2011 Sakura Medal Winners!

The books are read, the reviews are written, and the voting is done.  Students at international schools across Japan have come together to make their voices heard, and have selected the following books as winners of the 2011 Sakura Medal:

Picture Books:  The Book That Eats People by John Perry

Chapter Books: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Middle School: Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce

High School: The Nest by Paul Jennings

Japanese Picture Books (tie!): べべべん べんとう by さいとうしのぶ and むしばいっかのおひっこし (講談社の創作絵本) by にしもとやすこ

Japanese Chapter Books: 小さなりゅう by 長井るり子

Japanese Middle School: 招福堂のまねきねこ by 茂市久美子

Japanese High School: 神様のカルテ by 夏川 草介

Thank you to everyone who participated and voted in this year’s program!  Feel free to keep the discussion about any of this year’s books going both online and with your friends.  The Japan International School librarians group is meeting very soon to work on selections for the 2012 Sakura Medal, so keep an eye on this space!

The Year the Swallows Came Early by Kathryn Fitzmaurice

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Wicked Will by Bailey MacDonald

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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

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Signal by Cynthia DeFelice

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The Secret of Zoom by Lynne Jonell

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Salt River by Elizabeth Hegarty

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A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole

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Moonshadow: Eye of the Beast by Simon Higgins

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Magickeepers: The Eternal Hourglass by Erica Kirov

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Leo and the Lesser Lion by Sandra Forrester

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The Last Invisible Boy by Evan Kuhlman

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The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester

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The Ghost on the Stairs (Haunted) by Chris Eboch

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Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve

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Cyberia by Chris Lynch

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The Crimson Cap by Ellen Howard

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Any Which Wall by Laurel Snyder

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Against the Odds by Marjolijn Hof

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A Ghost in my Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang

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11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

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100 Days and 99 Nights by Alan Madison

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Tracey Binns is Trouble by Sherryl Clark

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Wishworks, Inc. by Stephanie Tolan

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Winter Shadow by Richard Knight

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Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book I) by R.L. LaFevers

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Mudshark by Gary Paulsen

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The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

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The Great Hamster Massacre by Katie Davies

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We Can’t All be Rattlesnakes by Patrick Jennings

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