So exciting!
You can
read the official press release at the Morris Award homepage.
Here are the 2012 honored debut novels:
Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
Big, big congratulations to all five nominees!
In the past, Mirth & Matter has been honored to bring you interviews with the Morris Honor authors. Last year we shared this with the late L.K. Madigan. This year it looks like
Blythe Woolston and I will be teaming up for some Morris love, so stay tuned for more on that!