Showing 1–10 of 10 books

• List: Alex Awards
• Award year: 2007

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  Black Swan Green

  By David Mitchell

  In the British village of Black Swan Green, 13-year-old Jason survives ghost sightings, bullies, a first kiss, and his parents divorce.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9781400063796
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  The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game

  By Michael Lewis

  A dying woman's wish leads an abused 15-year-old from the streets of Memphis to a loving family, an education, and a professional football career.

  • Nonfiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780393330472
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  The Book of Lost Things

  By John Connolly

  Stephen King meets the Brothers Grimm in this gruesome fairy tale about a motherless boy transported to a world where the path home leads home through a quest for the Book of Lost Things.

  • Horror, Thriller
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9781442429345
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  Color of the Sea

  By John Hamamura

  Raised in the samurai tradition, a teenager struggles to live within this code, even as he decides to fight for the U.S. after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780307386076
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  Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska

  By Michael D'Orso

  Follows the Fort Yukon Eagles, winners of six regional championships in a row, through the course of an entire 28game season, from their first day of practice in late November to the Alaska State Championship

  • Nonfiction
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9781582346236
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  The Floor of the Sky

  By Pamela Carter Joern

  Toby, 72, is about to lose the family ranch when Lila, her pregnant granddaughter comes for the summer. Lila uncovers family secrets while trying to decide whether to keep her baby.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780803276314
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  The Thirteenth Tale

  By Diane Setterfield

  Margaret, a shy, unknown biographer, has to sift truth from fiction as she becomes the first person to hear the secrets of a reclusive best-selling author's mysterious past.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780743298025
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  Water for Elephants

  By Sara Gruen

  Suddenly orphaned and penniless during the Depression, a veterinary student jumps a third-rate circus train and finds romance, danger, and a bond with a special elephant named Rosie.

  • Romance
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2009, Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9781565124998
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  The Whistling Season

  By Ivan Doig

  Rose, who can't cook but doesn't bite arrives in Montana, bringing joy and order to three motherless boys and their father.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780156031646
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  The World Made Straight

  By Ron Rash

  When 17-year-old Travis Shelton discovers a marijuana farm in the Appalachian woods, he begins a confrontation with the subtle evils within his rural world.

  • Realistic Fiction
  • Alex Awards 2007
  • ISBN: 9780312426606