{"id":23663,"date":"2017-11-14T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=23663"},"modified":"2017-11-14T08:00:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:00:08","slug":"the-winner-is-in-for-desert-island-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=23663","title":{"rendered":"The Winner Is In for Desert Island Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I challenged readers to narrow down their ‘desert island’ choices for picture book, middle grade, and young adult titles, just one book per category. In case you missed it, the guidelines for the contest\u2014and more importantly, the responses\u2014are here<\/a>. All participants were entered into a drawing for a grand prize, where the winner receives autographed first editions of M.T. Anderson’s Landscape with Invisible Hand,\u00a0<\/em>Alison McGhee’s Pablo & Birdy<\/em>, and Katherine Paterson’s My Brigadista Year<\/em>. And the winner is:
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\nHa! Not so fast. First, I want to thank everyone who played the game. It’s a tough one; so many favorite, worthy books, and yet,\u00a0which ones would hold up to a lifetime of re-reading?\u00a0Your responses were fabulous! Peppered among the classics were unusual titles, new titles, books from living authors both young and old, and others from authors long gone before us. One reader was clever enough to\u00a0name a book she hasn’t read yet \u2014 I didn’t think of that permutation, and\u00a0admire\u00a0that\u00a0brio and leap of faith. I especially loved reading the comments\u00a0from those of you who added notes about why\u00a0the books you chose were your favorites.\u00a0Thank you,\u00a0thank you all!
\nNow, since there is no possible way to award the prize based on merit, we did a drawing. Below is the video unveiling of the winner, followed by a list of all of the books people chose. You’ll notice that MG and YA are rather fluid categories; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone<\/em> and A Wrinkle in Time\u00a0<\/em>were found in both categories. (It would have been\u00a0silly to\u00a0disqualify anyone\u00a0from the contest simply for\u00a0applying a different age label than I would have, so everyone who sent in entries was in the drawing.) And now, the winner….
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