FINISHED:
Telgemeier, Raina. (2016). Ghosts. New York: Scholastic.

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STARTED:
Cole, Henry. (2016). The Somewhat True Adventures of Sammy Shine. Atlanta: Peachtree.

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FINISHED: 
Peck, Richard. (2016). The Best Man. New York: Dial/Penguin.

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STARTED:
Telgemeier, Raina. (2016). Ghosts. New York: Scholastic.

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FINISHED:
Jamieson, Victoria. (2015). Roller Girl. New York: Penguin.

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STARTED:
Peck, Richard. (2016). The Best Man. New York: Dial/Penguin.

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FINISHED: 
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. (2015). The War That Saved My Life. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[As with ECHO below, I love that I now have a chance to list this one on the blog.  Obviously, by virtue of the fact that it was (SO DESERVING OF) one of our Newbery Honors, it is a book that I have read A NUMBER of times.  AND, I know that I will read it a BUNCH more times over the years.  TRULY TRULY one of my favorites last year... and definitely one of my favorites of all time.]

STARTED:
Jamieson, Victoria. (2015). Roller Girl. New York: Penguin.

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FINISHED:

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2015).  Echo.  New York: Scholastic.

[SO PLEASED to now be able to list this one here on the blog.  Obviously, as it was on of our Newbery Honor books, it's one that I read A NUMBER of times last year.  Also cool to now read it to just... read it.  No more note-taking and intense scrutiny.  Just able to read it for the FANTASTIC piece of fiction that it is.]

STARTED:
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. (2015). The War That Saved My Life. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[Re-reading before meeting the author at the ALA Annual conference.]

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FINISHED: 
de la Peña, Matt. (2008). Mexican Whiteboy. New York: Delacorte.

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STARTED:
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. (2015).  Echo.  New York: Scholastic.

[GLADLY re-reading before I get to meet her at a special luncheon at ALA next week.  Kind of exciting to read it again for the first time after having helped to select it as a 2016 Newbery Honor winner!]

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To Commemorate Having Been on the 2016 Newbery Committee!

FINISHED: 
DiCamillo, Kate. (2016).  Raymie Nightingale.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

[Raymie is determined to learn to twirl a baton - she NEEDS to so that she can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition.  If she does then she is certain that her father will see her picture in the paper and come home (he ran off with a dental hygienist...).  Nothing goes as planned, however, as the baton classes don't happen, her reading aloud to the elderly creeps her out (plus, she loses the book under one of their beds), and she becomes friends with cynical Beverly and Louisiana, who's determined to get back the cat she had to give away (though he was almost certainly put down...) because she couldn't afford to keep him anymore. 

REALLY liked this one.  Kind of quiet and mindful, spare and lovely.  Louisiana was a FANTASTIC character - her unbending enthusiasm and perseverance were hilarious and moving.  SURELY this year's Newbery Award committee will be looking at this one very closely.]

STARTED:
de la Peña, Matt. (2008). Mexican Whiteboy. New York: Delacorte.

[Realized that aside from his other picture book (other than LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET, natch), I haven't read anything else by him...]

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FINISHED:
Hardinge, Frances. (2016). The Lie Tree. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

[Took me awhile to finish this one...  True, I read The BFG in between, but although I found The Lie Tree just as remarkable as the hype, it was still a bit of a slog for me.]

STARTED:
DiCamillo, Kate. (2016).  Raymie Nightingale.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick.

[We finally got copies in!  I can now see what all of the chatter is about!]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Dahl, Roald. (1982).  The BFG.  New York: Puffin/Penguin.

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