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2010 Hawaii Nene Award Recommended Booklist

Weedflower
Weedflower By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Kamil Vojnar
This edition: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publication date: March 28, 2006
Ages: above 11
Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback, eBook
Fablehaven (Part of Fablehaven) By: Brandon Mull
Illustrated by: Brandon Dorman
This edition: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2007
Ages: 9 - 12
For centuries mystical creatures of all description were gathered into a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic. Enchanting?...
The Black Paw
The Black Paw (Part of Spy Mice) By: Heather Vogel Frederick
Cover By: Sally Wern Comport / Illustrated by: Sally Wern Comport
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publication date: September 5, 2006
Ages: 8 - 11
"DOGBONES! DOGBONES! DOGBONES!"For Oz Levinson, life is always the same. No matter what school he goes to, it's always sharks -- bullies -- versus everyone else. What would Oz's hero, James Bond, aka 007, do? He would make...
Lunch Money By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Brian Selznick
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: June 28, 2005
Ages: 8 - 12
MEET GREG KENTON, BILLIONAIRE IN THE MAKING.Greg Kenton has two obsessions -- making money and his long-standing competition with his annoying neighbor, Maura Shaw. So when Greg discovers that Maura is cutting into his booming...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Return of the Homework Machine By: Dan Gutman
Cover By: Dan Santat
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: June 2, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Snik, Brenton, Judy, and Kelsey haven't stayed in the best touch since last year's big homework-machine scandal. But they are all pulled back together again when Brenton realizes that the most powerful part of the machine --...
Other Formats: eBook
Found (Part of Missing, The) By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: April 22, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he's never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who's also adoped, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, "You are one...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback, eBook