Award Nominated Books

We have four Award Nominated categories in Illinois. You can find more information on each category at Book Awards.  Each I try to read all the books nominated for each category and post a short summary. Here are my entries for 2014 & 2015.

Monarch Completed:
Brothers at Bat: the True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Steven Salerno. 2014
Perfect Square by Michael Hall. 2014
Swirl by Swirl Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman illustrated by Beth Krommers.2014
Biblioburro: a true story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter.2014
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen.2014
Same, Same but Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw.2014
Chicken Big by Keith Graves.2014
Say Hello to Zorro! by Carter Goodrich.2014
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming, illustrated by G. Brian Karas.2014
Balloons OverBroadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet.2014


Bluestem Completed:
Wonder by R. J. Palacio.2014
Time Warp Trio #1 Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Sciezka, illustrated by Lane Smith.2014
Clementine by Sara Pennyparker, illustrated by Marla Frazee.2014
Seaglass Summer by Anjali Banerjee.2014
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies.2014
Calli be Gold by Michele Weber Hurwitz.2014
Emily's Fortuneby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.2014
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan, Illustrated by Amy June Bates.2014
I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat History's Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia.2014
Pie by Sara Weeks.2014
A Strong Right Arm. The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson by Michelle Y. Green.2014
Wild River by P.J. Petersen. 2015


Caudill Completed:
Wonder by R. J. Palacio.2014
The Outcasts Brotherband Chroniles (Book 1) by John Flanagan.2014
A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz.2014
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer.2014
I, Emma Freke by  Elizabeth Atkinson.2014
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls.2014
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanne Rocklin. 2015. 


Lincoln Completed:
Every Day by David Levithan.2014
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo.2014
Everyone Sees the Ants by A. S. King.2014
Legend by Marie Lu.2014