Great Stone Face Award, Me & Jack and more!

I've discovered more about New Hampshire's Great Stone Face Award and I can't help but feel excited!

From Kid's Books 101, written by Matt: "The Great Stone Face Award is an award that is given out every year to around 25 new 4th through 6th grade books  by the GSF Committee. It is sponsored by the Children’s Library of New Hampshire. The name “Great Stone Face” comes from the Man in the Mountain, which is the most historic landmark that was in New Hampshire. This year’s Great Stone Face books are really, really good."

The voting takes place next April, and the winners will be announced May. I'm proud and humbled to find my book, Me & Jack, in such notable company:

2012-2013 Nominees

• Benjamin Franklinstein Lives by Matthew McElligott
• Bigger Than a Bread Box by Laurel Snyder
• Cheesie Mack Is Not a Genius or Anything by Steve Cotler
• Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac
• Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
• Hothead by Cal Ripken, Jr.
• Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
• Me & Jack by Danette Haworth
• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
• Pie by Sarah Weeks
• Saving Arm Pit by Natalie Hyde
• The Silver Bowl by Diane Stanley
• Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
• Take Me to the River by Will Hobbs
• Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
• The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
• Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf by Curtis Jobling
• Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice
• Wild Wings by Gill Lewis
• With a Name Like Love by Tess Hilmo
• Wolf Storm by Dee Garretson
• Wonder by R. J. Palacio
• Wonderstruck: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick
• Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke