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Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division II

Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division II. 2013-14. Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson.

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Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division II

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  1. Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees Division II 2013-14

  2. Adoration of Jenna Foxby Mary E. Pearson Seventeen-year-old Jenna Angeline Fox wakes from a long coma with no memory of who she is, and is sent home with her mother and inexplicably hostile grandmother where hours of video recordings of her childhood help spark her memories and send her on a horrifying quest to learn what really happened to her. ATOS Reading Level: 3.8 Point Value: 9

  3. Alibi Junior Highby Greg Logsted After thirteen-year-old Cody and his father, an undercover agent, are nearly killed, Cody moves in with his aunt in Connecticut, where he is helped with his adjustment to the trials of attending public school for the first time and investigating a threat in nearby woods by a wounded Iraq War veteran. ATOS Reading Level:3.9 Point Value:7

  4. Between Shades of Grayby RupaSepetys ATOS Reading Level:3.6 Point Value:9 In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil.

  5. Close to Famousby Joan Bauer ATOS Reading Level: 3.6 Point Value: 6 The residents of Culpepper, despite their grand aspirations, have made little progress toward achieving their goals, but unexpected events and surprises put the ambitions of the residents of Culpepper to the test.

  6. Emerald Atlasby John Stephens ATOS Reading Level:4.9 Point Value:15 Kate, Michael, and Emma have passed from one orphanage to another in the ten years since their parents disappeared to protect them, but now they learn that they have special powers--and a fearsome enemy--and embark on a prophesied quest to find a magical book.

  7. Escape Under the Forever Skyby Eve Yohalem ATOS Reading Level:5.2 Point Value: 6 Lucy's mother, the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, keeps Lucy confined to the embassy, but Lucy's desire to see what is beyond the compound walls gets her kidnapped and she must rely upon her knowledge and courage in order to escape.

  8. Heart of a Shepherdby Rosanne Parry ATOS Reading Level:5.2 Point Value:5 Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.

  9. Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freezeby Alan Silberberg ATOS Reading Level: 5.5 Point Value: 6 In love with the girl he sneezed on the first day of school and best pals with Marshall, the "One Eyed Jack" of friends, seventh-grader Milo Cruikshank misses his mother whose death has changed everything at home.

  10. Okay for Nowby Gary D. Schmidt ATOS Reading Level:4.9 Point Value:11 "Sandpiper." Fourteen-year-old Doug Swieteck faces many challenges, including an abusive father, a brother traumatized by Vietnam, suspicious teachers and police officers, and isolation, but when he meets a girl known as Lil Spicer, he develops a close relationship with her and finds a safe place at the local library.

  11. One Crazy Summerby Rita Williams-Garcia ATOS Reading Level: 4.6 Point Value: 7 In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

  12. Out of My Mindby Sharon M. Draper ATOS Reading Level: 4.3 Point Value: 8 Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

  13. Running Dreamby Wendelin Van Draanen ATOS Reading Level:4.1 Point Value:9 When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

  14. Students must read at least 3 of the books nominated in their division and pass the AR tests for those books. • Students must enter their quiz scores in the Google Doc. On the Media Center Web page. • We will check the scores with the Student’s AR record to make sure they are all correct. To Participate in the Maud Hart Lovelace contest: Rewards: • Eligible voters will vote for their favorite book during the last week in March. Votes will be sent in to the State Committee and the winning author will receive the Maud Hart Lovelace Award from MN students. • Eligible voters will receive a certificate and reward for their efforts. • Any student who is able to read all of the nominated books in their division will be specially recognized

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