FINISHED:

Lin, Grace. (2009). Where the mountain meets the moon. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

[LOVED this wonderful little tale. I especially enjoyed the fact that there a bunch of little stories/fables/folktales told throughout the novel which, in the end, add up to a larger tale - in addition to the fact that the whole novel is, in itself, a fable/folktale. Simple, straightforward, clever - all the qualities of a "classic" - and Lin's full-color artwork throughout is excellent. COMPLETELY worthy of the Newbery Honor which it received.]

STARTED:
Fisher, Catherine. (2010). Incarceron. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[Reading to see if I deem it worthy of appearing on the ACL 2010 Distinguished List - and the year has just begun...]

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