Each year, nominations are submitted by students in 4th through 6th grade. The final list of 15 titles is chosen by a committee of public and school librarians. The committee strives to balance the list with books that are well written, appropriate for students of varying ages and reading abilities and, most importantly, loved by kids.The following titles have been nominated for the 2013 Award:
- It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder
- Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
- Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
- Smells Like Dog by Suzane Selfors
- Smile by Raina Telgemeier
- Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald
- The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
- The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1) by by Rick Riordan
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
- The Ogre of Oglefort by Eva Ibbotson
- The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour by Michael D. Beil
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
- The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
- Unsinkable (Titanic #1) by Gordon Korman
Voting will start on January 31, 2013
and end on February 14, 2013.
It's Raining Cupcakes
by Lisa Schroeder
Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson
Saving Zasha
by Randi Barrow
Smells Like Dog
by Suzanne Selfors
Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid
by Megan McDonald
The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians #1)
by Rick Riordan
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo
The Ogre of Oglefort
by Eva Ibbotson
The Red Blazer Girls: The Ring of Rocamadour
by Michael D. Beil
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger
The Underdogs
by Mike Lupica
Unsinkable (Titanic #1)
by Gordon Korman
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