Horn Book Reveals the Winners of the 2012 Mind the Gap Awards
July 13, 2012
The Horn Book recognizes titles that they loved which did not merit an award from the American Library Association (ALA).
| Most likely to haunt award committees |
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol Bone Dog by Eric Rohmann |
| Better luck next time |
Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke, illustrated by Lauren Tobia |
| Tragic and tragically overlooked |
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf |
| Best Cold War book left out in the cold | Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet |
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Best year-round Christmas book (think of the money you’ll save!) |
The Money We’ll Save by Brock Cole |
| Science made simple (youngest) | Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes |
| Science made simple (oldest) | Feynman by Jim Ottaviani, illustrated by Leland Myrick |
| Best animal survival stories |
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by Vicky White Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, illustrated by Holly Meade |
| Best human survival stories |
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz Blink & Caution by Tim Wynne-Jones |
| Best swamp survival stories |
Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story by Thomas F. Yezerski Chime by Franny Billingsley |
| Batteries not required | Press Here by Hervé Tullet |