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2009 Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award Nominees
The Younger Brother's Survival Guide
By: Lisa Kopelke
Illustrated by: Lisa Kopelke
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: March 7, 2006
Ages: 4 - 8
IT'S NOT EASY HAVING AN OLDER SISTER.
Matt's sister calls him a pain. Matt's parents call them both wild animals. Matt calls it SURVIVING. That's why he wrote The Younger Brother's Survival Guide.
Matt shares his tips...
Cha-Cha Chimps
By: Julia Durango
Illustrated by: Eleanor Taylor
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: February 7, 2006
Ages: 2 - 6
Counting and dancing gohand in hand at Mambo Jamba's,
the place where hippos hokey-pokey and meerkats macarena
and ten little chimps do the
Cha -- Cha -- Cha
until Mama Chimps says,
"Time for bed!"
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Ivan the Terrier
By: Peter Catalanotto
Illustrated by: Peter Catalanotto
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 18, 2007
Ages: 2 - 5
Ivan loves a good story.
Like that one about the three bears or those three gruff billy goats.
Where else can a dog find such
playmates
action
fun...
or a...
2011 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award Nominees
Intermediate
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
Junior
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...
Senior
Identical
By: Ellen Hopkins
This edition: Hardcover, 576 pages
Publication date: August 26, 2008
Ages: above 14
"Perfect on the outside, but behind the Normal Rockwell facades, each holds its secrets. Dark, untellable. Practically unbelievable." -- IDENTICAL Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a...
2010 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award Nominees
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
Snitch
By: Allison van Diepen
This edition: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publication date: November 27, 2007
Ages: above 14
In a school run by gangs, staying out was harder than joining. We knew
who our friends were, and were careful what we said.
If people thought
we were haters, it would only be a matter
of time....
Lines are clearly marked...
City of Bones
(Part of Mortal Instruments, The)
By: Cassandra Clare
This edition: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: above 14
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing...
2010 Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award Nominees
Junior
No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
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...
Senior
City of Bones
(Part of Mortal Instruments, The)
By: Cassandra Clare
This edition: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publication date: March 27, 2007
Ages: above 14
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing...
Washington Winners List
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award 2010
No Talking
By: Andrew Clements
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...