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YHBA Nominees 6-82011-2012

About the AuthorsBrownstown Central Middle School

S. A. Bodeen 2S. A. Bodeen 3S. A. Bodeen 4Ann Elizabeth Burg 5Mick Cochrane 6Carl Deuker 7Margaret Peterson Haddix 8Margaret Peterson Haddix 9Margaret Peterson Haddix 10Margaret Peterson Haddix 11Carl Hiassen 12Carl Hiassen 13Phillip Hoose 14Gordon Korman 15Gordon Korman 16Gary Paulsen 17Fran Slaton 18Trenton Stweart 19Trenton Stewart 20Trenton Stewart 21

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The CompoundThe GardenerElizebeti's Doll

“ . . .Suspenseful and riveting, this debut novel raises

serious issues about what it means

to survive.”

Minnesota Book Award

Children's Book of the Year Award

Ezra Jack Keats Award

She grew up on a farm. Stephanie works in the

Peace Corps. Her first book was

inspired by working in Tanzania

This book,the Compound, is about five people who think there is a nuclear war about to happen. So they build a underground compound and have to live there for fifteen years. But, it is just an experiment and they have to find a way to escape.

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The Compound

Elizabeti's Doll

For six years Eli and his family have been living in the compound. The compound keeps them alive, but are they really living? Day by day they just go through the motions. Eli wonders if it's time to be unafraid, and take a stand. If it's time to go outside the Compound.

Ezra Jack Keats Award

Bank Street's Best Children's Book of the Year

Publisher's Weekly, “ FlyingStart! “

The GardenBodeen didn't start her career until after she had kids!

She was a Peace Corps Volunteer! Bodeen lives in Oregon.

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BOOKS!

●Has a son, a daughter, and is married.●Spent most of her childhood reading and writing poetry.●Her first job was a teacher.

Wow. This is a book I wouldn't have picked up if the sixth graders had not picked it for our book and bag discussion. I do love novels in verse and verse suited this story so well, it kept the story moving and clear and beautiful

Kate

-All the Broken Pieces

-Rebekkah’s Journey

-Private Pickle & The White Balloon

ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009 Book list Top Ten First Novels for

Youth, 2009 Book list Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth, NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Cybils

Awards Finalist

AWARDS!

Bryanna Adv. LA 2/5

BOOKS!

●Has a son, a daughter, and is married.●Spent most of her childhood reading and writing poetry.●Her first job was a teacher.

Wow. This is a book I wouldn't have picked up if the sixth graders had not picked it for our book and bag discussion. I do love novels in verse and verse suited this story so well, it kept the story moving and clear and beautiful

Kate

-All the Broken Pieces

-Rebekkah’s Journey

-Private Pickle & The White Balloon

ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009 Book list Top Ten First Novels for

Youth, 2009 Book list Top Ten Historical Fiction for Youth, NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, Cybils

Awards Finalist

AWARDS!

Bryanna Adv. LA 2/5

Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving, adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past

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•Sport•Flesh Wounds•The Girl Who Threw Butterflies The Girl Who Threw Butterflies is

about a girl named Molly who loves baseball. She just lost her father and her mother is uninvolved. Fueled by her love of baseball she decides that she will try out for the boys baseball team thinking it will make her dad proud. With the support of her friends she tries out and makes the team, but not everyone is glad she is on the team. After all the obstacles she faces Molly gets her time to shine in a baseball game and does just that. For an excellent read check out The Girl Who Threw Butterflies.

AwardsJudy Lopez Honor Book Award2011-12 Young Hoosier Book Award2010-11 Maine Student Book Award2010-11 New Hampshire Great Stone Face Award2011-12 Massachusetts Children's Book Award

“Lovely and memorable- Kirkus Reviews, Starred.”

Three Facts About Mick Cochrane-•Cochrane grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota.•He attended both the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota•He used to work at McDonalds.

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The book was fast paced and it seamed really short but It was a really good book to read.

