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Bluestem Award 2017 Nominees
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Tuck everlasting
by Natalie Babbitt
The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. Reissue.
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El Deafo
by Cece Bell
The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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The war that saved my life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother. Simultaneous eBook.
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Absolutely almost
by Lisa Graff
Ten-year-old Albie has never been the smartest, tallest, most athletic, greatest artist, or most musical in his class, as his parents keep reminding him, but new nanny Calista helps him uncover his strengths and take pride in himself. Simultaneous eBook.
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Mission unstoppable
by Dan Gutman
On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi McDonald fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files. 50,000 first printing.
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Shooting at the stars : the Christmas truce of 1914
by John Hendrix
A striking visual chronicle of a young British soldier's experiences on Christmas Eve on the front lines during World War I describes in a letter written to his mother how Allied and German forces ceased hostilities to celebrate the holiday together on the battlefield. 12,500 first printing.
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The fourteenth goldfish
by Jennifer L Holm
Hating change and missing both her best friend and her dead goldfish, 11-year-old Ellie encounters a boy who strongly resembles her immortality-obsessed grandfather, in a story that introduces the work of famous historical scientists. By the three-time Newbery Honor-winning author of Turtle in Paradise.
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The misadventures of the family Fletcher
by Dana Levy
A family of four adopted boys, their two dads and a menagerie of pets share a raucous year marked by new schools, old friends, a grouchy neighbor, a hungry skunk, leaking ice rinks, school plays and wet cats. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rain reign
by Ann M. Martin
Struggling with the challenges of OCD and Asperger's syndrome, Rose, a homonym enthusiast, shares an inseparable bond with a beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, Rose is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels, even if it means leaving her routines and safe places in order to search for her pet. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of A Corner of the Universe.
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The brilliant fall of Gianna Z.
by Kate Messner
Gianna has to complete her leaf project soon if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but procrastination, disorganization, and her grandmother's declining health seem destined to keep her from finishing
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Wild born
by Brandon Mull
Discovering when they come of age that they share a bond with special spirit animals who wield great powers, four children become lone protectors of their world against a dark force that threatens to destroy everyone they love, in a debut installment in a role-playing action adventure series by the best-selling author of the Fablehaven books.
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Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh
by Robert C. O'Brien
Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived
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Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
A picture book celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing Civil Rights Movement.
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Becoming Babe Ruth
by Matt Tavares
A tribute to the legendary baseball star offers a rare view into his formative years in "the House that built Ruth," tracing his mischievous childhood in Baltimore before his life-changing enrollment in Saint Mary's Industrial School for Boys, where a strict code of conduct and his introduction to baseball inspired his historic career. By the creator of Zachary's Ball.
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Lulu's mysterious mission
by Judith Viorst
Believing her tantrum days are behind her only to be left behind with a formidable babysitter while her parents go on vacation, Lulu attempts several elaborate schemes to bring her parents back only to learn an astonishing secret.
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Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells
Sixth-grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and talent for drawing anything he sees, and when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case
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Gone fishing : a novel in verse
by Tamera Will Wissinger
A story told through poems and comic illustrations follows the adventures of 9-year-old Catfish Sam, who loves fishing with his father and who resents the intrusion of his pesky little sister until he figures out how to restore sibling harmony. A first book. 15,000 first printing.
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