Guess I need to read this one. :o) The Underneath, a favorite of mine, won an honor along with three others I haven't yet read. I was surprised that Laurie Halse Anderson's Chains didn't get any recognition. Perhaps the last book in the trilogy will get some love--I suspect it will be the best of the three she has planned, no cliffhangers. Very cool that she got a career achievement award though. Also, Madapple, by Christina Meldrum didn't even get a Prince Honor, nor did Paper Towns by John Green (not that he needs to win another Prince, but. . .) Awards are interesting, and so arbitrary in one way. It ultimately depends on the taste of three or six or eight or ten people on a committee. True, they are highly qualified to judge these things, but we all know what we like, and that's the bottom line.
I'll be off to buy The Graveyard Book now.
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