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Nutmeg Intermediate Nominees

Nutmeg Intermediate Nominees. 2009. Close Encounters of a Third World Kind by Jennifer Stewart.

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Nutmeg Intermediate Nominees

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  1. Nutmeg Intermediate Nominees 2009

  2. Close Encounters of a Third World Kindby Jennifer Stewart • Annie’s father announces that she will miss two months of school but there is a small catch- they’ll be in Nepal on a medical mission. No hot showers and a tent every night for a bed. And Annie will get stuck with her pesky five year old sister to watch a lot too. Will Annie find a way to make the most of her time in Nepal? With a new friend and a journey into the woods you never know what she might run into. . . • http://www.tracievaughnzimmer.com/Close%20Encounters.htm

  3. Eagerby Helen Fox • What would it be like to have a robot to wait on you? • Main character Fleur and her brother Gavin want to have a fancy new model robot to replace Grumps, the family’s old robot. They are really aggravated when the family gets Eager, a robot who can think and question and seems to feel emotion. When the newer model robots start a rebellion, Gavin and Fleur must figure out who is behind it.

  4. Free Baseball by Sue Corbett • Felix knows his dad was a famous baseball player in Cuba—and that his father risked everything to send Felix to America. But his mom won’t reveal anything else. • http://www.suecorbett.com/books/free.html

  5. Golden and Grey: An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost by Louise Arnold • Grey Arthur is a ghost who hasn’t found his place in the world. Tom Golden is a boy who doesn’t fit in at school. When Tom and Grey Arthur mutter the same three words, “Life isn’t fair”, at exactly the same moment, a connection is made between them. • http://www.greyarthur.com/

  6. The Homework Machineby Dan Gutman • What would you do if you were a fifth grader facing a huge homework load every night, and you found out that there was a machine that would do all the work for you? • http://www.bookpage.com/0604bp/children/homework_machine.html

  7. MVP* Magellan Voyage Projectby Douglas Evans • Twelve-year-old Adam Story meets a mysterious man, Prince Olioli Oh, who presents him with a challenge. If Adam can travel around the world by land and sea only in forty days, w/o an adult escort, (and become the youngest human to do so) he will receive 4 million dollars. • http://www.wtmelon.com/a37MVPFacts.html

  8. Shakespeare’s Secretby Elise Broach • Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. http://hip.hamptonpubliclibrary.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?

  9. Three Good Deedsby Vivian Vande Velde • If Howard had known the old hag was a witch, he never would have taunted her. But he did, and she did what witches do--cursed him--and now he's a goose . . . • http://www.harcourtbooks.com/bookcatalogs/bookpages/9780152053826.asp#synopsis

  10. Gossamer by Lois Lowry • In this haunting novel that tiptoes between reality and imagination, two people—a lonely, sensitive woman and a damaged, angry boy—face their own histories and discover what they can be to one another. Their strength comes from a tiny, caring creature they will never see. • http://www.loislowry.com/gossamer.html

  11. Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone • Samuel Collier, a rough and tough young orphan, becomes the page of Captain John Smith as they head for the New World.. . . Readers will find that they have experienced what it must have been like to live in James Town in 1607.  • http://www.elisacarbone.com/educators/BloodRiverStudyGuide.html

  12. Images • All book cover images in this PowerPoint were copied and pasted from the Nutmeg website: http://www.nutmegaward.org

  13. Nutmeg Teen Nominees 2009

  14. Al Capone Does My Shirtsby Gennifer Choldenka Murderers, Mob Bosses, and Convicts-not your average neighbors. Unless your family has just moved to the island prison of Alcatraz. Murderes, Mob bosses, and Convicts

  15. Who is Al Capone? Al Capone is America's best known gangster and the single greatest symbol of the collapse of law and order in the United States during the 1920s Prohibition era.

  16. The Case of the Missing Marquessby Nancy Springer For Enola Holmes, investigating mysteries runs in the family, including her own mother’s disappearance. When her elder brother Sherlock determines she should attend a prim boarding school, she resolves to escape and the solve the mystery herself. Genre: Mystery

  17. Days of Tearsby Julius Lester (based on actual events-wow!!) Husbands and wives are torn apart, young children are separated from their parents, and life-long friendships are instantly ended. Over the course of three days in 1859, more than 400 slaves were sold to pay the gambling debts of one man. This riveting book tells their stories. Genre: Historical fiction

  18. Wolf Brotherby Michelle Paver Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined.

  19. Heat by Mike Lupica What can a 12 year old Cuban immigrant do when he dreams of pitching in the Little League World Series, only to be benched? Michael Arroyo relies on his best friend, Manny Cabrera, his neighbor, and the mysterious girl pitcher he meets practicing in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. Genre: Realistic Fiction

  20. Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos After Nadira’s father, an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh, is arrested, her older Sister grows more sorrowful with each Passing day. Nadira, no longer living in her sophisticated sister’s shadow, mustCope with the difficulties of being a Muslim in post 9/11 America.

  21. Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock Since her father’s injury, DJ Schwenk has been running her family’s dairy farm. But the summer before 11th grade, the rival school’s football coach send his stuck-up, lazy quarter back, Brian, to help DJ on the farm. DJ finds herself coaching Brian, And she starts to wonder if there is more out there for her than farm work.

  22. The Schwa Was Hereby Neal Shusterman When Antsy Bonano and his friends discover that fellow 8th grader Calvin Schwa can become invisible, they use the knowledge to hatch a money making plot. What begins as a sure-fire scheme Turns into something Else, as you weave through this funny journey with Cal, Antsy, and Lexie.

  23. Ugliesby Scott Westerfield When Tally turns 16 she will transition from an Ugly to a Pretty , receiving society’s Mandated plastic surgery to look like everyone else: model beautiful. But before her birthday, she meets some Uglies who have never had the surgery. And they have a secret to share.

  24. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin This novel asks the question: what Happens to us when we die? When Liz Hall dies at 15 she discovers Elsewhere, An afterlife where people and animals Age backwards until they are reborn Again. But Liz desperately wants to grow up, fall in love, and get her driver’s license, not rewind to fourteen!

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