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The Awards referred to are the Newbery Medal for children’s literature and the Printz Award for Young Adult lit. I don’t usually pick up YA or children’s literature on purpose but every time I’ve read an award winner on these lists, I’ve been impressed.

So I thought I’d “challenge” myself in 2012 by entering The Awards Winning Reads Challenge hosted by Ashley at Basically Amazing Books and Jacinda at The Reading Housewives. I can choose my own commitment – so I’m pledging to read 4 of these great books.

YEAR-END UPDATE:

All of these are Newbery Medal winners, and three of the four were delightful!

1. Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright 1939 (read in Dec 2012)
2. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 1973
3. Holes by Louis Sachar 1999
4. Moon Over Manifest by Claire Vanderpoole 2011