The Winner!

This year's Newbery Winner was Merci Suárez Changes Gears.  For the past few years I have been following this group on Goodreads, but this year I decided that I won't do it just because last year there quite a few that I was unable to read because they were not available on audio.  It's a great group!  And if you can read a book and don't have to listen to it, you will really enjoy the group!  It has a lot of great members and everyone has great insight.  I don't think that this was one of the books that the group read last year, but I have to say, I found it to be very Newbery-Worthy.  It certainly was no 1954.  But I didn't like Merci all that much as a character.  But again, that probably just means it was a very well-written, realistic portrayal of a "real" person.   I still think Ghost Boys was my pick and I am surprised it didn't get named as an honor even.  But that's the way the Newbery goes sometimes.