Armed with my mug o’ tea (naught but the finest Alishan high mountain tea leaves, of course), I attempt to divine the course of the 2013 SLJ Battle of the Kids’ Books. Behold my bracket:
Round 1:
Bomb vs Wonder
Code Name Verity vs Titanic
Endangered vs Three Times Lucky
The Fault In Our Stars vs Temple Grandin
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars vs Starry River of the Sky
Liar & Spy vs Splendors and Glooms
Moonbird vs Seraphina
No Crystal Stair vs The One and Only Ivan
Round 2:
Bomb vs Code Name Verity
Three Times Lucky vs The Fault In Our Stars
Starry River of the Night Sky vs Splendors and Glooms
Seraphina vs No Crystal Stair
Round 3:
Bomb vs The Fault In Our Stars
Splendors and Glooms vs No Crystal Stair
The Undead: Code Name Verity
Round 4:
Bomb vs Splendors and Glooms vs Code Name Verity

[...] Jen at Read for Keeps offered hers complete with a charming sketch: [...]
Love your drawing, Jen! And I predict the same winner, though gettting there in a different way.
Glad you like it, Sondy. And yes, Maddie and Queenie have a ton of ground support from all of us =)