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.