Eliot Rosewater Nominees 20082009

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Eliot Rosewater Nominees2008-2009

• 2008-2009

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American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
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• First graphic novel to win the Printz Award
• If interested in graphic arts and the art of
  comics, go to Gene Yangs website
  www.humblecomics.com
• http//comicsandbox.blogspot.com - An
  interview with Gene Yang
• 3 interwoven stories---
• Jin Wang
• The Monkey King
• Danny and Chin-Kee

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Avalon High by Meg Cabot
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Find out how to get published at www.megcabot.co
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by Maureen Johnson
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Check out Maureen Johnsons website
at www.maureenjohnsonbooks.com
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
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Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
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• Made in 2002
• Two US Marie Sergeants assigned to protect Navajo
  code talkers in Saipan during WWII.
• The film was criticized because the focus was on
  Cages character and not on the code talkers as
  the title suggests.
• For more information, visit http//www.history.nav
  y.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm

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Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
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The Dollmage by Martine Leavitt
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Endgame by Nancy Garden
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• Inspired by the tragic events of Columbine
• Emphasis is on bullying
• 2006 Best Book by School Library Journal

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The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
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Check out the Freedom Writers site www.freedomwr
itersfoundation.org
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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
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Godless by Pete Hautman
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• Winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Young
  Peoples Literature
• Check out Pete Hautmans thoughts on Godless at
  www.petehautman.com/Godless.html

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To see Allys blog and/or to sign up for her
newsletter, go to www.allycarter.com
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Peeps by Scott Westerfeld
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Some days you wake up, and you just have to
write a vampire novel. -Scott Westerfeld
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The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks
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To view Jims writing process, go to
www.jim-butcher.com
You can see The Dresden Files on the Sci Fi
Channel.
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Trigger by Susan Vaught
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Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
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To find out more information about Gail Giles and
her books, log on to her website
at http//gailgiles.com/Welcome.html