YA WITH EMOTIONAL POWER: Lisa Albert's MERCY LILY, about a sixteen-year-old Oregon teenager's struggle to come to terms with her terminally ill mother's heart-wrenching decision to end her life. (Flux, 2011)
TRADITIONAL PICTURE BOOK: Author/illustrator Bethanie Murguia's BUGLETTE, THE MESSY SLEEPER, about a bug whose big dreams and even bigger messes save the day, er, night. (Tricycle/Random House, 2011)
QUIRKY PICTURE BOOK: Author/illustrator Lindsay Ward's PELLY AND MR. HARRISON VISIT THE MOON, a story about a girl and her dog who hop aboard a rocket bathtub to make new friends. (Kane/Miller, 2011)
