Friday, January 7, 2011

Fiction Friday: Winner's Choice

Batman has drawn a name from the magical, stainless steel "bat bowl"...


And the winner of the CENTURY PRIZE is...  
Kristi

The 2010 YA novel they've chosen to receive is...

(HAVE YOU READ IT?)

(This novel was originally
pubished in serial form
in American Magazine.)
 The 1910 classic I'm sending along is Frances Hodgson Burnett's SECRET GARDEN, an homage to things green and growing (hard to imagine amidst the snow and rain right now).  Perfect to read and enjoy by the fire, perhaps with a nice cup of English tea!



AND, JUST FOR FUN...These aren't in the prize package but here some interesting titles requested by non-winning entrants:

SONGS FOR A TEENAGE NOMAD by Kim Culbertson
A TALE DARK AND GRIM by Adam Gidwitz
THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE by Jandy Nelson
FEVER CRUMB by Philip Reeve
THE UNIDENTIFIED by Rae Mariz

Oh, gosh, more to add to my reading list...
Have a great weekend!

4 comments:

Kristi said...

Squeeeeeeee!

Thanks first to Batman, who has excellent taste in paper names, and definitely to Stasia!!!

I can't wait to get my hands on these two books! Happy New Year!

Dawn Simon said...

Congrats to Kristi!

I haven't read BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS, but it sounds good. I love Frances Hodgson Burnett's THE SECRET GARDEN (and A LITTLE PRINCESS). I had no idea THE SECRET GARDEN was originally published in serial form. Interesting.

Lisa_Gibson said...

Wow, how do you get Batman to do the drawing for you? He's so important and all. He's totally adorable. :) I loved The Sky Is Everywhere, btw. Great book.
Lisa ~ YA Literature Lover

Stasia said...

Congrats again, Kristi.

With you, Dawn, on Frances Hodgson Burnett. A LITTLE PRINCESS (and her lesser known THE LOST PRINCE) were childhood favorite reads.

Lisa, if he's not in an obliging mood, I pay Batman a dollar to do the prize drawings, etc. Not pretty, but it works :)