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ELIOT ROSEWATER AWARD NOMINEES 2009—2010 |
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  ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie Arnold Spirit, a Spokane Indian from Wellpinit, WA. ,is born with water on the brain, is regularly the target of bullies, and loves to draw. ISBN: 0316013684, $16.99 (hc) ISBN: 0316013692, $ 8.99 (pb) 
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES by John Green After recently graduating high school, Colin Singleton’s girlfriend, Kathryn, breaks up with him. He embarks on a road trip with his best friend and works out a mathematical theorem of love. ISBN: 0142410705, $7.99 
BEAUTY SHOP FOR RENT by Laura Bowers Abbey and her great-grandmother run a beauty shop together, but Granny Po would like to retire and rent it out for profit. Gena arrives in town and arranges to turn Polly's Parlor into a successful day spa. ISBN: 0152057641, $17.00 (hc) ISBN: 0152063854, $6.95 (pb) 
BIG FAT MANIFESTO by Susan Vaught Jamie is a senior in high school and writes a column every week in the paper with her thoughts and fears and gripes. As her column raises all kinds of questions, so too, must she find her own private way in her world. ISBN: 1599902060, $16.95 (hc) ISBN: 1599903628, $8.99 (pb) 
BLUE BLOODS by Melissa de la Cruz Members of the popular clique at New York's Duchesne School are Blue Bloods, continually reincarnated vampires endowed with preternatural beauty, charisma, and strength. ISBN: 142310126X, $ 8.99 |
DEADLINE by Chris Crutcher Just before his senior year, Ben is diagnosed with a rare, incurable leukemia. With only his doctor and therapist in on his secret, Ben sets out to live an entire lifetime in a year. ISBN: 0060850892, $ 16.99 (hc) ISBN: 0060850914, $ 8.99 (pb) 
EVERYTHING YOU WANT by Barbara Shoup With high school mercifully drawing to a close, Emma's only question is, "What next?” Then one lucky little lotto ticket seems to give the answer-or does it? ISBN: 0738712272, $16.95  HERO by Perry Moore Basketball star Thom Creed is trying to figure out exactly what his untrained superpowers can do. Thom runs away, only to find himself in the middle of a multi-hero rescue operation. ISBN: 1423101952, $16.99 (hc) ISBN: 1423101960, $8.99 (pb)  HURRICANE SEASON by Neal Thompson The John Curtis Christian School is a racially diverse institution known both for providing a good education and its status as a football powerhouse under coach J. T. Curtis.  A LONG WAY GONE by Ishmael Beah Beah, was a typical precocious 12-year-old. But rebel forces destroyed his home when they hit his village, driving him to leave his home and travel the arid deserts and jungles of Africa. ISBN: 0374531269, $12.00 |
MEMOIRS OF A TEENAGE AMNESIAC by Gabrielle Zevin Zevin tackles the slippery nature of human identity, deceptively tucked within a plot familiar from TV soaps. ISBN: 0374349460, $17.00 (hc) ISBN: 0312561288, $8.99 (pb)  PEAK by Roland Smith Peak leaves New York to live with his famous mountaineer father in Thailand.He hopes that Peak will become the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest. ISBN: 0152062688, $6.95  PLAIN JANES by Cecil Castellucci Jane rallies a small group of outcasts into a team of "art terrorists," shaking the town from its conservative complacency. ISBN: 1401211151, $ 9.99  QUIEY STRENGTH by Tony Dungy Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. ISBN: 1414318022, $ 14.99  RED GLASS by Laura Resau Eccentric people, political unrest, and magical fortunes folded into a cross-continental summer road trip. ISBN: 0385734662, $ 15.99 (hc) ISBN: 0440240255, $ 8.99 (pb)  YELLOW FLAG by Robert Lipsyte After Kris is injured, Kyle takes his place behind the wheel and proves himself to be a skilled and savvy driver, and he questions if he should pursue his interest in music or turn to racing. ISBN: 0060557079, $16.99 (hc) ISBN: 0060557095, $ 8.99 (pb) |
ISBN: 0060835702, $ 8.99 (hc)  SAMURAI SHORTSTOP by Alan M. Gratz Toyo must find his own path between the old ways and the new ones, which are symbolized for Toyo by the sport he loves: baseball. ISBN: : 0142410993, $ 7.99  THIS IS JUST TO SAY:POEMS OF APOLOGY AND FORGIVENESS by Joyce Sidman Mrs. Merz assigns her sixth-grade students to write poems of apology, and what emerges is a surprising array of emotions, poetic forms, and subjects from dead pets and biting hamsters to angry siblings and betrayal of trust. ISBN: 0618616802, $ 16.00  A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Khaled Hosseini Bringing Hosseini's compassionate storytelling and his sense of personal and national tragedy to a tale of two women that is weighted equally with despair and grave hope. ISBN: 159448385X, $ 16.00 (pb)  UNWIND by Neal Shusterman Neal Shusterman challenges readers' ideas about life -- not just where life begins, and where it ends, but what it truly means to be alive. ISBN: 1416912045, $ 16.99 (pb) |
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