Bank Street College School for Children, 96 fifth and sixth graders
read, discussed and voted.
The Short List
Paint the Wind- Pam
First Light
Edward's Eyes
Elijah buxton
Wednesday Wars
Eggs
True Meaning of Smek Day
a crooked kind of Perfect
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous
No talking
This is just to say
Book of a thousand days
Lemonade wars
Winner
True Meaning of Smek Day
Honor Books
Crooked Kind of Perfect- Linda Urban
This is Just To Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman
Book of a Thousand Days- Shannon Hale
Comments
Paint the Wind- Pam Munoz ryan
Sarah age 11 – sad and happy and makes you keep reading
Wednesday Wars- Miranda 11 Relationships were unique
Otis 12, writing was good, plot could have been better.
Isabelle 11- I liked that there was more than one story
Sophie 11 - Its about a long time ago but it also seems like today.
This is a time we don’t talk about.
True Meaning of Smek Day
Jack- I could stop reading. Best book of the year. The Boov were
great.
Yoella12- hilarious, I loved the cat- pig
Azizz 11- The best plot of all the books we read
Carlotta 11- I liked the form of the essay as a way of telling the
story’
Andrew 12- I could really see the characters The story was
unpredictable.
Cal- 12 Exciting funny and weird
Jenna, I loved it. I don’t like science fiction but I loved it.
Miranda 11- Fun to read. I read non-stop. Real kids our age wouldn’t
talk like this
Judah 11
A Crooked kind of Perfect
Colby age 12- I haven’t read anything like this. I like the quirky
characters
Judah- the characters were three dimensional, funny and interesting
Jenna 12, not a word was wasted, the ideas were grown up
Miranda 11- you got to know the characters by what they said to each
other
Colby- I liked the relationships
Alex, age 11 It drew you in
Bruke age 12- the plot was twisted and you knew what it felt like to
lose and gain a friend.
Pheobe age 10- This book was funny, sad, and real
Katrina 11- the plot was unexpected
Julie age 12 –low key not as exciting as the other nominees
Mia age 11_I like the way the “she became herself”
Alex 11- I play piano and I could really relate to her. Feelings were
described well
The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous
Jenna, age 12 –no one understood her but I did when I read this book
Nora, age 11- never read a book before with these unique characters
Mia- I have a cousin who is like this. This book is perfect and she
read it and loved it.
This is just to say
Nora 11- Touching
Phoebe- Best book. I felt like the narrator was talking to me.
Arden 12-I love the apologies and responses. I could hear the
conversation.
Isaiah 12- The poems had and actual story.
Aziz-11 Even though the poems were short they gave you an in-depth look
at the characters.
Charlie- first poem book I read that I actually liked.
Book of a thousand days
Celia- I liked the format of days instead of chapters
Sophie age 12- Even though there were a lot of words you may not have
known they made sense in the sentences
Kristine 11- It was a fast adventure. I didn’t want to put it down.
Lisa Von Drasek
Children's Librarian
Bank Street College of Education
School for Children Pre-K- 8
610 West 112th St
NY NY 10025
lisav@bnkst.edu
212 875 4452
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