Taylor LA5 -7-

Jonah is adopted he knows nothing about his birth parents and really doesn't care too much about finding out. He is happy. Then one day a mysterious letter turns up in the mail telling him he is one of the missing. Missing from what? Even he doesn't know, yet.

FoundSentSabotagedTorn

“This fantasy-thriller...intertwines the ordinary life

of suburban kids with the fantastical

element of a covert war waged over a time paradox...

Haddix once again demonstrates her talent for penning

page-turners kids will like.”-Booklist

International Reading Associations Award

Children's Book AwardAmerican Library Association

Best Book for Young Readers citations

Several State Readers Choice Awards

Went to school at Miami University

Her first book was Published in 1995

Cynthia LA 5

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Found The Missing SeriesSent

The book Found: Found is a very good book. It tells about two boys who are adopted. Buthere's the catch: only one of the boys knowthat they are adopted. Throughout this book,you will find twisting and turning in your brain, and several other confusing things. The boys go on a long journey to find out informationabout their adoption. Turns out they might bebabies from the future! Read this book to find out!

"In a tantalizing opener to a new series, Haddix taps into a common childhood fantasy--that you are really the offspring of royalty or famous people, and were somehow adopted by an ordinary family--and one-ups it by adding in time travel...Readers will be hard-pressed to wait for the next installment."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Mrs. Haddix is married to a newspaper editor.Mrs. Haddix’s father was a

wonderful storyteller and this helped to develop her love of writing stories.

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Three Books● Found● Double Identity● Turnabout

Found is a very exciting book full of action! Three kids are on mission to find out the truth about them. Meeting very strange new people along the way, the kids never gave up hope. They are always pushing each other to find new information.

A tantalizing opener to a new series... Readers will be hard pressed to wait for the next installment. – Publishers Weekly

Three Facts● Written over 25 books● She loves to travel, swim, bicycle, and hike.●Her advice is “Read a lot. Write a lot. Think a lot. Enjoy what you ready, write, and think about.”

Awards● New York Times Bestseller● International Reading Association's Children's Book● American Library Association Best Book● American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers● 12+ State Reader's Choice

Madison LA5

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The book Found is about two teenage boys, Chip and Jonah, who find out they where found on a plane full of babies, and no adults. They go on a journey to find out who their parents are, and why they left them. Little did they know that all of this would lead to time travel.

Books●Found●Running Out of Time●Torn ●The Always War●Double Identity

“Fans of Haddix's Shadow Children books will want to jump on this time-travel adventure”-Kirkus Reviews

● International Reading Associations Award● Children's Book Award● American Libary Association Best Books for Young Adults and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers citations

Margaret Peterson Haddixhas been writing since she was a kid, but not serious stuff. Her favorite book as a child was Little Princess.

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Books

Hoot

Chomp

Scat

ScatScat is about the Florida Everglades. Set in this time

period. Bunny Starch is the most feared biology teacher ever. Until she becomes missing. She disappeared after a school field trip to Black Vine Swamp. And, to be honest, the kids in her class are relieved.

But when the principal tries to tell the students that Mrs. is missing. Two of her students set out to figure what really happened to Mrs. Starch, and what is really happening at Black Vine Swamp.

Carl Hiaasen Fun Facts

Carl Hiaasen was born in Plantation, Florida.

His first award winning novel was Hoot.

Hoot was made into an award winning movie.Awards

New Berry Honor Award Association For Library

Service To Children Award Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Rhiannon LA5

“Yet despite the similarities, the ­novels don’t feel repetitive — especially not “Scat,” which stirs some new, more ambitious elements into the formula.”-New York Times

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●Basket case●Sick Puppy ●Nature Girl

When Nick and Marta's mean biology teacher goes missing after a field trip to Black Vine Swamp everyone thinks of one suspect, Smoke. But, when they find out what's really going on they all come together to find Mrs. Starch and even risk they're lives doing it.

