The Virginia State Reading Association sponsors a yearly "battle of the books" for primary, elementary, middle, and high school level books. Virginia students read them over the year and vote, usually through their libraries. You can read more about it at the VSRA website. The winners were announced last week, and included Matthew Cody's Powerless, a fun and original superhero story. Other winners are: Amanda Noll's I Need My Monster, Eric Wight's Rankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom, and Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's Dash and Lily's Book of Dares. I tried to read as many of the nominees as possible, but unfortunately they were so popular that I could only get a few from my public libraries. But, they're on my to read list, and look forward to taking my time about it. Another librarian who's read all the primary, elementary, and middle grade books for the last year says they are all fantastic.
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