Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nominees
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
"Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, best at gym, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself."
Another Day as Emily by Eileen Spinelli
"Susie is jealous when her brother is deemed town hero, so she finds solace in the poetry and reclusive lifestyle as Emily Dickinson."
Death by Toilet Paper by Donna Gephart
"Contest-crazed twelve-year-old Ben uses his wits and way with words in hopes of winning a prize that will keep his family from being evicted until his mother can pass her final CPA exam."
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio by Jonah Winter
"The baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio's picture book biography."
Kate Walden Directs: Night of the Zombie Chickens by Julie Mata
"Budding film director Kate Walden navigates middle school girl politics and chores on her mother's chicken farm while trying to become the next Spielberg."
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
"When his mother takes in a twelve-year-old foster boy, Jarrett is forced to share his room and his friends with the new boy."
Life of Zarf: The Trouble with Weasels by Rob Harrell
"As a troll, Zarf Belford is at the bottom of the social ladder at Cotswin Middle School, but when the king goes missing and his insufferable son takes control, Zarf leads his friends Kevin and Chester on a rescue mission."
Little Green Men at the Mercury Inn by Greg Leitich Smith
"Two boys race to get an undercover alien back to her mothership while dodging an oddball group of UFO-chasers, TV people, and Florida retirees."
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson
"When Alfie McQuinn, the notorious jewel thief, is killed on a job, his last words to his son, March, are to 'find jewels' and this instruction leads the boy to Jules, the twin sister he never knew he had -- and the perfect partner to carry on the family business."
The Map Trap by Andrew Clements
"Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he might just succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them."
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis
"Examines how the engineer George Ferris invented and constructed the amusement park ride that bears his name for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair."
Neighborhood Sharks by Katherine Roy
"An up close look at the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them -- just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge."
"Irish orphans, Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house."
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
"Struggling with Asperger's, Rose shares a bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines to search for her pet."
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
"After her tribal village is attacked by militants, Amira, a young Sudanese girl, must flee to safety at a refugee camp, where she finds hope and the chance to pursue an education in the form of a single red pencil and the friendship and encouragement of a wise elder."
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stéphanie Roth Sisson
"A biography of Carl Sagan focusing on his childhood and culminating in the Voyager mission and the Golden Record."
The Swift Boys & Me by Kody Keplinger
"Nola Sutton has always been best friends with the Swift boys, Canaan, Brian, and Kevin, but when their father leaves them without saying good-bye the boys start to change, and her long-time friends begin to pull away from her at a time when she needs them more than ever."
The Vanishing Coin by Kate Egan
"Mike reluctantly bonds with good-girl neighbor Nora while learning fun skills at The White Rabbit magic shop, the owner of which believes Mike could become a great magician."
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce Sidman
"Animals have different ways of coping with winter. Along with great illustrations, this book of poems will teach you how different animals and plants survive in the winter."
Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominees
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
"Em must travel back in time to prevent a catastrophic time machine from being invented, while Marina battles to prevent the murder of the boy she loves."
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
"Sent to an Amherst, Massachusetts, boarding school after her ex-boyfriend shoots himself, seventeen-year-old Emily expresses herself through poetry as she relives their relationship, copes with her guilt, and beings to heal."
Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg
"Macallan and Levi are best friends from the first day they meet in seventh grade, but over the years their close friendship keeps interfering with their dating life because everyone else regards them as a couple."
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
"The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South."
Complicit by Stephanie Kuehn
"Jamie's mother was murdered when he was six, about seven years later his sister Cate was incarcerated for burning down a neighbor's barn, and now Jaime, fifteen, learns that Cate has been released and is coming back for him, blaming him for all the bad things that led to her arrest."
Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan
"Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by combat dogs."
Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire
"An impoverished Russian country girl Elena Rudina and the aristocratic Ekatrina meet and set in motion an escapade that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito, and the witch Baba Yaga."
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
"From the acclaimed author of Amelia Lost and The Lincolns comes a heartrending narrative nonfiction page-turner -- and a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards. When Russia's last tsar, Nicholas II, inherited the throne in 1894, he was unprepared to do so. With their four daughters (including Anastasia) and only son, a hemophiliac, Nicholas and his reclusive wife, Alexandra, buried their heads in the sand, living a life of opulence as World War I raged outside their door and political unrest grew into the Russian Revolution. Deftly maneuvering between the lives of the Romanovs and the plight of Russia's peasants and urban workers -- and their eventual uprising-- Fleming offers up a fascinating portrait, complete with inserts featuring period photographs and compelling primary-source material that brings it all to life."
Forget Me by K.A. Harrington
"In a town suffering after the major employer closed under a cloud of scandal, Morgan and her friends uncover a mystery as they try to learn if her supposedly dead boyfriend is living nearby under a different name."
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King
"As her high school graduation draws near, Glory O'Brien begins having powerful and terrifying visions of the future as she struggles with her long-buried grief over her mother's suicide."
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters
"In San Diego in 1918, as deadly influenza and World War I take their toll, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches desperate mourners flock to séances and spirit photographers for comfort and, despite her scientific leanings, must consider if ghosts are real when her first love, killed in battle, returns."
The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez by Peter Johnson
"As his English teacher focuses on poetry during the month of October, Benny faces down the smartest girl at school while also navigating his friendships and a difficult family life after his grandfather's multiple strokes."
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
"Seven linked vignettes unfold on a Scandinavian island inhabited -- throughout various time periods -- by Vikings, vampires, ghosts, and a curiously powerful plant."
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
"Irish orphans, Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house."
Popular, a Memoir: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek by Maya van Wagenen
"A touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at "pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to be here," Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular? The real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise-meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself. Told with humor and grace, Maya's journey offers readers of all ages a thoroughly contemporary example of kindness and self-confidence."
The Scar Boys by Len Vlahos
"Written as a college admission essay, eighteen-year-old Harry Jones recounts defined by the hideous scars he hid behind, and how forming a band brought self-confidence, friendship, and his first kiss."
The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer
"After 12-year-old Grace's mother's sudden death, Grace is forced to live with a grandmother she never met. Then she discovers clues in a mysterious treasure hunt -- one that will help her find her true home."
The Story of Owen: Dragonslayer of Trondheim by E.K. Johnston
"In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many species of carbon-eating dragons to thrive, Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a dragon infestation near their small town in Canada."
Swim that Rock by John Rocco
"When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake refuses to think that he may have lost his father forever. But suddenly, nothing seems certain in Jake's future, and now his family's diner may be repossessed by loan sharks. In Narragansett Bay, scrabbling out a living as a quahogger isn't easy, but with the help of some local clammers, Jake is determined to work hard and earn enough money to ensure his family's security and save the diner in time."
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
"Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer."
Winger by Andrew Smith
"Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates."
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
"One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up. shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latin enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first Piddy is more concerned with trying to find out more about the father she's never met and how to balance honors courses with her weekend job at the neighborhood hair salon. But as the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang starts to take over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off or running away?"
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