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Tracking the impact
Here at the Cybils, we like to think that we’re doing more than just giving out awards. We believe we’re making a difference by connecting readers with books, and by helping people to find some of the best new children’s and young adult books out there. We know we’re having an impact: by the way word spreads through the blogosphere, …
2007 Science Fiction & Fantasy Finalists
It was difficult to choose only ten books out of the 94 outstanding nominations we received in fantasy and science fiction, but the panelists worked hard and passionately to choose the best of the best. We selected five finalists for the teen/young adult age level and five for the elementary & middle grade level. We hope you enjoy these books …
Fantasy and Science Fiction Announcement
The books nominated in the fantasy and science fiction category cover a wide range, from early chapter books all the way up to sophisticated young adult novels. Although the nominating committee is doing its best to judge each book on its own merits, in reality it’s difficult to compare books where simplicity is an art and a goal against those …
2007 Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominations
We have 94 nominations in the Fantasy and Science Fiction category, an amazing assortment of books for all ages and tastes. It’s a strong list, and choosing a short list out of so many good books won’t be easy. Sheila Ruth, Fantasy and Science Fiction organizer
REVIEW: Song of the Sparrow by Lisa Ann Sandell
As someone who blogs primarily about fantasy and science fiction, it’s not often that I review books outside my genre. So I wanted to take this opportunity to share my review of a book that is nominated in the Young Adult category. Song of the Sparrow is based on the Arthurian legends, which would seem to make it fantasy, but …
2007 Nominations: Fantasy and Science Fiction
Science fiction and fantasy take us to realms of the imagination: places and times and realities where the rules of life may be different than our own and where the impossible and improbable become real. But good science fiction and fantasy does more than that; a book about magic for its own sake isn’t a very interesting book. Good science …
About Sheila Ruth
Today we meet Sheila Ruth, our Fantasy/Science Fiction organizer: I started reading Science Fiction in the fourth grade and never looked back. From Madeleine L’Engle, I quickly moved on to Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Andre Norton, Frank Herbert, and many others. When a teacher loaned me her copy of The Lord of the Rings in fifth grade, I fell …