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2009-2010 Golden Sower Award Nominees
Primary
The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
By: Judy Sierra
Illustrated by: Stephen Gammell
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 29, 2006
Ages: 6 - 9
Students, heed this little rhyme:
When it's science project time,
Do not make goop,
or glop,
or grime,
And never mess with
mutant slime.
Dogku
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Tim Bowers
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 4 - 8
A tale in haiku
of one adorable dog.
Let's find him a home.
Young Adult
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...
The Shadow Thieves
(Part of Cronus Chronicles, The)
By: Anne Ursu
Illustrated by: Eric Fortune
This edition: Hardcover, 432 pages
Publication date: February 28, 2006
Ages: 8 - 12
Something extraordinary is about to happen to Charlotte Mielswetzski.
It's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere. It's not the arrival of her cousin Zee, who believes he's the cause of a mysterious sickness...
2010-2011 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominees
Young Adult
Chains
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 21, 2008
Ages: above 10
If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl?
As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Primary
That Book Woman
By: Heather Henson
Illustrated by: David Small
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: October 7, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit stoney-still reading some...
Intermediate
Do Not Pass Go
By: Kirkpatrick Hill
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: January 23, 2007
Ages: 9 - 14
Deet's world turns upside down when his father is arrested for drug use. It doesn't seem possible that kind, caring Dad could be a criminal! After all, he only took the pills to stay awake so he could work two jobs. Now what...
Other Formats: eBook
Nebraska Winners List
Golden Sower Award 2009-2010
Return of the Homework Machine
By: Dan Gutman
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