Mark Twain Award Nominee Books

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Mark Twain Award Nominee Books
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Objectives

• Become familiar with all of the Mark Twain Award
  Nominee books for 2008-2009
• Learn about taking a quiz on a book
• Learn about requirements for attending the end of
  year picnic

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Mark Twain Award Nominees for 2008-2009

• There are 12 titles on this years nominee list.
• The books can be broken down into 4 main
  categoriesRealistic Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure,
  Historical Fiction.

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Realistic Fiction and Friendships

• Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the
  Somerset Sisters
• Uncharted Waters
• Rules
• Moon Shadow

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Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the
Somerset Sistersby Lesley Blume
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• Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of
  two world-famous pianistsa legacy that should
  feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain
  lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries
  and other books to isolate herself from the
  outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor
  named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her
  servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog
  named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that
  the world is a much more exciting place than she
  had originally thought.

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Uncharted Watersby Leslie Bulion
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• Jonah's lies and his secret fear of the sea
  threaten to ruin his month at the shore with his
  favorite uncle, but a grumpy marina storekeeper
  and an attractive young college student help turn
  the summer into an adventure he will never
  forget.

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Rulesby Cynthia Lord
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• Frustrated at life with an autistic brother,
  twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal
  existence but her world is further complicated by
  a friendship with an young paraplegic.
• Author Cynthia Lord will be at this years
  Childrens Literature Festival at MSU in October!!

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Moon Shadowby Chris Platt
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• Thirteen-year-old Callie lives with her
  offbeat parents on a small organic farm on the
  edge of the desert in Antelope Springs, Nevada.
  When a mustang mare dies shortly after giving
  birth, Callie devotes herself to caring for Moon
  Shadow, the orphaned filly.

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Realistic Fiction Survival

• Finest Kind

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Finest Kindby Lea Wait
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• When his father's Boston bank fails in 1838,
  causing his family to relocate to a small Maine
  town, twelve-year-old Jake Webber works to
  prepare the family for the harsh winter while
  also keeping the existence of his disabled
  younger brother a secret.

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Realistic Fiction Humor

• Million Dollar Putt

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Million Dollar Puttby Dan Gutman
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• Assisted by his neighbor, Birdie, blind
  thirteen-year-old Ed "Bogie" Bogard will win one
  million dollars if he can sink a ten-foot putt in
  Hawaii's fifth annual Angus Killick Memorial
  Tournament.

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Realistic Fiction Mysteries

• The Wright 3

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The Wright 3by Blue Balliett
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• In the midst of a series of unexplained
  accidents and mysterious coincidences,
  sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their
  classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd
  Wright's famous Robie House from being
  demolished.

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Realistic Fiction Fantasy

• Fairies of Nutfolk Woods

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The Fairies of Nutfolk Woodsby Barb Bentler
Ullman
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• After her parents divorce and she moves to the
  country with her mother, fourth-grader Willa
  Jane, anxious and unhappy with the changes in her
  life, discovers a world of little people called
  Nutfolk living in the woods around her new home.

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Adventures Fantasy

• Archers Quest
• Sea of Monsters

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Archers Questby Linda Sue Park
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• In Dorchester, New York, Kevin is doing his
  homework when suddenly an arrow comes out of
  nowhere and pins his baseball cap to the wall.
  The man who shot the arrow claims he fell off a
  tiger . . . and wound up in Kevins room. Its
  not long before Kevin realizes that the man, who
  calls himself Chu-mong, or Great Archer, is no
  ordinary burglar, but a traveler from far away in
  both space and time.Kevin knows little about
  his own Korean heritage, but he understands that
  unless Archer returns to his people and his
  throne, history will be changed forever.

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The Sea of Monstersby Rick Riordan
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• During their second summer at Half-Blood
  Hill, Percy and his friends undertake a perilous
  voyage to save their summer camp. The tree that
  guards the camp is dying, and Chiron, the
  activity director, has been dismissed. Another
  dream reveals that Grover, whose peril is
  increasing, is on the same island as the
  legendary Golden Fleece, which may be the cure
  for the troubled camp. With the help of Hermes,
  Percy and his pals set off to the Sea of
  Monsters, where they encounter legendary dangers.

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Adventure

• A Small White Scar

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A Small White Scarby K.A. Nuzum
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• Since his mother's death, Will's job has been
  to look after his twin brother, Denny, who has
  Down syndrome. Will soon devises an escape plan
  that leads toward the rodeo, and beyond, to
  spending his days as a cowboy without the
  responsibility of watching his brother. When
  Denny follows Will across the plains, that plan
  takes an unexpected twist, leading Will to
  confront the people he loves and hates most and
  forcing changes in all their lives.

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Historical Fiction

• Counting on Grace

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Counting on Graceby Elizabeth Winthrop
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• Twelve-year-old Grace Forcier and her friend
  Arthur, taken out of school and put to work in a
  Vermont textile mill in 1910, are championed by
  their teacher who urges them to write the
  National Child Labor Committee, an action only
  Grace seems to realize will have serious
  repercussions.

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Taking a Mark Twain Quiz

• All of the Mark Twain quizzes are located on a
  website with a direct link from the schools main
  webpage.
• In order to pass, you must get at least 8 out of
  10 questions correct.
• You will only have 12 minutes to take the test.
• You can take the test up to three times.

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Taking a Quiz Link
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Voting and the Picnic

• In order to vote on your favorite Mark Twain
  nominee book, you must have read at least 4 of
  the titles by March 6th, 2009.
• To attend the Mark Twain picnic at the end of the
  year, you need to read at least 8 of the titles
  by April 10th, 2009.

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Questions

• How many titles are on this years nominee list?
• How many books must you read in order to vote for
  your favorite title?
• How many books do you need to read to attend the
  end of the year picnic?