National Book Award
This week I've been reading some of the young people's books that are on the list for possibilities for the National Book Award. I find that I'm not such a good judge of great literature because I sometimes don't care for the award winners (like last year's pick-That Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata, which I didn't really like) but I like to read (a lot) and so when someone smarts says "Wow, that's a really great book" it feels like I OUGHT to pay attention. Of the five that are on the short list for the book award, I've read three of them and believe it or not, I really liked all three. The other two I've never heard of so I guess I need to get to the library (or more likely, to Amazon!). Even more surprising, two of the selections this year are non fiction and one of the non fiction one is also poetry. Holy cow, what diversity! So here are the three I've read. "Revolution" by Debroah Wiles is a story about three...