Grand Canyon Reader Award Spring 2016 Last Years

Grand Canyon Reader Award Spring 2016

Last Year’s Winner Drama by Raina Telgemeier JAE 8/22/14 Rev. 1

Some Previous Winners • The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen (2014) • 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 when voting begins • Students who vote for the winning book will receive cool prizes JAE 8/22/14 Rev. 1

Colin Fischer by Ashley Edward Miller • Author: Jordan Sonnenblick • Realistic fiction • A boy with autism teams up with the high school bully to get to the bottom of a cafeteria crime. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/du. MFDyah. Ir

Dead City • Author: James Ponti • Horror • Seventh-grader Molly has always been an outsider, even at New York City's elite Metropolitan Institute of Science and Technology, but that changes when she is recruited to join the Omegas, a secret group that polices and protects zombies. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/o. Gd. LGCQz. EP

Strike Three, You're Dead • Author: Josh Berk • Mystery • Lenny Norbeck and his friends The Mikes set out to investigate the suspicious death of a young pitcher at a Phillies game. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/qp. WNo. Ucjx. K

Far Away • Author: Tom Mc. Neal • Fantasy • When Jeremy Johnson's strange ability to speak to the ghost of Jacob Grimm draws the interest of his classmate, Ginger Boltinghouse, the two find themselves at the center of a series of disappearances in their hometown. • National Book Award Finalist • http: //safeshare. tv/w/OCd. Csg. Luz. J

One Came Home • Author: Amy Timberlake • Historical fiction • In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year 0 old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters. • Newbery Honor Award • http: //safeshare. tv/w/BAg. CLvm. Ak. U

The Testing • Author: Joelle Carbonneau • Science Fiction • Sixteen-year-old Malencia (Cia) Vale is chosen to participate in The Testing to attend the University; however, Cia is fearful when she figures out htat her friends who do not pass The Testing are disappearing. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/tk. HVf. ASrz. T

Prisoner B-3087 • Author: Alan Gratz • Historical Fiction • Based on a true story • Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/OQoz. ICPm. YO

The Mark of the Dragonfly • Author: Jaleigh Johnson • Fantasy • Since her father's death in a factory in the Dragonfly territories, thirteen-year-old Piper has eked out a living as a scrapper in Merrow Kingdom, but the arrival of a mysterious girl sends her on a dangerous journey to distant lands. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/Pkj. Tb. Szkcj

Counting by 7's • Author: Holly Goldberg Sloan • Realistic Fiction • Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/Ce. XYv. Gv. BFb

Tesla's Attic • Author: Neal Shusterman • Science Fiction • With a plot combining science and the supernatural, four kids are caught up in a dangerous plan concocted by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. • http: //safeshare. tv/w/ut. WPktz. Id. H