Sunshine State Books
The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide
reading program for students in grades 3-8. It is sponsored by
the Florida Department of Education. Students must read at least
3 books to be eligible to vote in the spring statewide election for
their favorite book. The 15 titles for 2009-2010 are:
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin (Lexile 670)
The Middle of Somewhere by J.B. Cheaney (Lexile 900)
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies (Lexile 630)
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming
(Lexile 580)
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It by Sundee Frazier (Lexile 630)
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke (Lexile 900)
Found by Margaret Haddix (Lexile 750)
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs (Lexile 640)
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell (Lexile 780)
Me and the Pumpkin Queen by Marlane Kennedy (Lexile 790)
The Year of the Dog by Lin Grace (Lexile 690)
Highway Cats by Janet Lisle (Lexile 810)
Punished by David Lubar (Lexile 540)
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury (Lexile 530)
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban (Lexile 730)
