| Sasquatch
Reading Award nominees for 2008(chapter books for grades 3-8)
Winners
- 2007
World according to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney
- 2006
City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau
- 2005
Loser, by Jerry Spinelli
- 2004
Monsters of Morley Manor, by Bruce Coville
- 2003
Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo
- 2002
Dork in Disguise Carol Gorman
- 2001 Joey
Pigza swallowed the key Jack Gantos
- 2000 Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling
- 1999
Frindle Andrew Clements
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| Abby takes
a stand, by Patricia McKissack
Grandma Gee shares with her grandchildren her experiences in Nashville, Tennessee,
in 1960, when she passed out flyers while her cousins and other adults held sit-ins
at restaurants and lunch counters to protest segregation. Historical Fiction
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| Airball:
by life in briefs, by Lisa Harkader Uncoordinated Kansas seventh-grader
Kirby Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain of the basketball team
in order to help him prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is the father he has never
known. Sports stories |  | Chicken
Boy, by Francis Dowell Since the death of his mother, Tobin's family
life and school life have been in disarray, but after he starts raising chickens
with his seventh-grade classmate, Henry, everything starts to fall into place. Realistic
Fiction / Humorous stories
see also by the
author Dovey Coe |
| Fairy
Tale Detectives (THe Sisters Grimm) #1, by Michael Buckley
When their parents disappear Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent
to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead. Mystery
/ Fantasy |  |
Ghost's Grave, by Peg Kehret Apprehensive
about spending the summer in Washington State with his Aunt Ethel when his parents
get an overseas job, twelve-year-old Josh soon finds adventure when he meets the
ghost of a coal miner. Ghost stories / Mystery see also by the author
Abduction Spy cat Volcano disaster |
| Giant Rat
of Sumatra, or Pirates galore, by Sid Fleischman A cabin boy on a pirate
ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the United States
and Mexico. Historical Fiction see
also by the author Bandit's Moon Jim Ugly Whipping Boy |
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Legend of Spud Murphy, by Eoin Colfer
When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a
week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing
librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out. Realistic Fiction
/ Humorous stories see also by author Artemis Fowl books Legend
of CaptainCrow's Teeth Legend of the worst boy in the world
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| Misadventures
of Maude Marche, or Trouble rides a fast horse, by Audry Couloumbis After
the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old
Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and
begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read. Adventure
/ Historical fiction |
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Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist, by Stephanie
Greene Third grade best friends Owen and Joseph struggle to come up
with a great science fair project that they will both enjoy doing, then something
goes wrong and they have to change their plans two days before the fair Realisticl
Fiction see also by author Owen Foote, soccer
star Owen Foote, super spy |
| Stumptown
Kid , by Carol Gorman In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie
Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meaning of both racism
and heroism when he befriends Luther Peale, a young man who once played for the
old Negro Baseball League. Sports stories / Historical Fiction
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Whittington, by Alan Armstrong : Whittington, a feline
descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a
rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's
story. Adventure / Cat stories |
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