Georgia Children's Book Award Nominees 2013-2014

2013 – 2014
Georgia Children’s
BOOK AWARD NOMINEES
Presentation created/edited August 2013 by:
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• Genre: Fiction - Realistic
• AR Level: 3.7, Points: 5, MG
• Lexile: 560
• Summary: Seven fifth-
graders at Snow Hill School
in Connecticut relate how
their lives are changed for
the BETTER by “rookie
teacher,” Mr. Terupt!
Because of
Mr. Terupt
by Rob Buyea

• Lexile: 960
• Summary: When Margie’s
cousin Lupe comes from Mexico
to live in California with Margie’s
family, Lupe must adapt to
America, while Margie, who
thought it would be fun to have
her cousin there, finds that she
is embarrassed by her in school
and jealous of her at home.
Dancing Home
by Alma Flor Ada

• Lexile: 670
• Summary: After a car accident
strands them at opposite ends
of the Blue Ridge parkway,
eleven-year-old Abby and her
beloved sheltie Tam overcome
months filled with physical and
emotional challenges to find
their way back to each other.
A Dog’s Way Home
by Bobbie Pyron

• Genre: Fiction - Fantasy
• Lexile: 860
• Summary: Princess Celie loves
Tuesdays at Castle Glower, because
every Tuesday the castle adds a new
room, a turret, or sometimes a
whole new wing! But when her
parents, King and Queen Glower are
taken captive, it falls to Celie and her
knowledge of the castle to defend
their home and save the kingdom.
Tuesdays at the Castle
by Jessica Day George

• Lexile: 920
• Summary: Three young
wizards-in-training are
kidnapped by an evil queen!
Their familiars — Aldwyn the
alley cat, Skylar the know-it-all
blue jay, and Gilbert the tree
frog who can see the future—
set out on a dangerous
journey to rescue the boys.
The Familiars
by Adam Jay Epstein

• Lexile: 930
• Summary: Alice’s Aunt Polly
passes away and entrusts the
recipe for her world-famous pie
crust to her cat, which she leaves
in Alice’s care, and as everyone,
including Alice, tries to discover
the secret ingredients, Alice
learns some important lessons
about faith, love, and family.
Pie
by Sarah Weeks

• AR Level: 4.9, Points: 11, MG+
• Lexile: 740
• Summary: Janie Scott, newly
arrived in London from Los Angeles
in 1952, becomes friends with a
mysterious apothecary and his
son, Benjamin Burrows, and is
drawn into a dangerous adventure
with Benjamin when his father is
kidnapped and Russian spies try to
steal his book of secrets.
The Apothecary
by Maile Meloy

• Lexile: 670HL
• Summary: Years after Darra
Monson’s father stole a minivan
with Wren Abbott hiding in the
back, the girls come face to face
at summer camp and together
they try to work through what
happened to them and the
impact it had on their lives.
Hidden
by Helen Frost

• Genre: Fiction - Bi-Lingual
• Lexile: 820
• Summary: Eleven-year-old
Maximilian, a big fan of
lucha libre, makes an
unexpected connection with
his idol, the Guardian Angel,
when he takes a tumble over
the railing at a match in
San Antonio.
Maximillian: Mystery of the
Guardian Angel by Helen Frost

• Genre: Fiction - Survival
• Lexile: 790
• Summary: Abandoned by his
mother in an Acadia National
Park campground, Jack tries
to make his way back to
Boston before anyone
figures out what is going
on with only a small toy
elephant for company!
Small as an
Elephant
by Jennifer Jacobson

• Lexile: 790
• Summary: Ten-year-old Auggie
Pullman, who was born with
extreme facial abnormalities
and was not expected to
survive, goes from being
homeschooled to entering
fifth grade at a middle school
in Manhattan, which entails
enduring the taunts and fear
of his classmates as he
struggles to be seen as just
another student.
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio

• Lexile: 560
• Summary: Aaron has trouble
fitting in & is nervous about
seeing his father for the first
time in eight years. But while
he worries about whether his
dad will think he is “too
weird,” Aaron is also scared
that the school bully is going
to beat him up!
Better Than
Weird
by Anna Kerz

• Genre: Fiction – Folklore
• Lexile: 690
• Summary: Follows Hansel and
Gretal as they walk out of their
own story and into eight more
tales, encountering such wicked
creatures as witches, along with
kindly strangers and other
helpful folk. Based, in part,
on the Grimms’ fairy tales.
A Tale Dark &
Grimm
by Adam Gidwitz

• Lexile: 720
• Summary: Hazel and Jack
are best friends until an
accident with a magical
mirror and a run-in with a
villainous queen find Hazel
on her own, entering an
enchanted wood in the
hopes of saving Jack’s life.
Breadcrumbs
by Anne Ursu

Summer on the Moon
by Adrian Fogelin
• Genre: Fiction – Realistic
• Lexile: 630
• Summary: Thirteen-year-old
Socko and his mother move
from their cramped, unsafe
inner city apartment to a
house in the suburbs, where
they plan to care for Socko’s
crotchety great-grandfather, but
they soon discover that leaving
the problems of the city behind
will not be as easy as it seems.

A Monster Calls
by Patrick Ness
• Genre: Fiction –
• AR Level: 4.8, Points: 5, MG+
• Lexile: 730
• Summary: Thirteen-year-old
Conor awakens one night to
find a monster outside his
bedroom window, but not the
one from the recurring
nightmare that began when his
mother became ill – an ancient,
wild creature that wants him to
face truth and loss.

Okay for Now
by Gary D. Schmidt
• Lexile: 850
• Summary: 14 year old Doug
faces many challenges,
including an abusive father, a
brother traumatized by
Vietnam, suspicious teachers
and police officers, and
isolation, but when he meets
Lil - he develops a close
relationship with her and finds
a safe place at the local library.

Emerald Atlas
by John Stephens
• Genre: Fiction – Fantasy
• Lexile: 720
• Summary: 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.

• Lexile: 600
• Summary: When a new boy,
Bailey, moves to town and
befriends Ella because they
are the only two African
American students in the
class, she must choose
between the popularity Bailey
will bring to her life and her
lifelong friendship with Z.
Camo Girl
by Kekla Magoon

• Genre: Fiction – Fantasy
• Lexile: 900
• Summary: When Jake Limberleg
brings his traveling medicine
show to a small Missouri town
in 1913, Natalie senses that
something is wrong and, after
investigating, learns that her
love of automata and other
machines make her the only
one who can set things right!
The Boneshaker
by Kate Milford

• Lexile: 610
• Summary: When Skye's cousin
Hiroshi and his family move to
Virginia from Japan, the cultural
differences lead to mis-
understandings and both children
are unhappy at the changes in their
lives--will flying the dragon kite
finally bring them together?
ALTERNATE
Flying the Dragon
by Natalie Lorenzi

• Lexile: 740
• Summary: Twelve-year-old Ben
Ripley leaves his public middle
school to attend the CIA's highly
secretive Espionage Academy,
which everyone is told is an elite
science school.
ALTERNATE
Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs

• Lexile: 680
• Summary: As mysterious
circumstances bring Giuseppe,
Frederick, and Hannah together,
their lives soon interlock like the
turning gears in a clock and they
realize that each one holds a key
to solving the others' mysteries.
ALTERNATE
Clockwork Three
by Matthew J. Kirby

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