Here is a link to the .pdf of the current Caudill Nominees: http://www.rcyrba.org/pdf/2014%20MasterList.pdf'
When this list was released rather recently (an award voted on by fourth to eighth graders in Illinois), I had already read a couple of books on the list (and can't recommend them enough): Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) and The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). However, I hadn't read any of the others!
Since the list was released, I have read the following titles:
I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson (2010) - A girl with a different name and a different kind of family life learns more about who she is.
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer (2011) - A girl whose mom is on the run from a bad relationship wants to become a famous baker.
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg (2011) - This is a fun (if sometimes a little disgusting) book that I would highly recommend to my eleven-year-old nephew. It is really about famous people in history and how they died - and what happened in some cases before and after they died.
Mockingbird: (Mok'ing-bûrd) by Kathryn Erskine (2010) - A girl with Aspergers is dealing with her own grief (as well as how to manage her OCD and thought processes), and her father's, after her older brother died in a school shooting. (I could not put this book down.)
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nichols (2008) - A boy is dying after several years of living with cancer. He writes his memoir for everyone to remember him. He also makes a "bucket list" of things he wants to do before he dies. His incredible family and friends make many of these things happen for him - even a first kiss and a ride in a blimp. (Warning: Both this book and the book listed above this one are definitely tearjerkers!)
When this list was released rather recently (an award voted on by fourth to eighth graders in Illinois), I had already read a couple of books on the list (and can't recommend them enough): Wonder by R.J. Palacio (2012) and The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen (2011). However, I hadn't read any of the others!
Since the list was released, I have read the following titles:
I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson (2010) - A girl with a different name and a different kind of family life learns more about who she is.
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer (2011) - A girl whose mom is on the run from a bad relationship wants to become a famous baker.
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg (2011) - This is a fun (if sometimes a little disgusting) book that I would highly recommend to my eleven-year-old nephew. It is really about famous people in history and how they died - and what happened in some cases before and after they died.
Mockingbird: (Mok'ing-bûrd) by Kathryn Erskine (2010) - A girl with Aspergers is dealing with her own grief (as well as how to manage her OCD and thought processes), and her father's, after her older brother died in a school shooting. (I could not put this book down.)
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nichols (2008) - A boy is dying after several years of living with cancer. He writes his memoir for everyone to remember him. He also makes a "bucket list" of things he wants to do before he dies. His incredible family and friends make many of these things happen for him - even a first kiss and a ride in a blimp. (Warning: Both this book and the book listed above this one are definitely tearjerkers!)
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