Grand Canyon Reader Award Spring 2015 Last Years

Grand Canyon Reader Award Spring 2015

Last Year’s Winners • 1 st The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen • 2 nd Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom Greenwald • 3 rd Mindblind by Jennifer Rozines Roy JAE 8/22/14 Rev. 1

Some Previous Winners • The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan (2013) • The Maze Runner by James Dashner (2012) • Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2011) • Schooled by Gordon Korman (2010) • Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (2009) • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2008) • Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman (2007) • Eragon by Christopher Paolini (2006) • The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (2005) • The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (2004) JAE 8/20/12 Rev. 1

Voting Requirements • You must read at least THREE books to vote • Votes are due by the end of March • Listen for announcements in March • Students who vote for the winning book will receive cool prizes JAE 8/22/14 Rev. 1

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip • Author: Jordan Sonnenblick • Realistic fiction • After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams, he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he is becoming senile, gives Pete all of his professional camera gear. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/hj. XYk. Tn. Ewl

Drama • Author: Raina Telgemeier • Graphic novel • Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/ykyl. GOgb. Eb

Etiquette and Espionage • Author: Gail Carriger • Fiction • In an alternate England of 1851, spirited fourteenyear-old Sophronia is enrolled in a finishing school where, she is surprised to learn, lessons include not only the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also diversion, deceit, and espionage. • Sequel: Curtsies & Conspiracies • http: //safeshare. tv/w/KKLow. WDzdj

I Pledge Allegiance • Author: Chris Lynch • Historical fiction • Best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck, having been either drafted or enlisted in the military during the Vietnam War, pledge they will come home together, and Morris, a sailor on the USS "Boston, " relies on that promise to stay strong while his courage and resolve are tested under attack. • First in a series

The Last Dragonslayer • Author: Jasper Fforde • Fantasy • Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer-and Big Magic • Sequels: The Song of the Quarkbeast The Eye of Zoltar • http: //safeshare. tv/w/JUxknib. YLO

The Lions of Little Rock • Author: Kristin Levine • Historical fiction • Twelve-year-old Marlee develops a strong friendship with Liz, the new girl in school, but when Liz suddenly stops attending school and Marlee hears a rumor that her friend is actually an African American girl passing herself off as white, the two young girls must decide whether their friendship is worth taking on integration and the dangers it could bring to their families. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/Fevlr. Bk. PTL

The Running Dream • Author: Wendelin Van Draanen • Realistic fiction • When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/POSmxne. AVM

Slayers • Author: C. J. Hill • Fantasy • At a rustic summer camp, sixteen-year-old Tori, a senator's daughter, learns that she is descended from medieval dragon slayers, that dragons still exist, and that she is expected to hone her special abilities to join her fellow campers in battling the beasts and the man who controls them. • Sequel: Slayers: Friends and Traitors • http: //safeshare. tv/w/oy. Oyv. Cb. Of. O

Three Times Lucky • Author: Sheila Turnage • Mystery • Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo Lo. Beau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/am. Xep. WBWx. Z

Unwanteds • Author: Lisa Mc. Mann • Fantasy • In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic. • Sequels: Island of Silence Island of Fire • http: //safeshare. tv/w/dxnpa. NGLlc