State Award Reading List
Nebraska State Reading List
2009-2010 Golden Sower Award Nominees
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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 withmutant 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 haikuof one adorable dog.Let's find him a home.
Young Adult
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Shane Rebenschied
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 likes...
The Shadow Thieves
(Part of Cronus Chronicles, The)
By: Anne Ursu
Cover By: Eric Fortune / 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 that...
Nebraska Winners List
Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee 2010-2011
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
Young Adult
Chains
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Cover By: Christopher Silas Neal
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 sister, Ruth,...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
