite Books Read in 2010

1. Trouble, by Gary D. Schmidt

2. Ten Things I Hate about Me, by Randa Abdel-Fattah

3. Cracker, the Best Dog in Vietnam, by Cynthia Kadohata

4. After, by Francine Prose

5. Flygirl, by Sherri L. Smith

6. Greetings from Nowhere, by Barbara O'Connor

7. Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson

8. Woods Runner, by Gary Paulsen

9. Skullduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy

10. Mergers, by Steven L. Layne

Hottest New Addition

Now that the 6th graders are busy reading the nominees for the 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, we find that the nominees we have in audiobook form are in great demand. We currently have 6 of the 20 nominees in audiobook format and 3 more are coming. (I had to order special plastic cases to protect the CDs since they only came in cardboard boxes.)
While the IMC has some older audiobooks in audio cassette form, the new Caudill nominees are either in CD format or Playaway format. Playaways are a small box that is a complete audio book. The packaging includes earbuds, an extra battery, a lanyard, and a print copy of the book. I have seen several students walking around school listening to a Playaway between classes or in the IMC.