It's Cybils Finalist Day! The Cybils shortlists have been announced, and what a fabulous group of books! Go check them out!
Here's a list of the Fantasy/Science Fiction finalists:
Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult)
And All the Starsby Andrea K Höst
Every Day
by David Levithan
Planesrunner (Everness, Book One)
by Ian McDonald
Seraphina
by Rachel Hartman
The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories
by Brenna Yovanoff, Tessa Gratton, and Maggie Stiefvater
The Drowned Cities
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Vessel
by Sarah Beth Durst
Click here for Fantasy & Science Fiction (Young Adult) shortlist with blurbs and links
Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade)
Beswitched
by Kate Saunders
Geeks, Girls, and Secret Identities
by Mike Jung
The Cabinet of Earths
by Anne Nesbet
The False Prince: Book 1 of the Ascendance Trilogy
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Last Dragonslayer (The Chronicles of Kazam)
by Jasper Fforde
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
The Peculiar
by Stefan Bachmann
I was honored to serve again on the Fantasy/Science Fiction (Young Adult) panel. There were so many good books that choosing only seven finalists was HARD! A big shoutout to my fellow panelists. They're all smart, interesting folks who know their SFF! I loved working with them and will miss our discussions. Go follow their blogs:
- Kim Baccellia, Si, se puede and contributor, Young Adult Books Central
- Aurora Celeste, Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog
- Flannery Carlos, The Readventurer
- Tanita Davis, Finding Wonderland
- Karen Jensen, Teen Librarian's Toolbox
- Hallie Tibbetts, Undusty New Books
A big shoutout also to the terrific Fantasy & Science Fiction (Middle Grade) panelists! This was one of the most active and dedicated panels I've ever worked with. They generated hundreds and hundreds of messages discussing the books over the course of the three months, and had two separate chat sessions during the holidays, lasting several hours each. Their discussions ranged far and wide, and covered everything from middle-grade appeal to internal consistency. If you want to know more about middle-grade fantasy & science fiction, you couldn't do better than to follow these folks:
- Anamaria Anderson, Books Together
- Sherry Early, Semicolon
- Sondy Eklund, Sonderbooks
- Melissa Fox, Book Nut
- Jessalyn Gale, Garish & Tweed
- Charlotte Taylor, Charlotte's Library
- Cheryl Vanatti, Reading Rumpus
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And thanks so much to you, Sheila, for being our fearless leader!
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