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Nutmeg Nominees 2013
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Detorie, Rick The Accidental Genius of Weasel High Larkin Pace, a film-obsessed high school freshman, chronicles his experiences as he tries to raise money for a new camcorder and get a date with the girl who has been his best friend since third grade. |
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Sonnenblick, Jordan After Ever After Although Jeff and Tad make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa. |
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Shusterman, Neal Bruiser Inexplicable events start to occur when 16-year-old twins Tennyson and Brontë befriend a troubled and misunderstood outcast, aptly nicknamed the Bruiser, and his little brother, Cody, in a psychological thriller about friendship, family and the sacrifices we make for the people we love. |
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Brande, Robin Evolution, Me and Other Freaks of Nature Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include "Intelligent Design" in lessons on evolution. |
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Shulman, Polly The Grimm Legacy After high school student Elizabeth, working as a page, gains access to the Grimm Collection of magical objects, she and the other pages are drawn into a series of frightening adventures involving mythical creatures and stolen goods. |
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Park, Linda Sue A Long Walk to Water When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. |
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Condie, Ally Matched Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, so when Xander appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows he is her ideal mate--until Ky Markham's face appears for an instant before the screen fades to black. |
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Maberry, Jonathan Rot & Ruin In a post-apocalyptic world where fences and border patrols guard the few people left from the zombies that have overtaken civilization, fifteen-year-old Benny Imura is finally convinced that he must follow in his older brother's footsteps and become a bounty hunter. |
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Van Draanen, Wendelin The Running Dream When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again. |
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Mulligan, Andy Trash Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump. |
