Annal:2000 Batchelder Award
From AwardAnnals
Results of the Batchelder Award in the year 2000. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2000 Batchelder winner
- Score: 10.5
Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Morengâaru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboons.
- 2000 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.5
A solitary boy is drawn to his mysterious new neighbor, an artist named Max. He spends hours in Max's studio, but Max is secretive and does not show the boy his pictures — until he departs on a journey and leaves behind a surprise exhibition for his young friend.
- 2000 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.5
Vendela has long been fascinated by Venice, where the streets are canals, the cars are boats, and the houses are palaces. Finally her father takes her on a special spring trip to the city, which turns out to be every bit as fairy-tale-like as he has promised.
- 2000 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.5
A raw, poignant story of a band of Brazilian street kids who survive — if they can — by their wits alone. Asphalt Angels centers around a boy named Alex, a street child of 13 in Brazil who has been kicked onto the city streets by his stepfather after his mother dies. He is alone and scared. This is the story of how he adapts to life in the streets with a group of other children.
