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Who's the Baddest Book of Them All?March 30, 2009 Welcome, everyone. Two weeks from today SLJ's first annual Battle of the (Kids') Books will commence with one of you 2008 books ending up the ultimate champion! Hold on a second. Trouble Begins at 8, please calm down. Now we do understand how excited you all must be about this event, which took a host of people and many weeks of planning to stage. You were great competitors last year --- starred reviews, awards, and accolades galore --- that is why you are all here, in this arena. But Hunger Games, we anticipate this will be much more civilized. No dying and definitely no kissing! As we see it, every single one of you is already a winner. No, Here Lies Arthur, we did not select you because you won the most already! Stop lying! We chose all of you because we admire you, respect you, and think you will be worthy opponents in this event. Don’t act so surprised, Washington at Valley Forge! We bet you are all wondering just how we did the brackets. Striving for something straightforwardly random, for the first round you were placed in alphabetical order and then paired 1 with 16, 2 with 15, and so forth. After everything was in place we realized that we'd made a mistake with the alphabetizing (the Ws to be exact), but hope you agree with us that it doesn't matter as the pairings are all still random. Yes Nation, that means you are up against The Lincolns; but take it easy -- no dueling across the pond, please. For the second round, still aiming for randomness, we put the first and fifth pair together, then the second and sixth, the third and seventh, and eventually the fourth and eighth pairs. Graceling, you look puzzled. Why don’t you check out the bracket file with Tender Morsels? She looks like she got it. The first round will begin on Monday, April 13th with two matches a day, Monday through Thursday. Then on to the second round. No need to take notes, The Porcupine Year; we will post the exact schedule shortly. As for the judges, we felt you deserved the very best writers for young people available. Look over at that list on the right. Isn't it a stellar group? We hope you feel as honored as we do that they have agreed to do this. No, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, the judges are not receiving monetary compensation. We thank them for doing this out of their own generosity. As are your publishers --- our thanks to HarperCollins, Scholastic, Holiday House, Random House, Candlewick, Hyperion, Simon & Schuster, and Harcourt for all their help in getting copies of you to the judges. We think that covers everything for now. Any questions? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves, didn’t we just say that we aren’t paying the judges? Bribery definitely won't give you a leg up. And forget about tutoring. It is too late. No need to shout, The Underneath, we see you. And you’re absolutely right. All of you can be purchased, with a 30% discount, from our partner, The Flying Pig Bookstore. The Graveyard Book, can't say about your popularity. With each judge determining his or her own criteria, we will be as surprised and delighted as everyone else with their decisions. Take it easy, Ways to Live Forever, what do you want to know? Oh, right, even though only one of you will be called champion, there will also be a silver and a bronze winner. If you win, you will receive a shiny virtual gold sticker! And the runner up will have a silver one. And then there will also be a bronze winner --- anyone? Take a guess! No, We Are the Ship, we already explained to The Hunger Games that there will be no bloodshed. Anyone else? How clever, Chains, you are right. The people will decide the bronze. There will be a poll for spectators to vote for one of you as the book they think most deserves to win. Any more questions? No? In that case, we wish you luck and are confident that we will all have a grand time! Posted by Battle Commander on March 30, 2009 | Comments (8)
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? ROCCO STAINO commented: Are there BOB office or listserve pools starting anywhere?
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Paula Chase Hyman commented: Dang! Why is Frankie Landau vs. We Are The Ship? That means one of my faves will be knocked out early. Blasted!
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Roger Sutton commented: Could you get them to fix the feed for this blog?
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Sheila Ruth commented: How were the starting 16 books selected?
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Battle Commander commented: Rocco: what happens in the Bob arena stays in the Bob arena --- not! Office pools, list serve pools, swimming pools --- hope there are a few making waves.
March 30, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Battle Commander commented: Sheila Ruth,
April 1, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? ROCCO STAINO commented: Is there a list of all the titles with authors & publishers for BOB?
April 1, 2009
In response to: Who's the Baddest Book of Them All? Battle Commander commented: Rocco, We don't have a list with all the information on site. However, as the Matches take place inside the rings, the information will be provided for each title.
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