Maud Hart Lovelace Nominees 2011-12

100 Days and 99 Nights By Alan Madison As Esme introduces her stuffed animal collection that is alphabetically arranged from Alvin the aardvark to Zelda the zebra, she also relates her family's military life and her father's deployment. R.L. 5.6 Pts. 4.0

Captain Nobody R.L. 4.7 Pts. 5.0 By Dean Pitchford When ten-year-old Newton dresses up as an unusual superhero for Halloween, he decides to keep wearing the costume after the holiday to help save townspeople and, eventually, his injured brother. R.L. 4.7 Pts. 5.0

Dragon in the Sock Drawer By Kate Klimo Cousins Jesse and Daisy always knew they would have a magical adventure, but they are not prepared when the "thunder egg" Jesse has found turns out to be a dragon egg that is about to hatch. R.L 4.1 Pts. 4.0

Football Genius R. L. 4.8 Pts. 7.0 By Tim Green Troy, a sixth-grader with an unusual gift for predicting football plays before they occur, attempts to use his ability to help his favorite team, the Atlanta Falcons, but he must first prove himself to the coach and players R. L. 4.8 Pts. 7.0

Getting Air R. L. 4.1 Pts. 5.0 By Dan Gutman After foiling a terrorist hijacking aboard their airplane, thirteen-year-old Jimmy, his younger sister, and two skateboarding friends crash-land the plane and try to survive in a forest wilderness until help arrives. R. L. 4.1 Pts. 5.0

Listen! By Stephanie S. Tolan During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier. R. L. 5.4 Pts. 6.0

The Magic Half R.L. 4.1 Pts. 5.0 By Annie Barrows On the afternoon that eleven-year-old Miri spots a piece of glass taped to the wall of her room, her world changes. Undaunted by the barest of clues, her mean cousin, and the mystery of time, Miri finds magic is really just a way of setting things right. R.L. 4.1 Pts. 5.0

Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel By Nikki Griimes Spunky third-grader Dyamonde Daniel misses her old neighborhood, but when she befriends a boy named Free, another new student at school, she finally starts to feel at home. R.L. 3.7 Pts. 1.0

Melonhead R.L. 4.0 Pts. 4.0 By Katy Kelly In Washington, D.C., Lucy Rose's friend, Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters a science contest that challenges students to recycle an older invention into a new invention. R.L. 4.0 Pts. 4.0

No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay) R.L. 3.2 Pts. 2.0 By Trudi Trueit Fearless nine-year-old "Scab" McNally tries to get his twin sister's help in convincing their parents to let them get a dog, but when he embarrasses her in school with a particularly obnoxious invention, it looks like he has lost her cooperation forever. R.L. 3.2 Pts. 2.0

Please Write in This Book By Mary Amato When Ms. Wurtz leaves a blank book in the Writer's Corner with a note encouraging those who find it to "talk to each other" in its pages, the student's entries spark a classroom-wide battle. R.L. 3.1 Pts. 1.0

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen By Eric Berlin R.L. 4.2 Pts. 8.0 Winston Breen loves solving puzzles; and when his sister uncovers a twenty-five-year-old scavenger hunt--which leads to a ring worth thousands of dollars--he and his family jump at the opportunity to solve it. R.L. 4.2 Pts. 8.0

Rewards: To Participate in the Maud Hart Lovelace Contest: Students must read at least 3 of the books nominated in their division and pass the AR tests for those books. Students must enter their quiz scores in the Google Doc. On the Media Center Web page. We will check the scores with the Student’s AR record to make sure they are all correct. Rewards: Eligible voters will vote for their favorite book during the last week in March. Votes will be sent in to the State Committee and the winning author will receive the Maud Hart Lovelace Award from MN students. Eligible voters will receive a certificate and reward for their efforts. Any student who is able to read all of the nominated books in their division will be specially recognized