Nominated Books

Jack vs. the Tornado

By Amanda Cleary Eastep

10-year-old Jack is shocked to discover his parents are moving from their rural homestead to the boring suburbs of Chicago. Full of energy and determination, Jack devises a plan to get himself back to his beloved farmhouse forever. Only three things stand in his way: a neighbor in need, a shocking discovery, and tornado season.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Moody Publishers

ISBN# 978-0802421029 (HB)

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Dear Student

By Elly Swartz

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma—can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret?

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Delacorte Press

ISBN# 978-0593374122 (HB)

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Cooper’s Story

By W. Bruce Cameron

Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.4

Published by Starscape

ISBN# 978-1250163387 (HB)

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Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

By Laurie Wallmark, Illustrated by Brooke Smart

This biography tells the story of Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA’s first cryptology unit.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 6.3

Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers

ISBN# 978-1419739637 (HB)

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Billy Miller Makes A Wish

By Kevin Henkes

On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises, and the final one is possibly the best one ever.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.1

Published by Greenwillow Books

ISBN# 978-0063042797 (HB)

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Stay this Way Forever

By Linsey Davis, Illustrated by Lucy Fleming

Celebrate the joy, wonder, and innocence of being a child with a heartwarming celebration of all the endearing qualities found in children and the hope that those special traits will stay with them forever.

Nominated

2023-2024 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Zonderkidz

ISBN# 978-0310770084 (HB)

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Our Table

By Peter H. Reynolds

Violet longs for the time when her family was connected: before life, distractions, and technology pulled them all away from each other.

Nominated

2023-2024 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 2.5

Published by Orchard Books

ISBN# 978-1338572322 (HB)

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Longest Journey: An Artic Tern’s Migration, The

By Amy Hevron

Follow the epic annual migration of an Arctic Tern on its sixty-thousand-mile journey to the South Pole and back again, the longest such migration in the animal kingdom.

Nominated

2023-2024 Gallery Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Neal Porter Books

ISBN# "978-0823447008 (HB)

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