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Reading Award nominees for 2010(chapter books for grades 3-8) see Shelfari
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Winner
- 2009
Homework Machine, by Dan Gutman see other nominees
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| Brendan Buckley's Universe,
by S T Frazier Brendan Buckley, a biracial ten-year-old, applies his scientific
problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect
with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn
why he and Brendan's mother are estranged. Contemporary/Realistic fiction
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and dangerous, by Mary Downing Hahn When thirteen-year-old Ali spends
the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles
upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
Ghost stories / Mystery | | Emmy
and the incredible shrinking rat, by Lynne Jonell When Emmy discovers
that she and her formerly loving parents are being drugged by their evil nanny
with rodent potions that can change people in frightening ways, she and some new
friends must try everything possible to return things to normal. Fantasy | | Heat,
by Mike Lupica Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services
after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt
he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof. Sports
stories
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How to steal a dog, by Barbara O'Connor Living in the family car
in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless,
Georgina, desperate to improve their situation and unwilling to accept her overworked
mother's calls for patience, persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate
scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners
are bound to offer.. Contemporary fiction/ Humorous stories
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Lawn Boy, by Gary Paulsen Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old
boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business Humorous/
Contemporary fiction | | Moxy Maxwell does
not love Stuart Little, by P E. Gifford With summer coming to an end,
about-to-be-fourth-grader Moxy Maxwell does a hundred different things to avoid
reading her assigned summer reading book. Contemporary/Realistic fiction
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| Mutiny on the Bounty,
by Patrick O'Brien Presents a retelling of the final voyage of the H.M.S.
Bounty and the mutiny that took place. Adventure/historical fiction
| | Return of
the killer cat by Anne Fine Tuffy the pet cat narrates his escapades
as he attempts to escape his family's cat-sitter and suffers through a humiliating
episode of mistaken identity Cat stories/Humorous |
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Skulduggery Pleasant, by ND Landy When twelve-year-old Stephanie
inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant,
a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones Fantasy
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| Ten ways to make
my sister disappear, by N F. Mazer Ten-year-old Sprig no longer gets along
with her twelve-year-old sister, Dakota, but the two pull together during their
father's extended business trip to Afghanistan, sharing concerns about his safety,
an elderly neighbor's health, fights with their best friends, and boys School
stories/Contemporary fiction |  |
Yellow Star, by J R. Roy From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half
years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family
struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation. Non
fiction | Other winners - 2008
Ghost's Grave, by Peg Kehret
- 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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