2016 FES Mock Newbery List #1 Revealed!

This is the moment many FES readers have been waiting for... The announcement of the first reading list for the 2016 Mock Newbery Book Club. The following ten titles are selections for this year's book club. A second list will be revealed in early October.

Fourth and fifth grade students may sign up to join the book club during the first two weeks of school.

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

Dial Books

Fantasy

Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan

Scholastic Press

Historical Fiction/Fantasy

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Penguin Books

Realistic Fiction

Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia

Harper Collins

Historical Fiction

A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord

Scholastic

Realistic Fiction

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Candlewick Press

Realistic Fiction

Stella by Starlight by Sharon Draper

Simon & Schuster

Historical Fiction

Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins

Charlesbridge

Realistic Fiction

The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Scholastic Press

Historical Fiction

The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Dial Books

Historical Fiction

Be sure to check out these book trailers and interviews. 

Echo

Fish in a Tree

Interview with Cynthia Lord on 207 (WCSH)

Interview with Jennifer Richard Jacobson on 207 (WCSH)

Stella by Starlight

The War That Saved My Life