Well, I’ve got two Newberys in a row here for Book of the Month. I picked up this month’s book, because I loved the title and cover. You can’t judge a book by its cover – but it sure helps! Reading the book was a great pleasure, resembling the experience of reading Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. The feel of the stories is similar. A mix of historical fiction and a way of looking at the world.
One of the books was the Newbery Award for 2010 and the other an Honor book. If it had been up to me, they would have been switched, but both are excellent in their own ways.
