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Young Hoosier Book Award2014-2015 Middle Grade Books
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First begun in 1974, the Young Hoosier Book Award encourages Indiana students to read for fun. Since 1992, the Award has been divided into three categories based on grade level: Kindergarten-3rd grade (picture books), 4th-6th grade (intermediate), and 6th-8th grade (middle grade).
Each year, teachers, students, parents and media specialists submit suggestions to the Young Hoosier Book Award committee, who nominate twenty books in each category. Students read the books on the list and vote for their favorites. Votes are then tallied and the winning illustrator and authors are presented the award in the spring of the following year.
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
by Richard Paul Evans
Michael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them
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In a Glass Grimmly
by Adam Gidwitz
Dark Fantasy. In this oh-so-gruesome follow-up to A Tale Dark and Grimm, cousins Jack and Jill live through very different versions of some stories you might think you know (they involve things like a magic beanstalk, a naked Emperor, and a talking frog). Packed with wickedly dark humor and positively dripping with gore, these are not fairy-tale adventures for the squeamish, but they'll be just the thing for fans of the first book, or for those who were thrilled by the deliciously macabre short-story collection Troll's Eye View (edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling).
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One for the Murphys
by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
An award-winning first novel follows the experiences of foster kid Carley, who uses humor and street smarts to cope with her unpredictable life until the loving, bustling Murphy family offers her more stability and a greater sense of belonging than she ever thought possible.
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Fourmile
by Watt Key
Believing that the man dating his widowed mother is a disreputable person, 12-year-old Foster bonds with a mysterious Iraq War veteran who imparts wisdom and secrets before exposing threatening character qualities that escalate into a violent personal clash. By the author of Dirt Road Home.
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The Lions of Little Rock
by Kristin Levine
Historical Fiction. In 1958 Little Rock, Arkansas, painfully shy twelve-year-old Marlee sees her city and family divided over school integration, but her friendship with Liz, a new student, helps her find her voice and fight against racism.
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Summer of the Mariposas
by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
In an adventure reminiscent of Homer's Odyssey, fifteen-year-old Odilia and her four younger sisters embark on a journey to return a dead man to his family in Mexico, aided by La Llorona, but impeded by a witch, a warlock, chupacabras, and more.
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Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
Science Fiction. Fans of reinvented fairy tales -- especially if they also happen to love dystopian fiction -- will be thrilled by this new take on the very old story of Cinderella, which is set in a far-future, plague-ridden New Beijing, China. Linh Cinder, who is a cyborg, lives with her stepmother and stepsisters and supports them by working as a mechanic. When handsome Prince Kai seeks out Cinder's help repairing an android, she is smitten with him...and drawn into dangerous palace intrigue. Cinder (the 1st in a series) departs dramatically from the original storyline while working in some clever nods to it; it's sure to keep fans of complex plots and vivid world-building riveted.
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World
by Sy Montgomery
Nonfiction. Dr. Temple Grandin is an animal scientist, a bestselling author, the subject of an award-winning film about her life (starring Claire Danes and also titled Temple Grandin), a college professor, one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2010...and she also happens to have autism. This "riveting" (VOYA) and inspirational authorized biography tells the story of her childhood, her many struggles and accomplishments, and her groundbreaking work for more humane treatment of livestock. It includes a foreword written by Grandin herself, as well as a special section of "Temple's Advice for Kids on the Spectrum."
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The False Prince
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Fantasy. Unrest is brewing in the kingdom of Carthya, and if word got out that the king, the queen, and their only remaining heir are all dead, civil war would break out and chaos would reign. But Bevin Connor, one of the king's regents, has a plan. He brings four orphaned boys together -- including rough-edged, 15-year-old thief Sage -- in order to train them to pose as long-lost Prince Jaron. However, only one of the boys will be chosen to play the imposter...and it's curtains for the rest. This fast-paced and suspenseful story is full of surprises and will thrill fans of palace intrigues, such as Eilis O'Neal's similarly titled (although much more romantic) The False Princess.
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Hades: Lord of the Dead
by George O'Connor
Graphic Novel. Retells how Hades kidnaps Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, and brings her to the Underworld, while a grief stricken Demeter condemns the Earth to an eternal winter until Zeus intervenes.
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The False Princess
by Eilis O'Neal
Raised with court privileges throughout her 16 years, Princess Nalia discovers that she is a false stand-in for the real princess who was hidden away for protection, a finding that precedes her dismissal to a humble village, where she experiences an awakening of dangerous magical powers.
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Jump into the Sky
by Shelley Pearsall
Historical Fiction. Staying with his aunt in the wake of his mother' desertion, grandmother's death and father's service in World War II, young Levi is placed alone on a train bound for his father's last known location and endures painful, eye-opening lessons about racism and belonging.
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Shadow on the Mountain
by Margi Preus
Historical Fiction. Swept up by the Norwegian Resistance when Nazi German troops invade his home, 14-year-old Espen performs illicit courier services before becoming a Gestapo-dodging spy throughout five years during which he loses friends, falls in love and plots a daring escape to Sweden. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Heart of a Samurai.
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Here Lies Linc
by Delia Ray
While researching a rumored-to-be-haunted grave for a local history project, twelve-year-old Lincoln Crenshaw unearths some startling truths about his own family.
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Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi
Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland--nicknamed The Death Shop--are slim; then she meets an Outsider named Perry, who is as wild and dangerous as a savage, and soon learns that he's her only hope.
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After Eli
by Rebecca Rupp
Realistic Fiction. After the death of his older brother, Daniel Anderson became engrossed in recording details about dead people, how they died, and whether their deaths mattered but he is eventually drawn back into interaction with the living.
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Splendors and Glooms
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Historical Fantasy. Indulged by her wealthy father after the accidental poisoning deaths of all her siblings, lonely young Clara gets to have the amazingly talented -- perhaps supernaturally talented? -- puppeteer Grisini perform at her 12th birthday party. And then Clara gets kidnapped. Told from several different characters' points of view, this spooky, intricate story set in Victorian London will mesmerize fans of well-described settings and tales of sinister magic. For another richly detailed (and scarier!) puppet story, check out Joanne Owen's Puppet Master.
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Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
by Steve Sheinkin
Non-Fiction. A dramatic introduction to the international competition to create the first atomic bomb recounts the scientific discoveries that enabled atom splitting, the military intelligence operations that occurred in rival countries and the work of brilliant scientists hidden at Los Alamos. By the award-winning author of The Notorious Benedict Arnold.
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Cardboard
by Doug TenNapel
After Cam's down-and-out father gives him a cardboard box for his birthday, they fashion it into a man that magically comes to life, but things spin wildly out of control when the neighborhood bully steals a scrap of the cardboard to create creatures that promptly disobey his orders and multiply into an unruly army.
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Navigating Early
by Clare Vanderpool
Abruptly placed in a boy's boarding school in Maine after his mother's death at the end of World War II, Kansas youth Jack Baker befriends Early Auden, an unusual boy with whom Jack embarks on a quest along the Appalachian Trail in search of a legendary great black bear. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Moon Over Manifest.
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