<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</div>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Greetings!!</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Oh, what a very, very lot of fun we had last Saturday at the 2020 Mock Printz event held at the Beaverton Community Center. The group of teens and adults
intensely discussed and fiercely defended the eight books chosen by the Mock Printz committee and finished with a vote that identified a clear Oregon Mock Printz Winner! (Drum roll, please ...)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: center">
<span style="font-size: 16px"><strong><em>Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All </em>by Laura Ruby</strong></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: center">
<span style="font-size: 16px"><strong><br>
</strong></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><strong style="font-size: 12px">We also selected three Honor books:</strong></p>
<ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px">
<li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>House of Salt and Sorrows </em>by Emily A. Craig</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>They Call Us Enemy </em>by George Takei, Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>The Fountains of Silence </em>by Ruta Sepetys</span></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Now ... we wait with bated breath for the announcement of the actual<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz" title="ALA Printz Award" target="_blank">Michael
L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature</a><span> </span>as part of the ALA Youth Media Awards Announcement from 8-10 a.m. Eastern time Monday, January 27 from ALA Midwinter in Pennsylvania. You can even watch it on live stream (if you feel
like getting up bright and early): <a href="http://ala.unikron.com/">http://ala.unikron.com/</a></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><br>
</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">The group ended the day by creating a list of OTHER excellent books from 2019 that could also be strong contenders for the 2020 Printz Award:</span></p>
<ul style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px">
<li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Brave Face</em> by Shaun David Hutchinson</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Stage Dreams </em>by Melanie Gillman</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Two Can Keep a Secret </em>by Karen M. McManus</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Crush</em> by Svetlana Chmakova</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>The Okay Witch </em>by Emma Steinkellner</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Downstairs Girl</em> by Stacey Lee</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Heroine</em> by Mindy McGinnis</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Crown of Feathers</em> by Nicki Pau Preto</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>This Was Our Pact </em>by Ryan Andrews</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Like a Love Story</em> by Abdi Nazemian</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Pan’s Labyrinth</em> by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Gender Queer</em> by Maia Kobabe</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Opposite of Always</em> by Justin A. Reynolds</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Laura Deen Keeps Breaking Up With Me</em> by Mariko Tamaki</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Queen of the Sea</em> by Dylan Meconis</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Lovely War </em> by Julie Berry</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Sorry For Your Loss </em>by Jessie Ann Foley</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Patron Saints of Nothing</em> by Randy Ribay</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>Once & Future </em>by Cori McCarthy and Amy Rose Capetta</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>The Music of What Happens</em> by Bill Konigsberg and Joel Froomkin</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>All Our Broken Pieces</em> by LD Crichton</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12px"><em>With the Fire on High</em> by Elizabeth Acevedo</span></li></ul>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Many thanks to all the helpers who made the day a success and to Abbey Guterud from Ooligan Press who shared information about what happens to a book
between when it is written and when it is published AND shared some of the excellent books published by Ooligan Press!</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">We're already looking forward to next year.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px">Best,</span></p>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<b style="color: rgb(0, 111, 201); font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sonja
Somerville, MLIS</span></b><br>
</div>
<div id="Signature">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Teen Services Senior </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Librarian</span></i></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span><br>
</span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">City of Salem | </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Salem
Public Library</span></span><span style="font-size:12pt; color:rgb(75,165,36); font-family:Garamond,Georgia,serif"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">585 Liberty St. SE, </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Salem, OR 97301</span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt"><a href="mailto:ssomerville@cityofsalem.net" class="OWAAutoLink"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">ssomerville@cityofsalem.net</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">
| </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt">503-588-6083</span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spl.oregon" class="OWAAutoLink">Facebook</a> |
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/spl.oregon/" class="OWAAutoLink">Instagram</a> |
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuw7eUMqW0fgwHhj8h1EClQ" class="OWAAutoLink">
YouTube</a> | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/sploregon/pins/" class="OWAAutoLink">
Pinterest</a> | <a href="https://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/library.aspx" class="OWAAutoLink">
CityofSalem.net</a></span></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
<br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>