Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominees for 2008

Non-Fiction Books:  Aliens Are Coming ! the True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy (2006)  Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley (2005)  Desert Digits: an Arizona Number Book by Barbara Gowan (2006)  Fast Food by Saxton Freymann (2006)  How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?: What Are Homonyms and Homophones? By Brian P. Cleary (2006)  Move! by Steve Jenkins (2006)  Now and Ben: the Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta (2006)  Owen and Mzee: the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff (2006)  Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez (2006)  Walk On!: a Guide For Babies of All Ages by Marla Frazee (2006)

Picture Books:  Carmine: a Little More Red by Melissa Sweet (2005)  Dear Fish by Chris Gall (2006)  Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick by Rosalyn Rosenbluth (2005)  The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens (2005)  Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi (2005)  I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (2005)  I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff (2004)  Thank You, Aunt Tallulah! by Carmela La Vigna Coyle (2006)  That New Animal by Emily Jenkins (2005)  The Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini (2005)

Intermediate Books:  Buttermilk Hill by Ruth White (2004)  Chicken Boy by Frances Dowell (2005)  Conch Bearer by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2003)  Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles (2005)  Gossamer by Lois Lowry (2006)  Gregor the Overlander by Susan Collins (2003)  The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo (2006)  The Penderwicks : a Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall (2005)  Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broarch (2005)  Willow Run by Patricia Reilly Giff (2005)

Tween Books:  Code Talker: a Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac (2005)  Down the Rabbit Hole : an Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams (2005)  Last Shot: a Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein (2005)  The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2005)  The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis (2005)  Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (2005)  The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan (2005)  Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar (2005)  Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (2005)  Vampire High by Douglas Rees (2003)

Teen Recommended (non-voting):  The Blue Girl by Charles De Lint (2004)  The Boy From the Basement by Susan Shaw (2004)  The Burn Journals by Brent Runyon (2004)  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003)  Daniel Half Human and the Good Nazi by David Chotjewitz (2004)  The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler (2003)  Fade to Black by Alex Finn (2005)  The Forbidden Schoolhouse: the True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students by Suzanne Jurmain (2005)  Girl, 15 Charming But Insane by Sue Limb (2004)  Godless by Pete Hautman (2004)  A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray (2003)  High Heat by Carl Deuker (2005)  Invisible by Pete Hautman (2006)  Jazz A-B-Z! by Wynton Marsalis (2005)  The Key to the Golden Firebird: a Novel by Maureen Johnson (2004)  Peeps: a Novel by Scott Westerfeld (2005)  The Perfect Shot by Elaine Marie Alphin (2005)  Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2003)  Sandpiper by Ellen Wittlinger (2005)  Twilight by Stephenie Meyer (2005)  A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson (2005)