Students in reading are well into their individual book picks for trimester 2. I've been impressed by their interest and eagerness in the Rebecca Caudill nominees for 2010! This award is unique because the voters are the young readers like our very own from Lakeview. The books have been going quickly so if one is not available from the IMC, check with your local public library.
Besides reading these books for their personal enjoyment, students will also take an Accelerated Reader test for each of their three selections. The due date for the first AR test is Thur., 12/17.
2010 Nominees
All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Crossing the Wire by Will Hobbs
Dragon Slippers by Jessica Day George
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent
The Mozart Question by Michael Morpurgo
The Naked Mole-Rat Letters by Mary Amato
Shark Girl by Kelly L. Bingham
Shooting the Moon by Frances O'Roark Dowell
A Small White Scar by K. A. Nuzum
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John
