Cybils 2007 Science Fiction and Fantasy Finalists

The second annual Cybils Award season has started! Earlier this week the blogging organizers of these children's-book awards announced the first sets of finalists. Soon more will be revealed.

Unlike last year, I'm not involved in the Science Fiction and Fantasy category, but here's a link to lists of all those finalists. This year there are two shortlists of five instead of one because there will be two awards, one for teens and one for younger readers.

Teen/Young Adult

• Book of a Thousand Days, by Shannon Hale
• Incarceron, by Catherine Fisher
• Northlander, by Meg Burden
• Repossessed, by A. M. Jenkins
• Skin Hunger, by Kathleen Duey

Elementary/Middle Grade

• The Chaos King, by Laura Ruby
• Into the Wild, by Sarah Beth Durst
• The Land of the Silver Apples, by Nancy Farmer
• Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy
• The True Meaning of Smekday, by Adam Rex