Adult Mock Newbery 2012 List #3

Here are your November Top Ten!  

We've added 30 books to the Adult Mock Newbery list to date! If you haven't started reading, now is the time.  We need to know what you think of these titles!  Click on the title to add to the discussion!

1. Bootleg by Karen Blumenthal
2. Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu
3. Chime by Franny Billingsley
4. Drawing From Memory by Allen Say
5. Freedom Stone by Jeffrey Kluger
6. Lunch Box Dream by Tony Abbott
7. Monster Calls, A by Patrick Ness
8. Pie by Sarah Weeks
9. Secrets at Sea by Richard Peck
10. Trapped by Marc Aronson

Don't forget to sign up for our in-person final discussion and vote!  The Adult Mock Newbery Club meeting will be held on January 21, 2012 from 10:00am - 5:00pm in the Children's Services Storytime Room at the Main Library. Register HERE, if you haven't already done so!

Drawing From Memory by Allen Say

Drawing From Memory by Allen Say
Scholastic Press
2011
63p.


"Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist. Drawing from memory is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his "spiritual father." As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained--and ultimately came to understand who he really is. Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, DRAWING FROM MEMORY presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. With watercolor paintings, original cartoons, vintage photographs, and maps, Allen Say has created a book that will inspire the artist in all of us"-- Provided by publisher.