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2015 Finalist for Young Adult Nonfiction
2015 HONORABLE Mention for Picture Books
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Seaver the Weaver
2015 Finalist for Multicultural
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Love's Affliction
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What We All Have
by Sara Budzik
"What We All Have" explores and dissects how humans relate to illness and death, touching on themes of connectedness and reaching outside one’s self to find fulfillment. Ray Dacolias’s "What We All Have" is an intimate novel that...
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A Veil of Fog and Flames
This talented author’s literary approach brings out the period atmosphere and a near tangible sense of place. Danger thrusts two vulnerable adolescents into the mire and mayhem of 1851 San Francisco in this coming-of-age novel. "A Veil...
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The Boy Who Carried Bricks
by Aimee Jodoin
Although his memoir contains violence and mature themes—abuse, foster care, poverty, crime—Alton Carter tells the story of his rough childhood in a style that both enlightens and inspires. Older children will see themselves and their...
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The Eliot Girls
The often hidden aspects of the life of a female adolescent are portrayed honestly and sometimes gut-wrenchingly. Mother and daughter Ruth and Audrey find themselves floating away from one another amidst a sea of pedigreed young women in...
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Love's Affliction
by Meg Nola
This subdued, bittersweet novel explores themes of racism and romance. Love’s Affliction by Fidelis O. Mkparu tells the story of a troubled romance, with young lovers Joseph and Wendy not so much star-crossed as race-crossed. Set in...