Secretly in love with her best friend and business partner Steve, fifteen-year old Jazz must spend the summer away from him when her family goes to India during that country’s rainy season to help set up a clinic.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright August 10, 2004
ISBN# 0-385-73123-X (HB)
Lady Jane Grey, who at fifteen was Queen of England for nine days before being executed, recounts her life story from the age of nine.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by HarperCollins
Copyright January 17, 2005
ISBN# 0-06-054924-6 (PB)
As told by his daughter, this is a biography about baseball legend Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in the major leagues, and his impact on America’s game.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright January 31, 2004
ISBN# 0-439-42592-1 (PB, HB)
Young Aidan is surely meant for greater things than keeping sheep. After a series of adventures, Aidan joins his siblings, battles a giant, and leads a covert operation in this Christian fantasy.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Broadman & Holman
Copyright September 1, 2004
ISBN# 080543131-4 (HB)
Twelve-year old James has no interest in music in spite of the fact that both his parents are musicians, but when he discovers a portal to the seventeenth-century London, he finds that his great voice and the fact that he is biracial might serve him well.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by McElderry Books
Copyright February 28, 2005
ISBN# 0-689-86478-7 (HB)
Alexa is spending another summer in Bridewell with her father. She’s eager to solve the mystery that lurks in the forests and The Dark Hills which townspeople fear.
2006-2007 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Orchard Books
Copyright May 1, 2010
ISBN# 0-439-75843-2 (PB, HB)
In this second Prairie River series, Nessa is having difficulty making friends and her position as the local teacher is on shaky ground. Through it all she relies heavily on prayer to sustain her.
2005-2006 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright November 30, 2003
ISBN# 0-439-43993-0 (PB)
Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her little brother, Cody, spend the summer with their uncle, helping at a wildlife rescue center named Jackie’s Wild Seattle.
2005-2006 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harper Collins
Copyright March 31, 2003
ISBN# 0-688-17474-4 (HB)