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State Award Reading List
Alabama State Reading List
2008-2009 Alabama Emphasis on Reading
Grades K-1
Wind Flyers
By: Angela Johnson
Illustrated by: Loren Long
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: January 9, 2007
Ages: 5 - 9
All he ever wanted to do was fly.
Three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long invite readers to ponder a band of undercelebrated World War II...
Grades 4-6
Miss Spitfire
Reaching Helen Keller
By: Sarah Miller
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: July 10, 2007
Ages: 10 - 12
Annie Sullivan was little more than a half-blind orphan with a fiery tongue when she arrived at Ivy Green in 1887. Desperate for work, she'd taken on a seemingly impossible job -- teaching a child who was deaf, blind, and as...
Alabama Winners List
Alabama Emphasis on Reading Book Award 2008-2009
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:
a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she...