Wednesday, April 9, 2014

March Madness



If you ambled around Main, or just wandered past, during the month of March you might have noticed a growing display in the big windows upstairs in the teen area, a bracket of sorts.  We might not go mad over basketball but we sure get a little wild over books.  Young Adult March Madness was back at MCPL again this year with some heavy hitting contenders in the sweet sixteen.  Each week teens could vote for which titles they wanted to send to the next round.  Not only were they pushing their favorite books to the top they were also competing for a prize of their own.  Every time they voted we put their name into a prize drawing.  There were 37 votes and Kira W. is taking home a cup-o-goodies.  

Sidewalk View of Bracket

Lucky Voter's Cup-o-Goodies

 The Sweet 16
Dare You To – Katie McGarry
The Beginning of Everything – Robyn Schneider
Leviathan – Scott Westerfeld
Gone – Michael Grant
How to Save a Life – Sara Zarr
Uses For Boys – Erica Lorraine Scheidt
I Hunt Killers – Barry Lyga
Butter – Erin Jade Lange
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Jesse Andrews
Will Grayson, Will Grayson – John Green & David Levithan
If I Ever Get Out of Here – Eric Gansworth
Ketchup Clouds – Annabel Pitcher
Love in the Time of Global Warming – Francesca Lia Block
Shelter – Harlan Coben
Boy Nobody – Allen Zadoff
Period 8 – Chris Crutcher

But here’s the real question…Which book took home the top spot?  The gold medal?  The big prize?  Winner, winner, chicken dinner?  First place?  Big kahuna?  Well it was a close race but a champion was finally crowned…How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr just barely beat out EricGansworth’s If I Ever Get Out of Here.

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

 YA March Madness is over but the fun isn’t!  We periodically offer activities similar to this in the teen area so stop by often.

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