You ask and we will blog about it! Lynn sent in a comment and wanted to start a thread about the Mark Twain Nominees and couldn’t have picked a better day to ask. The votes for the 2007/2008 nominees have to be entered to MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians) by midnight tonight. Well, I am ready to hear what you thought of the nominees that you read from this year. I think you are all great book talkers and you will make many people want to pick up your favorite and read it. Here is a list of the 2007/2008 nominees and I will add the Mark Twain Award website to my blogroll. They have next year’s nominees already listed, so you can get a head start and check them out before anyone else. You can also recommend a book to be considered, be sure to check the requirements before you send it in. Here’s the list and I am waiting anxiously to hear from all of you that have read the Mark Twain Award books.

Amato, Mary. Naked Mole-Rat Letters. Holiday House.
GL 3rd-6th RL 4.6.

Auch, M. J. Wing Nut. Henry Holt.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.3.

Barrett, Tracy. On Etruscan Time. Henry Holt.
GL 5th-8th RL 5.5.

Broach, Elise. Shakespeare’s Secret. Henry Holt.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.1

Butler, Dori Hillestad. Do You Know The Monkey Man. Peachtree.
GL 5th-8th RL 5.8

Clements, Andrew. Lunch Money. Simon and Schuster.
GL 3rd-6th RL 5.4

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity. Simon and Schuster.
GL 5th-8th RL 5.8

Hobbs, Valerie. Defiance. Farrar and Straus.
GL 5th-8th RL 5.8

Madden, Kerry. Gentle’s Holler. Penguin.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.1

Patneaude, David. Deadly Drive. A Whitman.
GL 5th-8th RL 4.3

Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry. Clarion.
GL 5th-8th RL 4.8

Pearson, Ridley. Kingdom Keepers. Hyperion.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.0

Riordan, Rick. Lightning Thief. Hyperion.
GL 5th-8th RL 4.9

Schmidt, Gary. First Boy. Henry Holt.
YA

Smith, Roland. Cryptid Hunters. Hyperion.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.8

Smith, Roland. Jack’s Run. Hyperion.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.5

White, Ruth. Search for Belle Prater. Farrar and Strauss.
GL 5th-8th RL 5.3

Wiles, Deborah. Each little bird that sings. Harcourt.
GL 3rd-6th RL 4.0

Wilson, Diane Lee. Black Storm Comin‘. Simon and Schuster.
GL 5th-8th RL 6.7

Woodworth, Chris. When Ratboy Lived Next Door. Farrar and Strauss.
GL 3rd-6th RL 4.5