SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books Final Results

Our fifth annual Battle of the Kids’ Books elimination contest has come to a close, and the winner of the Big Kahuna round—which pitted semifinalists The Fault in Our Stars and No Crystal Stair against Code Name Verity, winner of our Undead Poll—has finally been announced.
School Library Journal’s fifth annual Battle of the Kids’ Books, our online elimination contest between 16 of 2012’s best children’s and teens’ fiction and nonfiction books, has come to a close, and the winner of the Big Kahuna round—which pitted semifinalists The Fault in Our Stars and No Crystal Stair against Code Name Verity, winner of our Undead Pollhas finally been announced. Round Three Match 1 (March 28) Bomb vs The Fault in Our Stars - Judged by Lynne Rae Perkins Winner: The Fault in Our Stars Match 2 (March 29) Splendors and Glooms  vs No Crystal Stair - Judged by James Patterson Winner: No Crystal Stair Round Two Match 1 (March 22) Bomb  vs Code Name Verity - Judged by Donna Jo Napoli Winner: Bomb Match 2 (March 25) Endangered  vs The Fault in Our Stars - Judged by Martine Leavitt Winner: The Fault in Our Stars Match 3 (March 26) Starry River of the Sky  vs Splendors and Glooms - Judged by Thanhha Lai Winner: Splendors and Glooms Match 4 (March 27) Seraphina  vs No Crystal Stair - Judged by Paul Griffin Winner: No Crystal Stair Round One Match 1 (March 12) Bomb  vs Wonder - judged by Kenneth Oppel Winner: Bomb Match 2 (March 13) Code Name Verity  vs Titanic - judged by Margarita Engle Winner: Code Name Verity Match 3 (March 14) Endangered  vs Three Times Lucky - judged by Kathi Appelt Winner: Endangered Match 4 (March 15) The Fault in Our Stars  vs Temple Grandin - judged by Deb Caletti Winner: The Fault in Our Stars Match 5 (March 18) Jepp Who Defied the Stars  vs Starry River of the Sky - judged by Adam Gidwitz Winner: Starry River of the Sky Match 6 (March 19) Liar & Spy  vs Splendors and Glooms - judged by Franny Billingsley Winner: Splendors and Glooms Match 7 (March 20) Moonbird  vs Seraphina - judged by Marie Lu Winner: Seraphina Match 8 (March 21) No Crystal Stair v s The One and Only Ivan - judged by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Winner: No Crystal Stair Fans can still comment on the results of each round over at our Battle of the Kid’s Books blog, download the illustrated brackets from the contest, and download the high-resolution versions (suitable for printing and display) of the original artwork, created by SLJ art director Mark Tuchman.

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