Dorothy Canfield Fisher winners

Fourth and fifth graders voted last week and The Land of Forgotten Girls, by Erin Entrada Kelly, was the winner at DBS!  There were 21 kids who read at least five of the nominated books and got to vote.  One motivated kiddo read all 29 books from the list! The Land of Forgotten Girls won by a small margin.  It seems there wasn't a landslide winner like there was last year.  It was also our Battle of the Books winner in 4th grade this year.

The Vermont Department of Libraries tallied the votes from all of the voters throughout the state and the official winner is Projekt 1065, by Alan Gratz!  I loved this book! It was so exciting!  It was also a semi-finalist in our Battle of the Books in 5th grade this year.

Alan Gratz has two books on next year's Dorothy Canfield Fisher book award list: Ban This Book, and Refugee.  Check out the whole list and get a jump start on your reading!