●Hiaasen graduated from the University of Florida ●Joined the Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter at the age of 23●Carl Hiaasen's novel have been published in 34 different languages

Damon Runyon Award andLifetime Achievement Award

AllyLA 5

"America's finest satirical novelist...the blazing conscience of the Sunshine State"The Observer

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This book is about a young girl who finds herself on a bus in 1955 in Montgomery ,Alabama. She doesn't move when a white woman wants to sit down. She stands up by not standing up. She is arrested and put into jail. She meets Rosa Parks and goes to her trial and testifies.

Books By This Author● Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana●It's out world ,too●We were there ,too

Claudette's eloquent bravery is Unforgettable.

- The Wall Street Journal

This is where the book took placeMontgomery ,Alabama

Facts!!! His first book Hey little ant was inspired by his daughter Ruby and co-authored by his other daughter Hannah.Phillip Hoose was born in South Bend ,Indiana. He was educated at Indiana University and Yale School of Forestry

Award and Recognition for Claudette Colvin; Twice Toward Justice●2009 National Book Award Winner Young People's Literature● Biographies for Youth 2009●Libarary Best of the Best Vermont Dorothy

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Enclosed, confused, and all alone at Garland Farms, Capricorn Anderson catches a glimpse of the real world when his only friend breaks her hip and is rushed to the hospital. Capricorn is faced with going to public school and learning some of the different matters in life. From class president to handling money to setting up a Halloween dance, Capricorn tries his best everyday to make everyone happy.

Once Capricorn finds out what the real world is like will he want to go back to Garland Farms? Read Schooled to find out.

Schooled

Macdonald Hall: This Can't Be Happening

Maxx Comedy

This is the best. This is my favorite book. I think we can learn many things from this book. Such as: “HOW TO BE A GOOD FRIEND”.

-Sharman Kabir

Gordon Korman has won many awards. He was named the Most Promising Author under the age of Thirty-five in 1980. He won the ALA Best Book List and Editor's Choice Award in 1988 and he received the Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award in 1992.

Korman's books have been translated into several different languages. Korman travels around giving book talks. He enjoys hockey also. But most of all, he is a father that loves spending time with his kids.

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Schooled No more Dead DogsBorn To Rock

This book is about a boy named Capricorn Anderson who has not lived his life in the world we know today. He has lived his whole life on Garland Farm. This farm used to be a place where people who were hippies would come and live, the thing is though it still is. Capricorn must adjust to life in the 21 century but the thing is is will he burst from all the new things he's learning or will he stay cool and collected?

“ This rewarding novel

features an engaging

main character and

some memorable

moments of comedy,

tenderness, and

Reflection.”-Booklist

He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Korman has

written more then 75 books. He wrote his first

book when he was 12.

Air Canada

Award &

American

Library

Association

Tralisa LA 5-16-

Notes from the Dog is a young adult book about a fifteen-year-old boy, Finn. Finn is loner who hangs with his dog, Dylan, & doesn't know what to do for the summer. This all changes when a new neighbor, Johanna, moves in. When Johanna tells Finn to grow a garden, he does a hilariously awful job. Finn then grows a bond with Johanna and starts learning to be less socially awkward and more social.

"Dancing around the fire: Gary Paulsen on the dishonesty of war lit and why writing is primitive"

Books by Paulsen➔Woods Runner➔Notes From the Dog➔Lawn Boy

Awards won➔Central Missouri Award of Children's Literature ➔Newbery Honor●New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age

Gary Paulsen ran away from home from age 14, competed in Iditarod, and loved science-fiction books as a kid.

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Books●When the Whistle Blows

“When the Whistle Blows is reminiscent of classic tales by Jack London, William Golding and Robert Louis Stevenson, yet carries the remarkable, fresh voice of its author. Fran Cannon Slayton should be extremely proud of this, her debut novel.” —Ellen Hopkins, author of Crank and Identical and National Book Award finalist

Jimmy Cannon wants to be just like his dad working on the railroad. There is a twist to the book that wouldn't see coming. Jimmy has some Halloween mischief, a hunting day mystery, its championship football game surprise, and nighttime adventures.

