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1980
Rawls, Wilson.
Summer of the Monkeys
In the late 1800's, a fourteen-year-old Ozark mountain boy spends the summer trying to recapture monkeys escaped from a traveling circus.
239 p. 1976
Appears on the following book lists:
 Maud Hart Lovelace Award
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1991
Paulsen, Gary
Hatchet
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
195 p. 1987
Appears on the following book lists:
Classics - modern
Amazing Adventures
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Newbery Honor
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Classroom Read Aloud - chapter books
Minnesota Book Awards
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1997
Yolen, Jane
The Devil's Arithmetic
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland. [1997 Winner]
170 p. 1988
Appears on the following book lists:
Remembering the Holocaust
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
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1998
Park, Barbara
Mick Harte Was Here
Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his death in a bicycle accident. [Division I and II 1998 Winner]
89 p. 1995
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Other formats available |
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1999
Spinelli, Jerry
Crash
Seventh-grader John Crash Coogan has always been comfortable with his tough, aggressive behavior, until his relationship with an unusual Quaker boy and his grandfather's stroke make him consider the meaning of friendship and the importance of family. [1999 Winner, available in Spanish Text.]
162 p. 1996
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Other formats available |
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2000
Bloor, Edward
Tangerine
Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.[2000 Winner]
294 p. 1997
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Other formats available |
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2001
Haddix, Margaret Peterson
Among the Hidden
A government decree allows each family only two children. For Luke, a third child, this has meant a lifetime of hiding. But could a stray glimpse of a child hiding in the house across the way lead to freedom? [2001 Winner]
153 p. 1998
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Classics - modern
Other formats available |
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2002
Whitmore, Arvella
Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun : a Boy's Journey
Twelve-year-old Jordan is becoming dangerously involved with a street gang when he is suddenly transported through time to become a slave on the plantation of his ancestors. [2002 Winner]
184 p. 1999
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Classroom Read Aloud - chapter books
Minnesota Book Awards
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2003
Dowell, Frances O'Roark
Dovey Coe
When accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovey Coe, a stronged-willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother.[2003 Winner]
181 p. 2000
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Mysteries for Kids
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2004
Mikaelsen, Ben
Touching Spirit Bear
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life. [2004 Winner]
241 p. 2001
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Native American
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Other formats available |
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2005
Smith, Roland
Zach's Lie
When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to track them down. [2005 Winner]
211 p. 2001
Appears on the following book lists:
Good Reads for Guys
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Kids Book Prizes
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
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2006
Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.[2006 Winner]
292 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Animal Stories - real
Books to Film
Newbery Honor
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Discussion Guides - Children's Books
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Elementary Grades - Grades 5-6
Other formats available |
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2007
Clements, Andrew
Things Not Seen
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it
251 p. 2002
Appears on the following book lists:
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Schneider Family Book Award for Older Readers
Other formats available |
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2008
Sonnenblick, Jordan
Drums Girls Dangerous Pie
When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
273 p. 2006
Appears on the following book lists:
Discussion Guides - Teen Books
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
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2009
Riordan, Rick
The Lightning Thief
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
377 p. 2005
Appears on the following book lists:
Fairy Tales with New Twists - chapter books
Adventure for Kids
Good Reads for Middle School
Maud Hart Lovelace Award
Hot Titles - Kids
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