Kentucky Bluegrass Awards 2016

I Kill theMockingbird Have you heard of Harper Lee's classic book, To Kill a Mockingbird? You're a fan? Then you're going to love this madcap adventure tale where a group of teenagers devises a sly and creative underground campaign to get other people to love it too. By Paula Acampora

brown girl dreaming By Jacqueline Woodson These free-verse poems illustrate what it was like to grow up in both the North and the South during the 1960s and 1970s. Jacqueline Woodson's powerful story illustrates the experience of African- Americans in our country as discrimination began fading and the Civil Rights movement gained momentum.

Wildflower by Alecia Whitaker Discovered while onstage with the Barrett Family Band, Bird's life turns upside down as she goes from living in an RV with her brothers to shooting videos, going out with famous actors, and recording her own original music.

unfriended By Rachel Vail No, this isn't the scary movie that came out this spring! BUT, sometimes middle school IS pretty scary all on its own! A group of 8th grade boys and girls take turns narrating the story of what happens when "good friends go bad".

Curses and Smoke By Vicky Alvear Shecter Set in the shadow of the impending eruption of Mount Vesuvius, this novel has a race-against-the-clock feel that makes this star-crossed love story of Ancient Rome a real page-turner!

Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier SUPER creepy and spooky! Long ago and rather far away, Irish orphans Molly and Kip travel to England to try and make their way in the world. They end up at the decrepit Windsor estate - a once grand and lovely home fallen into disrepair and dominated by a VERY creepy tree.

SKINK NO SURRENDER By Carl Hiaasen Richard has a big problem. His cousin Malley has gone missing and he is convinced that she is in danger. Even when he breaks a promise to Malley by telling his family and the police that she is gone, no one seems to be able to find her. She says that Talbo Chock is her boyfriend, but everyone fears she has been taken by an online predator.

The Secret Hum of a Daisy Can you imagine how you'd feel if you suddenly lost your mother and had to live with a grandmother that you'd never even met? A grandmother you don't trust? Grace feels lost as she tries to make sense of what has happened to her family. When she discovers what she believes is one last treasure hunt from her mother, will the ache in her heart finally heal? By Tracy Holczer

The Iron Trial By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare Callum Hunt is born to be a magician. The problem? He's been warned that magic is dangerous and that it killed his mother. He wants to fail the entrance exam to the Magisterium, but no matter how hard he tries, he's a total failure at failing. He's stuck.

By Kwame Alexander Crossover Josh and Jordan are a team - twin brothers who are also basketball superstars on the court. Things start to change for Josh when Jordan gets a girlfriend and their parents start acting strangely. Something is wrong with their father and the brothers must figure out how to deal with change before life tears them apart.

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