Grant LA 5

Awards●YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Nominee, 2010 ●ABC Best Books for Children, 2009 ●Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2010●CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010 ●Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee, 2010-11 ●Alabama Camellia Children's Choice Book Award Nominee, 2010-11 ●Indiana Young Hoosier Award Nominee, 2011-12

InformationSlayton isn't just an author. She is a child sex abuse prosecutor and a title insurance agency owner. Slayton in high school lettered in four varsity sports. Fran has also went to the Junior Olympics in fencing. Slayton loves writing and spending time with her daughter and husband.

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BooksBooks*The Mysterious Benedict Society*The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey*Flood Summer

In this book, there is an ad in the newspaper for specific people. This kids have to go take a test and the kids that pass the test they get to be in a group for a guy named Mr. Benedict. Mr. Benedict has a twin brother named Mr. Curtain who wants to take over the minds of people by a machine. The whole world will eventually hear the messages, but Mr. Benedict wants these kids: Reynie, Constance, Sticky, and Kate get trained b y Mr. Benedict to stop his twin brother. At the end of the book, the kids do stop Mr. Curtain.

“Resembles the otherworldly experience of Charlie and the

Chocolate Factory.”-Publishers Weekly

FactsFacts**He likes to spend time with family.**He has two sons and a wife, they live in Little Rock.**He also plays music inexpertly.

AwardsAwards**Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee **MCBA**Booker Worthy

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Stewart has written the following books:-The Mysterious Benedict Society-The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey-The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

Stewart won the following awards● for his books:

-Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee-Booker Worthy-School Library Journal Best Book of the Year -MCBA-Booklist Editor's Choice Books for Youth Awards-ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

“Like the Potter Books, His story goes

Beyond Mere adventures, Delving Into

serious issues.”-Booklist

His favorite Superhero is Spiderman

The Mysterious Benedict Society is a group of four

Children. Reynie is the leader of the group.

Sticky is the brains. Kate is a mastermind of puzzles.

But Constance is just trouble keeping them behind. They are on a Secret mission to find out what Mr. Curtain's secret plan is. Will they

find out safely? They have only a

short amount of time to fitthe pieces of the puzzle

together before Mr. Curtain takes over the world.

He has two sons.

Stewart livesIn Little Rock,

Arkansas.

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Books Written: Flood Summer The Mysterious Benedict

Society and the Prisoners Dilemma The Mysterious Benedict Society

and the Perilous Journey The Prisoners Dilemma

The Mysterious Benedict Society

The Mysterious Benedict Society, overall is a great book. It is about four kids who have natural talent and don't realize it. They get recited to a school that no one knows about. They quickly learn that they are in danger and that they have a mission. And they are the only ones who can accomplish it, with a little help from Mr. Benedict and a few of his friends of course.

Awards:Horn Book starred,Publishers Weekly starred, Booklist starred, Notable/Best Books, School Library Journal starred

“Like the Potter books, his story goes beyond

mere adventures, delving into serious issues.”

Facts:His favorite super hero is spiderman, he enjoys cookies, and running in the morning. Ryan

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●The Mysterious Benedict Society● The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey● The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoners Dilemma Like the Potter books, his

Story goes beyond mere adventures,Delving into serious issues.

-Booklist

●He likes playing chess and poker.●He is a former creative writing teacher.●He likes doing puzzles.

●2009 Anthony Award Best Children's/Young Adult Novel

Reynie Muldoon doesn't know what he has gotten himself into when he responds to a strange add in the newspaper. He, along with Sticky, Kate, and Constance, are sent to stop Mr. Curtain and his evil doings undercover as students at his institute. The four kids all have to work together in order to stop Mr. Curtain and save the world.

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