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Young Hoosier Book Award Intermediate Nominees |
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Lifeboat 12
by Susan Hood
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed.
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The One and Only Bob
by Katherine Applegate
A sequel to the Newbery Medal-winning The One and Only Ivan finds Bob, helped by friends Ivan and Ruby, searching for his lost sister on a journey that is dangerously complicated by an approaching hurricane.
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Curse of the Night Witch
by Alex Aster
After changing the fate he has known since birth, twelve-year-old Tor Luna, accompanied by his friends Engle and Melda, must visit the notorious Night Witch to break the curse he now faces
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Who Got Game? Baseball
by Derrick Barnes
An illustrated book of true sports stories about baseball for middle grade readers by award-winning author Derrick Barnes, Who Got Game?: Baseball collects the coolest and most surprising tales about a favorite sport, from unsung heroes to priceless stories, stats, and amazing comebacks.
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Alone in the Woods
by Rebecca Behrens
Rising eighth-graders Jocelyn and Alex, former best friends forced together on a family vacation, must cooperate to survive when they get lost in the Wisconsin Northwoods. Told in two voices.
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This Is Your Time
by Ruby Bridges
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action.
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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera
by Candace Fleming
Describes the life of a typical worker bee, as she emerges from her cell, does different jobs around the hive while growing big enough and strong enough to fly, and flies far and wide to search for nectar.
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Mr. Tiger, Betsy, and the Blue Moon
by Sally Gardner
A mysterious talking tiger, his troupe of acrobats and a half-mermaid work together to figure out how to turn the moon blue, appease a grumpy giant and invent the rarest and best-tasting ice cream in the world. By the award-winning author of Maggot Moon.
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The Smartest Kid in the Universe
by Chris Grabenstein
When seventh-grader Jake McQuade mistakes the world's first ingestible knowledge pills for jelly beans, he suddenly knows all about physics and geometry and can speak Swahili (though Spanish would be a lot more useful)--but his sort-of girlfriend Grace thinks they can use his new found brilliance to save their middle school from the new principal, who is conspiring to get it shut down
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The Explorer's Code
by Allison K. Hymas
The winner of a puzzle contest, his reluctant sister and the daughter of parents on a secret mission team up in a decades-abandoned manor house where they follow clues to unlock the property’s mysterious link to a famous woman explorer.
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Millionaires for the Month
by Stacy McAnulty
A straitlaced kid and a rule-breaker who have nothing in common become unwitting partners when they find a billionaire’s lost wallet and the latter makes a questionable choice, prompting a challenge by the wallet’s owner that helps them learn that money cannot fix every problem.
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The Mayflower
by Kate Messner
Challenging popular misconceptions about the actual events behind major historical periods, a fact-first chronicle of the Mayflower voyage and founding of the Plymouth Rock colony reveals how the Pilgrims nearly settled elsewhere, almost had a second ship and only met the Wampanoag months after arriving.
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The Screaming Hairy Armadillo And 76 Other Animals With Weird, Wild Names
by Matthew Murrie
An illustrated compendium of animals with funny, fascinating or otherwise unusual names, from the sparklemuffin peacock spider to the fried egg jellyfish, describes the characteristics that gave each specimen its remarkable moniker. By the creators of Every Minute on Earth.
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Max & the Midknights
by Lincoln Peirce
Aspiring knight Max teams up with a band of brave adventurers, the Midknights, on a madcap quest to save a kidnapped relative from a cruel king who is driving all the happiness out of the realm of Byjovia. By the best-selling creator of the Big Nate series.
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The Comeback
by E. L. Shen
Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen dreams of being a figure skating champion, but a remarkably talented new girl at the arena and a racist classmate at school test her resolve. How will she handle the pressure of it all?
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Coop Knows the Scoop
by Taryn Souders
Thirteen-year-olds Cooper Goodman and Justice and Liberty Gordon investigate the eccentric residents of Windy Bottom, Georgia, after the remains of Coop's long-missing grandmother are uncovered and his Gramps is the prime suspect. Can Coop clear his name in time?
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The Magic Eraser
by Aaron Starmer
When Carson Cooper learns magical Locker 37's combination, he is only seeking something to fix the stain on his pants, but gets a pink rubber eraser that can erase absolutely anything.
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Skunk and Badger
by Amy Timberlake
The last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends
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Ways to Make Sunshine
by Renée Watson
Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But even if her life isn't everything she would wish for, when her big brother is infuriating, her parents don't quite understand, and the unexpected happens, she always finds a way forward, with grace and wit. And plenty of sunshine. Acclaimed author Renée Watson writes her own version of Ramona Quimby.
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Three Keys
by Kelly Yang
Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic.
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