I know I’m late passing this on, but…

Can’t wait, can’t wait!

More information over at Fuse #8… Pop over to watch Betsy’s hilarious video, but I’ll save you the scrolling (because it’s so hard…), and give you the list of books and judges.

The books up for contention are:

CHARLES AND EMMA
CLAUDETTE COLVIN
THE EVOLUTION OF CALPURNIA TATE
FIRE
THE FROG SCIENTIST
THE LAST OLYMPIAN
LIPS TOUCH
THE LOST CONSPIRACY
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD
MARCHING FOR FREEDOM
PEACE, LOCOMOTION
A SEASON OF GIFTS
THE STORM IN THE BARN
SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM
TALES FROM OUTER SUBURBIA
WHEN YOU REACH ME

And the list of the judges:

M. T. Anderson
Christopher Paul Curtis
Nancy Farmer
Candace Fleming
Helen Frost
Shannon Hale
Angela Johnson
Cynthia Kadohata
Julius Lester
Jim Murphy
Walter Dean Myers
Katherine Paterson
Gary Schmidt
Anita Silvey
Megan Whalen Turner

The final round will be judged by none other than the ambassador of Children’s Lit, Katherine Paterson.

The fun begins March 1. You can follow @SLJsBoB to keep on top of things, too.