SWON Libraries

Outstanding Pairings

• Home Now by Lesley Beake and Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS by Deborah Ellis
• Hurricanes by Peggy J. Parks and The Storm by Barbara McGrath

Outstanding Fiction (by topic)

1. Animal Fantasy
   • Tales of Desperaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
2. Christmas
   • Mistletoe: Four Holiday Stories by Hailey Abbott et al.
   • When Santa Fell to Earth by Cornelia Funke
3. Fantasy
   • Dragon's Fire by Todd McCaffrey
   • Gossamer by Lois Lowery
4. Grieving
   • Hard Hit by Ann Turner
   • Letters to My Mother by Teresa Cardenas
5. Historical Fiction
   • Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
   • Factory Girl by Barbara Greenwood
   • A Friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack
   • My Name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods
   • The Night of the Burning: Devorah’s Story by Linda Press Wulf
   • Real Time by Pnina Moed Kass
   • War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
6. Lit Link
   • Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney
7. Novel in Verse
   • The Braid by Helen Frost
8. Series
   • Brother Odd by Dean Koontz (Odd Thomas series)
   • The Eternal Flame by T. A. Barron (Great Trees of Avalon series)
   • Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins (Underland Chronicles)
   • Icefire by Chris D’Lacey (David Rain’s Dragon Series)
   • Kidnapped: The Abduction by Gordon Korman (Kidnapped series )
   • Last Days by Scott Westerfeld (Peeps and Last Days)
   • Revenge of the Shadow King and Rise of the Black Wolf by Derek Benz (Grey Griffins series)
   • While I Live by John Marsden (Chronicles of Ellie / Tomorrow series)
9. Social Pressure
   • Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
   • Going Under by Kathe Koja
10. Strong Female
    • Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
    • Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow by Kristen Miller
    • The Princetta by Ann Laure Bondoux
    • Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
    • Strange Times at Western High by Emily Pohl-Weary
    • Wild Orchid by Beverly Brenna

It’s Graphic!

• Breaking Up: Fashion High by Aimee Friedman
• Case of Madeleine Smith by Rick Geary
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• The Many Faces of Snoopy by Charles Schulz

Outstanding Poetry

• Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman
• Castles: Old Stone Poems by J. Patrick Lewis and Rebecca Kai Dotlich
• Tough Boy Sonatas by Curtis Crisler

Outstanding Science

• Climate Change by Shelley Tanaka
• From Lizard Saliva to Diabetes by Toney Allman
• Human Body: A Visual Guide by Beverly McMillan
• The Medical Examiner by Toney Allman
• Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh
• Theories for Everything: An Illustrated History of Science by John Langone

Outstanding Social Studies

• American Slave, American Hero by Lawrence Pringle
• Anne Frank and the Children of the Holocaust by Carol Ann Lee
• Genocide by Jane Springer
• Islam: Introducing Issues with Opposing Viewpoints ed. Lauri Friedman
• North Pole was Here by Andrew Revkin
• Saving the Buffalo by Albert Marrin

Outstanding Sports

• Kingfisher Soccer Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford
• Racing: The Ultimate Motorsports Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford
• Speed Show by Dave Caldwell