Japanese Literature Challenge2, 2008 (COMPLETED)

After the Quake, Haruki Murakami
Twenty-Four Eyes, by Sakae Tsuboi
Tales of Moonlight and Rain, by Akinari Ueda

Knit Kimono, by Vicki Square

Book Awards Challenge II, 2008-09 (COMPLETED)

1. PULITZER: The Optimist's Daughter, Eudora Welty
2. SASQUATCH: The Ghost's Grave, Peg Kehret
3. PULITZER Special Award: Maus I: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman
4. PURA BELPRÉ: Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan
5. NESTLÉ SMARTIES BOOK PRIZE: Varjak Paw, by S.F. Said
6. MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD: Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
7. PULITZER: The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
8. THE ALA'S SCHNEIDER FAMILY BOOK AWARD: Becoming Naomi León, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
9. THE MAUD HART LOVELACE BOOK AWARD: The Devil's Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen
   
10. THE ROBERT F. SIEBERT HONOR AWARD: To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, by Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel