Transcript Rebecca Caudill - Kings Elementary School

REBECCA CAUDILL
YOUNG READERS’ BOOK AWARD
Books Nominated
For 2008-2009
CORNELIA AND THE AUDACIOUS
ESCAPADES OF THE SOMERSET SISTERS
Cornelia is a lonely girl
living in a New York
apartment with
household servants for
company while her
mother, a famous
pianist, travels around
the world. When
Cornelia makes friends
with the elegant woman
next door, her world
changes and expands in
unexpected ways.
BLOOD ON THE RIVER: JAMES TOWN 1607
Samuel Collier, an orphan
from the streets of
London, is chosen to
serve Captain John
Smith on a voyage to
the New World. As one
of the founding
members of the James
Town Colony, Samuel
faces hardship and
danger during the first
year as he learns a great
deal about himself and
the world around him.
SHUG
Annemarie Wilcox,
a.k.a. Shug, has a lot
to deal with: a father
who’s almost never
home, an alcoholic
mother, a beautiful
older sister, a fight
with her best friend,
and the painful
rejection of her crush
– not to mention all
the normal trials of
middle school.
PENNY FROM HEAVEN
Penny Falucci lives in
Brooklyn with her
mother and grandparents but loves to visit
her Italian-American
relatives across town.
During the summer of
1953 when Penny turns
12, she deals with
physical and emotional
crises but emerges wiser
and happier – with
herself and the people
she loves.
ALABAMA MOON
Moon Blake has been
raised in the wilderness
by his governmenthating father. As the
story begins, Moons
father has died, and
though he is sure he can
survive alone, the
government has other
ideas. Though the odds
are stacked against him,
Moon manages to come
out a winner.
THE GREEN GLASS SEA
Dewey and Suze become
unlikely friends
during a year at Los
Alamos, New Mexico,
as their scientist
parents work night
and day developing a
“gadget” that will end
the second World War.
HATTIE BIG SKY
Hattie is a young
woman alone who
inherits a 320-acre
spread in Montana –
Big Sky Country. The
author takes a
humorous and evenhanded look at the
homesteading way of
life in the early years
of the twentieth
century.
BLACK DUCK
In 1929 a rum-running
boat named the Black
Duck lost most of its
crew during a run-in
with the Coast Guard.
In this book, based on
the actual event, 14year-old David finds
the story he’s been
looking for in order to
be published in the
local newspaper.
RULES
Although Catherine
loves her younger
brother David, who is
autistic, she also feels
embarrassed by him;
so she creates
behavioral rules for
him. Then she meets
Jason, and she
realizes that normal
can have many
meanings.
GOSSAMER
A dream-giver named
Littlest One and her
trainer named Thin
Elderly have the task of
gathering happy
memories from objects
in the home of an
elderly lady and giving
them back to the lady
and the troubled young
boy staying in her home
in the form of good
dreams.
HEAT
Michael Arroyo is the best
pitcher in his Little
League district and is
determined to take his
team to the
championship game at
Yankee Stadium. But he
must deal with the
death of his father and
get a copy of his birth
certificate from Cuba to
prove his age before he
can realize his dream.
OH RATS!
THE STORY OF RATS AND PEOPLE
This book explores the
love-hate relationship
that has existed
between rats and
humans throughout
history. Read about
rats’ habits and
intelligence, and how
they are regarded by
different cultures
worldwide.
PROJECT MULBERRY
Julia Song is the only
Korean American in
her new neighborhood
in Plainfield, IL. As
she reluctantly begins
raising silk worms
with her neighbor
Patrick for a State
Fair project, she
begins to value both
her heritage and her
friendship with
Patrick.
WOLF BROTHER
The 1st book in the
Chronicles of Ancient
Darkness introduces
Torak, who promises
his dying father that
he will travel to the
Mountain of the
World Spirit to put an
end to the demonpossessed bear who
has been terrorizing
the forest.
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT
At the end of Miranda’s
sophomore year a
meteor crashes into the
moon, creating
destruction and
catastrophic weather
changes on earth.
Miranda’s journal
entries describe the
changes she, her family,
and the world must
make to survive.
THE LIGHTNING THIEF
At the end of 6th grade,
Percy Jackson learns
that he is not just a
problem child, but a
half-blood – the
offspring of a Greek god
and a mortal. As the
story unfolds, Percy sets
out with two friends on
a hero’s quest to settle a
feud between Zeus,
Hades and Poseidon.
A DROWNED MAIDEN’S HAIR:
A MELODRAMA
When 11-year-old Maud
is rescued from the
orphanage by the
Haw-thorne sisters,
her life changes for
the better. But when
she discovers why
they adopted her, she
must decide whether
to do as they ask
despite what her
conscience tells her.
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET
Hugo is an orphan who
lives in the walls of a
Paris train station
and survives by
keeping the clock and
occasionally resorting
to thievery. He guards
his identity closely
until he meets a
young girl and an old
man and the mystery
of his life unravels.
LETTERS FROM WOLFIE
Mark impulsively
volunteers his German
Shepherd Wolfie for the
Vietnam War, but
regrets it almost
immediately. His efforts
to get Wolfie back, and
the letters written to
him by a young soldier
who serves with Wolfie,
form the core of this
story.
BLACK STORM COMIN’
After his father abandons
the family while
traveling west in a
wagon train, 12-year-old
Colton Wescott must
become the family
provider. He has to lie
about his age, his mixed
race, and his riding
ability in order to get a
job with the Pony
Express.