Lamplighter Nominated Books

Monsoon Summer

By Mitali Perkins

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.

Nominated

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Delacorte

ISBN# 0-385-73123-X (HB)

Nine Days a Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey

By Ann Rinaldi

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.

Nominated

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by HarperCollins

ISBN# 0-06-054924-6 (PB)

Promises to Keep

By Sharon Robinson

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.

Nominated

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Scholastic

ISBN# 0-439-42592-1 (PB, HB)

The Bark of the Bog Owl

By Jonathan Rogers

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.

Nominated

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Broadman & Holman

ISBN# 080543131-4 (HB)

The Black Canary

By Jane Louise Curry

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.

Nominated

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by McElderry Books

ISBN# 0-689-86478-7 (HB)

The Dark Hills Divide

By Patrick Carman

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.

Winner

2006-2007 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Orchard Books

ISBN# 0-439-75843-2 (PB, HB)

A Grateful Harvest

By Kristiana Gregory

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.

Nominated

2005-2006 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Scholastic

ISBN# 0-439-43993-0 (PB)

Jackie’s Wild Seattle

By Will Hobbs

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.

Nominated

2005-2006 Lamplighter Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Harper Collins

ISBN# 0-688-17474-4 (HB)