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The Library Zone


I have read most of Missouri's Mark Twain Award nominees for a while now, and for the past few years I decided to record some thoughts onto our website.  Most of the books below are nominees for this state award, but some others are sprinkled in for good measure.  I know I don't always agree with the critics, librarians, other teachers, or students - I have my own preferences of genres and writing styles - but I try to keep an open mind when I pick up a new book (It shocks me that there are so many of these that feature cats!).  Take that into consideration when reading my short "reviews" at these links, but if you're totally overwhelmed, check out the ones with the stars (*):  those are the ones I recommend the most.

1 - Fi

13 Gifts
24 Hours in Nowhere
Al Capone Does My Homework
All Four Stars
All the Answers
Amal Unbound
The Ambrose Deception
Barn Boot Blues
Beneath
Bernice Buttman, Model Citizen
Blended
Book Scavenger
The Bridge Home
Captain Superlative!
Capture the Flag *
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation *
Chippin Cleats *
​Chomp
Close to Famous
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​Counting
​by 7s
 *
Counting Thyme
Crumbling Spirit *
Dorko the Magnificent
The Double Cross
The Doughnut Fix
​Echo *
​Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library *
Fish in a Tree
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook

Fr - Mum

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Framed *
Freaky Fast Franky Joe
Front Desk
Gaby Lost and Found
Ghost
Ghosts
The Great Trouble *
Half a Chance
Halfway Normal
​Hidden *
House Arrest
In Front of God and Everybody *
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Joplin, Wishing
The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky
Liar and Spy
​Loot
The Losers Club
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​Maxi's Secrets *
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse
The Memory Keeper
The Mighty Miss Malone
A Million Ways Home
Missing on Superstition Mountain
Missing Pieces of Me
Moo
​Mumsket *

Mus - Sh

Mustaches for Maddie
Navigating Early
New Kid
The Night Diary
Nine, Ten:  A September 11 Story
One for Sorrow
The Only Game
Ordinary Magic
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​​Out of
​the Wind
 *
Pack of Dorks *
Pay Attention, Carter Jones
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street
Pennyroyal Academy
Pie
Pinch Hit
Privateer's Apprentice
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​Rain Reign
 *
Real Friends
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky
Restart *
Rump
​Save Me a Seat
Saving Marty
The Science of Breakable Things
The Seventh Wish
The Shadow Collector's Apprentice
Shine!
Shouting at the Rain

So- Z

​Soar
Song for a Whale
Space Case
Sparrow Road
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Squint *
Took
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
Unbound
The Underdogs
The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair
The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA
The Unwanteds
Walking with Miss Millie
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​The War
that Saved
​My Life
 *
Webster:  Tale of an Outlaw
What We Found in the Sofa
​When Friendship Followed Me Home
White Bird
Will at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863
Will in Scarlet
Wishtree
​Wonder
Wonderstruck
The Worst Class Trip Ever
The Young Healer
​Zane and the Hurricane *
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