georgia childrens book award nominees 20102011
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2010 NomineesGrades 4-8
Dr. Linda DeGroff, Chair
Georgia Children’s Book Award
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Georgia Children’s Book Award2010 Committee MembersGrades 4-8
Georgia Children’s Book Awards
Diana BerryClaudia HendersonShan PetersLori SchinkDebby Tozzi
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Bringing the Boy HomeNina A. Nelson
Image © HarperCollins
Two young boys. An unforgiving jungle. One shared destiny.
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StorytellerEdward Myers
Image © Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin
“Once upon a time”…Jack met a one-eyed robber, a mysterious illusionist, and a melancholy princess…and that was only the beginning…
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Diamond WillowHelen Frost
Image © Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), an imprint of MacMillan Books
One mistake can have frightening consequences . . . And when Willow stumbles, it takes a surprising group of friends to help her make things right again.
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We Can’t All Be RattlesnakesPatrick Jennings
Image © HarperCollins
“Gunnar thinks I'll be his adoring pet. He's wrong. In fact, I am planning my escape.”
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The Year the Swallows Came EarlyKathryn Fitzmaurice
Image © HarperCollins
Groovy Robinson loves cooking and plans to go to culinary school just as soon as she's old enough. But even Groovy's thoughtfully-planned menus won't fix the things that start to go wrong the year she turns eleven.
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A Tugging StringDavid Greenberg
Image © Dutton Juvenile, a division of Penguin Books
When a black woman struggling to become a voter reaches out to Martin Luther King Jr. for help, she sets in motion a series of events that will open twelve-year-old Duvy’s eyes to the reality of racial inequality and forever change the course of history.
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The Castle CoronaSharon Creech
Image © Harper Collins
Long ago and far away . . . There was a castle. But not just any castle. This was a castle that glittered and sparkled and rose majestically above the banks of the winding Winono River: the Castle Corona.
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Bird Lake MoonKevin Henkes
Image © Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
Spencer thought the house might be haunted. Mitch knew it wasn't. And he knew why.
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ChaseJessie Haas
Image © Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
With only his own wits to rely on, Phin hops a train to flee his small town. But there's a mysterious man on his trail—a man with a horse that tracks like a bloodhound.
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Go Big or Go HomeWill Hobbs
Image © HarperCollins
Brady develops both awesome and frightening symptoms after a meteorite crashes into his house. Is it a prize or a menace?
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HummingbirdKimberly Greene Angle
Image © Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), an imprint of MacMillan Books
When her grandmother suffers a heart attack, March Anne must face an uncertain future and confront her past.
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The Gollywhopper GamesJody Feldman
Image © Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
Gil Goodson's future happiness depends on winning the Golly Toy & Game Company's ultimate competition. Oh, and did we mention that Gil's every step—and every mistake—will be broadcast on national television?
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Dragon’s EggSarah L. Thompson
Image © Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins
Mella dreams about the dragons of legend, even though hardly anyone believes they still exist. Until one day changes everything.
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The Last Girls of PompeiiKathryn Lasky
Image © Viking Juvenile, a division of Penguin Books
When Mt. Vesuvius erupts in A.D. 79, Julia’s and Sura’s fates are forever altered, forcing them both to face the true meaning of freedom.
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The Magic ThiefSarah Prineas
Image © HarperCollins
Conn should have dropped dead the day he picked Nevery's pocket and touched the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not.
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Seekers: The Quest BeginsErin Hunter
Image © HarperCollins
Three young bears from different species find themselves brought together on a perilous journey as they set their paths toward a future they cannot yet imagine…
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Child of the DandelionsShenaaz Nanji
Image © Boyds Mills Press
In Uganda in 1972, President Idi Amin announces that foreign Indians must be “weeded" out of Uganda in ninety days. How can Sabine leave her grandfather, and where will her family go to begin a new life?
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DarkwingKenneth Oppel
Image © HarperCollins
As the sun sets on the time of the dinosaurs, a new world is left in its wake. . . .
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House of DanceBeth Kephart
Image © HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins
When Rosie stumbles into the House of Dance, she finally finds a way to restore the source of her grandfather's greatest joy.
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SavvyIngrid Law
Image © Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Books
Thirteen is when a Beaumont’s savvy hits—and with one brother who causes hurricanes and another who creates electricity, Mibs Beaumont is eager to see what she gets.