10 A desert island book for all time: Charlotte's Web, Frederick, Bridge to Terabithia.
9 One of the best of the season, and'or solid Newbery or Printz contender, whether I like it or not.
8 One of the best of the season, probably saleable in hardcover, can recommend with honest enthusiasm to customers, will have legs in paperback. Might be a solid Newbery or Printz honor contender, especially if kids were on the selection committee.
7 I will handsell it well in hardcover, but others might or might not.
6 An entertaining read of mixed quality. May have some fine points. Probably can recommend in paperback if not hardcover; OR kids will go wild for it but the enduring literary quality is mixed.
5 Will likely have a small audience. Or, suitable for some school library situations, but unlikely to sell in hardcover as a child's choice or as a gift.
4 An honest but unsuccessful effort, probably an editor's hope that better things will follow. Also, unlikely to sell in hardcover as a child's choice or as a gift.
3 Not a book I would want on my store's shelves if I could help it.
2 A book I'd have a hard time embracing even if a friend's child wrote it.
1 Waste of a good tree.
