All students who read at least 4 choices from the category may vote in
February. They are sent online to the state and the winner is chosen by the
students in Missouri. The winners are announced at the Missouri State
Librarians Association Conference in April.
MARK TWAIN NOMINEES 2008-2009
Grades 4-6
____Archer’s Quest
____Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters
____Counting on Grace
____Fairies of Nutfolk Wood
____Finest Kind
____Million Dollar Putt
____Moon Shadow
____Rules
____Sea of Monsters
____Small White Scar
____Uncharted Waters
____Wright 3
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TRUMAN AWARD NOMINEES 2008-2009
Grades 6-8
____Alabama Moon
____All of the Above
____Beast of Noor
____Black Death
____Heat
____Hurt Go Happy
____Kiki Strike Inside the Shadow City
____Life As We Know It
____Rash
____Runaway
____Sand Dollar Summer
____Summer of Kings
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2008 Mark Twain Winners
Lightning Thief
Double Identity
Cryptid Hunters
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2008 Show-Me Winners
Magnus at the Fire
Police Cat
Great Fuzz Frenzy
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2008 Caldecott Winners
Most Distinguished Children’s Book Illustration
Caldecott Medal: Invention of Hugo Cabret
Caldecott Honors:
*First the Egg
*Henry’s Freedom Box
*Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
*The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain
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2008
Newbery Winners
Most Distinguished Children’s Book
Newbery Medal: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Mad Village
Newbery Honors:
*Elijah of Buxton
*Feathers
*The Wednesday Wars
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