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Presented by the Nevada Library Association, the Nevada Young Readers' Awards honor extraordinary books intended for readers from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Each year, students in the state of Nevada recommend and vote for winners in four categories: Picture Books, Young Readers, Intermediate, and Young Adult. See the 2020 winners, help pick the winners for next year, and nominate your own favorites for 2022 at the Nevada Library Association website. Listed below are the 2020 winners and and 2021 nominees. Click a title to place a hold for pickup or to find electronic copies through Overdrive or the Libby app. |
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2021 Picture Book Nominees |
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Carmela full of wishes by Matt de la PeñaThe creators of the Newbery Medal- and Caldecott Honor-winning Last Stop on Market Street present the story of a birthday girl who accompanies her big brother while he runs family errands before making a wish on a fluffy, solitary dandelion she finds growing in the pavement.
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Felipe and Claudette
by Mark Teague
A grumpy cat and a rambunctious dog invariably left behind on their shelter's adoption days navigate respective beliefs about why they have not been able to find forever homes, a situation that is impacted by unexpected loneliness when one of them is adopted. By the award-winning creator of the Dear Mrs. LaRue series.
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I walk with Vanessa : a story about a simple act of kindness
by Kerascot
A wordless story inspired by real events follows the actions of a little girl who inspires her community to stand up to bullying when a classmate is treated badly and she chooses to stand by her side, an act of kindness that leads to greater acceptance, understanding and the discovery of strength in numbers. By the illustrators of Malala's Magic Pencil.
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Neck & neck
by Elise Parsley
A stand-alone picture book by the creator of the best-selling Magnolia Says DON'T! series features proud Leopold the giraffe, who is indignant when a giraffe-shaped balloon seems to challenge his status as the most important, beloved and snack-deserving creature at the zoo.
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The scarecrow
by Beth Ferry
Going against his nature to save a baby crow that has fallen from midair, a lonely scarecrow forges an unlikely friendship that is tested by the changing of the seasons. By the best-selling author of Stick and Stone.
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We don't eat our classmates
by Ryan T Higgins
The award-winning creator of Mother Bruce presents the story of a dinosaur preschooler who has difficulty making friends with tasty humans, before discovering that she may not be at the top of the food chain after all.
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A dog like Daisy
by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb
Given 10 weeks to prove her usefulness, a rescued pit bull trains to follow commands and tolerate a leash so that she can become an assistance animal to a military veteran struggling with PTSD. By the award-winning author of The 13th Sign. Simultaneous eBook. 30,000 first printing.
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2021 Young Reader Nominees |
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Ben Franklin's in my bathroom!
by Candace Fleming
A typical kid living in an everyday 21st-century American town is astonished to encounter Benjamin Franklin, whom he guides on a tour of the modern world the Founding Father helped to create centuries earlier. By the award-winning author of The Great and Only Barnum.
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Bolivar
by Sean Rubin
Living a quiet life in New York City, Bolivar, a dinosaur, finds his life complicated when Sybil, the girl next door, tries to prove his existence
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A boy called Bat
by Elana K Arnold
When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation before it can be placed in a wild animal shelter, Bixby, a boy on the autism spectrum, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently. By the author of A Question of Miracles.
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The Royal Rabbits of London
by Santa Montefiore
When shy, quiet Shylo overhears the plan of a band of ratzis to embarrass the Queen, he must travel to Buckingham Palace and convince the Royal Rabbits of London to stop them.
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Saving Winslow
by Sharon Creech
Caring for a sickly newborn mini-donkey despite everyone's skepticism about the creature's fragility, Louie finds their growing bond shaped by remarkable, life-altering events. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Walk Two Moons.
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A true home
by K. George
Stumbling across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel during a storm, Mona the mouse desperately hopes that she will be allowed to stay and happily accepts a maid's job attending a range of animal visitors who find safety, luxury and comfort at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest.
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Ban this book
by Alan Gratz
When her favorite book in the school library is challenged by a well-meaning parent, Amy Anne and her friends start a secret banned books locker library, using ridiculous reasons to ban every book in the library to make a point
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2021 Intermediate Nominees |
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The girl with the ghost machine
by Lauren DeStefano
When her father becomes obsessed with building a machine capable of bringing back her mother from the dead, Emmaline tires of being forgotten and resolves to either complete or destroy her father's invention. By the best-selling author of the Internment Chronicles.
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My brigadista year
by Katherine Paterson
A Cuban teen volunteers for Fidel Castro's national literacy campaign and embarks on journeys through the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read, learning about her students' lives while sharing the dangers posed by counterrevolutionaries. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia.
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Night witches : a novel of World War II
by Kathryn Lasky
Grounded by Hitler's German forces when Stalingrad is invaded, 15-year-old pilot Valya escapes to join her older sister's brigade of female pilots, the Night Witches, that launch a high-risk mission to cripple Nazi forces. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.
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Out of left field
by Ellen Klages
Disguising herself as a boy to try out for the 1958 Little League season, talented 10-year-old Katy easily makes the team but is immediately ousted when her sercret is discovered, prompting her to tap her classroom knowledge of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement to prove that girls can do anything that boys can do. By the award-winning author of The Green Glass Sea.
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The Parker inheritance
by Varian Johnson
Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert
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The trials of Morrigan Crow
by Jessica Townsend
Born on the unluckiest day of the year and blamed for all misfortunes that occur in her community, a girl doomed to die at midnight on her 11th birthday is unexpectedly whisked away by a stranger on horseback who brings her to a magical city, where she learns she has been chosen to compete for a position with an organization comprised of highly talented individuals.
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The lives of desperate girls
by MacKenzie Common
When Native American teenager Helen is murdered, the act is overlooked except for the fact that it may lead to clues about the disappearance of rich, white Chloe, and when Chloe's best friend begins to look for details about Helen's life, she must confront her town's secrets
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2021 Young Adult Nominees |
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The astonishing color of after
by Emily X. R. Pan
A teen grieving the loss of her mother travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time and search for her mother's spirit while uncovering tragic family secrets and struggling to reconcile the truth about how her mother's life really ended.
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Flying witch. 1
by Chihiro Ishizuka
Novice witch Makoto Kowata moves in with her cousins in rural Aomori to complete her training and become a full-fledged witch
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The lost girl of Astor Street
by Stephanie Morrill
Investigating the disappearance of her best friend from their privileged neighborhood in 1920s Chicago, 17-year-old Piper risks her safety to follow clues leading to local corruption and some of the community's wealthiest and most powerful families.
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No good deed
by Goldy Moldavsky
Gregor Maravilla wants to feed starving children, so going to a new summer camp, Camp Save the World, for teen activists sounds like a great idea; but the various causes the teens are representing are so varied and frankly, strange, (Boycott Camp, Eat Dirt are just two) that it is hard to get a handle on what is going on--and as the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished
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Spinning
by Tillie Walden
Unable to conceive of a life beyond her competitive training regimen, a teen figure skater begins to question her unrelenting lifestyle in the wake of a growing passion for art and a first love with a new girlfriend. By the award-winning creator of I Love This Part.
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The Wendy Project
by Melissa Jane Osborne
16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy — a once rational teenager – shocks her family by insisting that Michael is alive and in the custody of a mysterious flying boy. Placed in a new school, Wendy negotiates fantasy and reality as students and adults around her resemble characters from Neverland. Given a sketchbook by her therapist, Wendy starts to draw. But is The Wendy Project merely her safe space, or a portal between worlds?
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