Monthly Archives: November 2008

Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2000-2001 Nominee List

The following books were 2000-2001 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. Tangerine by Edward Bloor (WINNER!) Tornado by Betsy Byars Flight #116 Is Down by Caroline Cooney Deep Doo-Doo by Michael … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2001-2002 Nominee List

The following books were 2001-2002 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. Tracks in the Snow by Lucy Bledsoe Williwaw! by Tom Bodett The Door in the Lake by Nancy Butts P.S. … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2002-2003 Nominee List

The following books were 2002-2003 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Blackwater by Eve Bunting Stealing Thunder by … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2003-2004 Nominee List

The following books were 2003-2004 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson Winners Take All by Fred Bowen Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Breadwinner by … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2004-2005 Nominee List

The following books were 2004-2005 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer The Jacket by Andrew Clements A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements Nowhere … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2005-2006 Nominee List

The following books were 2005-2006 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay by Julia Alvarez Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Tyler on Prime Time by … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2006-2007 Nominee List

The following books were 2006-2007 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. The Word Eater by Mary Amato Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes The Good Dog by Avi The World According to Humphrey … Continue reading

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Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2007-2008 Nominee List

The following books were 2007-2008 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards. A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Code Talker: A Novel … Continue reading

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Punished by David Lubar

Logan and his friend Benedict run into the wrong guy at the library-literally. When Logan slams into the reference guy in the basement and gives him a little lip, Logan gets punished, really and truly punished. He has three days … Continue reading

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Gossamer by Lois Lowry

Where do dreams come from? What stealthy nighttime messengers are the guardians of our most deeply hidden hopes and our half-forgotten fears? Drawing on her rich imagination, two-time Newbery winner Lois Lowry confronts these questions and explores the conflicts between … Continue reading

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Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs

Shannon and her little brother, Cody, are off to Washington state in the summer of 2002 for some amazing and occasionally reckless adventures with their Uncle Neal. Uncle Neal is an ambulance driver for a wildlife rescue center called Jackie’s … Continue reading

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Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Noah and Abbey’s father is in jail for sinking a casino boat that he claims has been dumping raw sewage into the waters near their home in the Florida keys. He has no proof, the owner of the boat denies … Continue reading

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Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts by Frances O’Roark Dowell

Here’s what you need to know about Phineas L. MacGuire, Boy-Scientist Extraordinaire, AKA Mac: 1. He’s allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can prove it. 2. He’s probably the world’s expert on mold, including which has the highest … Continue reading

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