South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees 2013-2014
The 2013-2014 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominees can be checked out from Richland Library. Get your hands on a copy, today!
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Amazon Says: From the acclaimed author of The Great and Only Barnum—as well as The Lincolns, Our Eleanor, and Ben Franklin's Almanac—comes the thrilling story of America's most celebra...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and eBook (3M)
Amazon Says: It's 1952 and the Scott family has just moved from Los Angeles to London. Here, fourteen-year-old Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows - a fascina...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and CD
Amazon Says: Charlie Joe Jackson may be the most reluctant reader ever born. And so far, he's managed to get through life without ever reading an entire book from cover to cover. But now t...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, CD, downloadable audio (OverDrive), and eBook (OverDrive and 3M)
Amazon Says: Wahoo Cray lives in a zoo. His father is an animal wrangler, so he's grown up with all manner of gators, snakes, parrots, rats, monkeys, snappers, and more in his backyard. Th...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print
Amazon Says: The streets of 1893 New York are full of life: crowded, filthy, dangerous. If you are a newsboy like thirteen-year- old Maks Geless, you need to watch out for Bruno, leader of...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, Playaway, downloadable audio (OverDrive), and eBook (OverDrive and 3M)
Amazon Says: Do you need something? Mac can get it for you. It's what he does—he and his best friend and business manager, Vince. Their methods might sometimes run afoul of the law, or a...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, CD, and eBook (OverDrive)
A street-smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what's right-the Cowboy Way.Amazon
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Amazon Says: When Wren Abbott and Darra Monson are eight years old, Darra's father steals a minivan. He doesn't know that Wren is hiding in the back. The hours and days that follow change ...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print
Amazon Says: Over the course of history men and women have lived and died. In fact, getting sick and dying can be a big, ugly mess-especially before the modern medical care that we all enj...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and downloadable audio (OverDrive) and coming soon on CD
Amazon Says: Critically acclaimed author Matthew J. Kirby deftly weaves a stunning coming-of-age tale with chilling cleverness and subtle suspense that will leave readers racing breathless...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, downloadable audio (OverDrive), and eBook (3M) and coming soon on CD
Amazon Says: Two girls separated by race form an unbreakable bond during the tumultuous integration of Little Rock schools in 1958 Twelve-year-old Marlee doesn't have many friends until ...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and eBook (3M)
Amazon Says: Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she mus...
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Amazon Says: Elsie Wyatt is a born French horn player, just like her father and her grandfather before her. In order to qualify for the prestigious summer music camp of her dreams, she mus...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, CD, downloadable audio (OverDrive), and eBook (OverDrive)
Amazon Says: 2011 National Book Award Finalist As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stack...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print, downloadable audio (OverDrive), and eBook (OverDrive and 3M) and coming soon on CD
Amazon Says: Winner of the 2012 Schneider Family Book Award Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's not comforted by the news that she'll be a...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and eBook (OverDrive and 3M)
Amazon Says: The gripping story of a boy, a dog and a hurricane Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New ...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and eBook (OverDrive) and coming soon on CD
Amazon Says: Jack's mom is gone, leaving him all alone on a campsite in Maine. Can he find his way back to Boston before the authorities realize what happened? Ever since Jack can ...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and eBook (3M)
Amazon Says: New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica tackles football! Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and ...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print
Amazon Says: T.J. has always looked out for his little sister, Angela. When Momma used to go out and leave them home alone, he'd lock the door so they'd be safe, keep Angela entertained, a...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print
Amazon Says: Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live w...
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Leah B. Says: Available in print and downloadable audio (OverDrive) and coming soon on CD
Amazon Says: Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly transporting from the hippo tank to a place unl...
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