#CYBILS2023 TBR Toppler, #7
A round-up of reviews for 2023 CYBILS Awards nominated and submitted books featured for the week of 12/18-12/23
We’re here. The last TBR toppler of 2023. By the time we finish our blogs this week, we will have shared reviews of just over 100 books that were nominated or submitted for the 2023 CYBILS Awards. That’s one hefty TBR pile.
Don’t worry, even after the finalists are announced next week, we’ll keep sharing reviews. Nearly 70% of the books considered this year have at least one review from a judge! If they took the time to write their thoughts for you, the least we can do is share!
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with book summaries and review excerpts.
Dec 11 - Middle-Grade Monday
[Elementary/Middle-Grade Graphic Novel + Middle Grade Fiction]
What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Sinarski
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
Dec 12 - Nonfiction Tuesday
[Elementary + Middle-Grade + High School]
Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench by Lydia Lukidis
What It's Like to Be a Bird (Adapted for Young Readers): From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing and Why by David Allen Sibley
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
Dec 13 - Wee Ones Wednesday
[Board Book + Fiction Picture Book]
Have You Seen My Sock? by Colombe Linotte, Claudia Bielinsky (Illustrator)
Invisible Things by Andy J. Pizza, Sophie Miller
Dec 14 - See Me Read!
[Easy Reader + Early Chapter Book]
Gigi and Ojiji: Food for Thought by Melissa Iwai
Lola’s First Day of the Dead (Hola Lola) by Keka Novales, Carolina Vázquez
(Illustrator)
Dec 15 - Poetry Friday
[Collecction + Verse Novel]
Welcome to the Wonder House by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, Georgia Heard, Deborah Freedman (Illustrator)
Bea Wolf by Zack Weinersmith, Boulet (Illustrator)
Dec 16 - Spec Fic Saturday
[Elementary/Middle-Grade + YA]
Finch House by Ciera Burch
Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment 1) by Rebecca Ross
Reminder: There is NO connection between out judge’s review and actual discussions within the panels. These are our judges’ thoughts, in their own words, about what they are reading.