Posted by Meredith on Monday, Mar 7, 2016
Monday mornings aren't fun, but today's flew by because we had to update the Book Madness brackets!
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for their favorite titles in our first round of competition. Below are the titles in our Second Round. You have until the Library closes on Sunday to vote for the titles you want to see advance to the Sweet Sixteen. We will reveal the updated bracket next Monday.
If you would like a list of every title in this year's Book Madness competition, click here.
Round 2 of the 2016 BOOK MADNESS – CHILDREN’S BRACKET
PICTURE BOOKS
Sparky! by Jenny Offill vs Eloise by Kay Thompson
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen vs The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss vs Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey vs Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
ALL AGES FAVORITES
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley vs Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence & Richard Atwater
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett vs Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White vs Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary
Wonder by R. J. Palacio vs Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
GREAT SERIES
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish vs Warriors by Erin Hunter
Who Was … by Various vs Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman vs Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer vs The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
MUST READS
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai vs My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Haunted Library by Dori Hillestad Butler vs Redwall by Brian Jacques
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff vs Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson vs Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
Round 2 of the 2016 BOOK MADNESS – TEENS AND ADULTS BRACKET
REQUIRED READING
Lord of the Flies by William Golding vs 1984 by George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen vs Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe vs The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut vs Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
BUZZ-WORTHY BOOKS
Naked by David Sedaris vs All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Still Alice by Lisa Genova vs Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins vs Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Dead Wake by Erik Larson vs Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
YOUNG ADULT
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell vs Looking for Alaska by John Green
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan vs The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir vs Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith vs I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
ADD TO YOUR READING LIST
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett vs Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes vs Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
City of Thieves by David Benioff vs Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan
A Good American by Alex George vs The Martian by Andy Weir
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Meredith was formerly the Library's Public Relations Specialist.
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