INTERMEDIATE GRADES BOOK AWARD NOMINEES 2009—2010
Intermediate 09-10 Order Form
 

ARCHER'S QUEST
by Linda Sue Park
Twelve-year-old Kevin is shocked when Chu-mong, legendary ruler of ancient Korea, suddenly arrives with his bow and arrows in Kevin's room in Dorchester, New York.
ISBN: 0440422043, $6.50/ (pb)


BARNUM BROWN
by David Sheldon
A solid picture book biography of Barnum Brown, a leading paleontologist during the late 1800s.
ISBN: 0802796028, $16.95


COMETS, STARS,THE MOON, AND MARS
by Douglas Florian
Stamped type, cutout pages, collage elements with printed papers, and sweeping brushstrokes all figure prominently in the expressive collage artwork, which ably illustrates the verse.
ISBN: 0152053727, $16.00


COUNTING ON GRACE
by Elizabeth Winthrop
Grace was torn from her schoolhouse and forced to work in the textile mill ,turning cotton into thread, alongside her mother, in the spinning room.
ISBN: 0553487833, $6.99 (pb


A CROOKED KIND OF PERFECT
by Linda Urban
An Eleven-year-old Zoe dreams of giving piano recitals at Carnegie Hall. When her father purchases a Perfectone D-60, though, she must settle for the sounds of the organ rather than the distinguished sounds of a baby grand.
ISBN: 0152060073, $16.00 (hc)


 


A DOG'S LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STRAY
by Anne M. Martin
Squirrel and her brother Bone are pups living in a country estates garden shed. Squirrel and Bone become separated, so Squirrel moves on alone.
ISBN: 0439717000, $5.99 (pb)


EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT
by Lynne Jonell
Emmy's world has turned upside down. Her parents have become obsessed with status and money, her teachers and fellow students ignore her, and her welfare has been left in the hands of her coldhearted nanny.
ISBN: 0312384602, $6.99 (pb)


GABRIEL'S HORSES
by Alison Hart
Gabriel is a slave but dreams of becoming a famous jockey. When the man enlists in the Union Army to earn the money to buy his wife's freedom, Gabriel must adjust to a cruel new trainer.
ISBN: 1561453986, $14.95 (hc)


HEY THERE, STINK BUG!
by Leslie Bulion
The poems in this collection buzz from page to page as members of the insect world are showcased in a variety of poetic forms. A brief annotation accompanies each poem, providing a few factoids for entomologists.
ISBN: 1580893406, $5.95 (pb)


JOURNEY THAT SAVED CURIOUS GEORGE
by Louise Borden
This large-format book tells the story of Margret and H. A. Rey. As German-born Jews, they were suspect in many quarters. They were carrying several illustrated manuscripts, including The Adventures of FiFi, later re-titled Curious George.
ISBN: 0618339248, $17.00 (hc)

 

JULIA'S KITCHEN
by Brenda A. Ferber
The night her mother and sister die in a house fire, 11-year-old Cara is sleeping over at her friend Marlee's. As she gradually tries to adjust to life without them, she struggles with a sense of disbelief at her loss.
ISBN: 0374399328, $16.00 (hc)


THE LEMONADE WAR
by Jacqueline Davies
Evan discovers that his younger sister, Jessie, who has just skipped third grade, will be not just in his grade, but in his fourth-grade classroom. Normally buddies, they find themselves at odds over trifles and increasingly determined to earn more money than the other before school starts.
ISBN: 0618750436, $16.00 (hc) ISBN: 0547237650, $6.99 (pb)


MAKE YOUR MARK,FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
by Judith St. George
Franklin grows up in extreme luxury. Later, having absorbed a sense of social and civic responsibility from both a governess and the admired headmaster of his boarding school, follows his cousin Teddy into politics.
ISBN: 0399241752, $16.99 (hc)


MANY RIDES OF PAUL REVERE
by James Cross Giblin
Paul Revere is commonly remembered in the Longfellow legend of his Midnight Ride before the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord
ISBN: 0439572908, $17.99 (HC)


NIGHT BOAT TO FREEDOM
by Margot Theis Raven
In the Slave Narrative Collection, Raven presents her story from the viewpoint of Christmas John, born on Christmas morning and raised on a Kentucky plantation by Granny Judith, who was captured as a child in Africa.
ISBN: 0312550189, $6.99 (pb)

 

ON THE WINGS OF HEROES
by Richard Peck
In Davy Bowman's Illinois neighborhood, life is friendly and happy, with time for boisterous games and stories on the porch. But that is before World War II, which changes everything.
ISBN: 014241204X, $6.99 (pb)


PAINT THE WIND
by Pam Munoz Ryan
How Maya's and Artemisia's lives intertwine, like a braided rein, is at the heart of this richly drawn adventure about captivity and freedom, about holding on and letting go.
ISBN: 0439873622, $16.99 (hc) ISBN: 054510176X, $6.99 (pb)


PUNISHED
by David Lubar
While roughhousing at the library with his friend Benedict, Logan literally runs into an elderly patron, who, as a punishment, saddles Logan with an unusual curse: everything he tries to say comes out as a pun.
ISBN: 1581960638, $4.99 (pb)


QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO
by Sy Montgomery
Researchers on a grueling expedition in Papua New Guinea, track the rare Matschie's tree kangaroo.
ISBN: 0618496416, $18.00 (hc)


SOCIETY OF SUPERHEROE:Great Cape Rescue
by Phyllis Shalant
The costume cape that Finch has played with since kindergarten begins talking to him. It claims to be an ancient Arabian Thinking Cape, capable of endowing its Master with extraordinary powers.
ISBN: 0525474048, $15.99 (hc)