Nerds Heart YA 2011 - Short-list

[bookgazing]

This week is a young adult week at 'Bookgazing' as I've got two reviews of YA novels scheduled this week and a big YA announcement to make. Today I'm presenting the full short-lit, for the Nerds Heart YA 2011 tournament!

The specialist consultants have completed the tough job of narrowing down the nominations for the 2011 Nerds Heart YA tournament (thanks so much consultants, I really appreciate you taking the time to help out).

In alphabetical order here’s our Nerds Heart YA short-list for 2011:

'A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Frind' – Emily Horner
'Abe in Arms' - Pegi Dietz Shea
'Bamboo People' - Mitali Perkins
'Bleeding Violet' – Dia Reeves
'Dark Water' - Laura McNeal
'Dirty Little Secrets' – CJ Omololu
'Efrain’s Secret' – Sofia Quintero
'Eighth Grade Superzero' – Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
'Finding Family' – Tonya Bolden
'Five Flavors of Dumb' – Antony John
'How I Made it to Eighteen: A Mostly True Story' – Tracy White
'Invisible Girl' – Mary Hanlon Stone
'Jumpstart the World' – Catherine Ryan Hyde
'Last Summer of the Death Warriors' – Francisco Stork
'Mindblind' – Jennifer Roy
'Paper Daughter' – Jeannette Ingold
'Premiere' – Melody Carlson
'Pull' – B. A. Binns
'Stargazer' – Von Allan
'Stringz' – Michael Wenberg
'Summer Song' – Louise Blaydon
'Tall Story' – Candy Gourlay
'Teenie' – Christopher Grant
'Tell Us We’re Home' – Marina Budhos
'The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin' – Josh Berk
'The End: five Queer Kids Save the World' – Nora Olsen
'The Kid Table' – Andrea Seigel
'The Red Umbrella' – Christina Gonzalez
'Toads and Diamonds' – Heather Tomlinson
'What Momma Left Me' – Renee Watson
'When The Stars Go Blue' – Caridad Ferrer
'Where the Truth Lies' – Jessica Warman

The tournament schedule is as follows:

First round: 13th June – 29th June
Second round: 11th July – 27th July
Third round: 1st August – 7th August
Fourth round: 22nd August – 24th August
Final: 12 September

And we'll have a graphical representation of the brackets up as soon as possible (edited to say 'and here it is'. Don't forget to follow our Twitter feed to keep up to date with what's going on.

We're also looking for some bloggers to interview a few of the authors who have been nominated. If you're interested please email nerdsheartya at gmail dot com and title your email 'Interview Interest'.

So what do you think of the short-list? Are you excited about Nerds Heart YA 2011?