State Award Reading List
South Carolina State Reading List
2009-2010 South Carolina Book Award Nominees
Junior Book
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...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
A Year Told Through Stuff
By: Jennifer L. Holm
Illustrated by: Elicia Castaldi
This edition: Paper Over Board, 128 pages
Publication date: July 24, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
Ginny has ten items on her big to-do list for seventh grade. None of them, however, include accidentally turning her hair pink. Or getting sent to detention for throwing frogs in class. Or losing the lead role in the ballet...
Picture Book
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.
Big Bad Wolves at School
By: Stephen Krensky
Illustrated by: Brad Sneed
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 4 - 8
Rufus doesn't like school at first. He loves being a wolf and doing wolf stuff -- like running through the woods or howling at the moon. But Rufus, like all wolves, must go to school to learn real wolf work, like wearing...
Children's Book
No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
Cover By: Brian Selznick / Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 160 pages
Publication date: June 26, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
"You have the right to remain silent." However...The fifth-grade girls and the fifth-grade boys at Laketon Elementary don't get along very well. But the real problem is that these kids are loud and disorderly. That's why the...
South Carolina Winners List
2008-2009 South Carolina Book Award
Junior Book Award
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...
