2010 Nominations: Non-Fiction (MG/YA)

The following books have been nominated in the 2010 Non-Fiction (MG/YA) category.

31 Ways to Change the World
by We Are What We Do
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Derek Jones


Adventure Beneath the Sea: Living in an Underwater Science Station
by Kenneth Mallory
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Sarah (aquafortis)


Alexis: My True Story of Being Seduced By an Online Predator
by Alexis Singer
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Irish


Amazing Africa Projects You Can Build Yourself
by Carla Mooney
Nomad Press
Nominated by: Elizabeth Caputo


Basher Basics Math: A Book You Can Count On
by Simon Basher
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Thomas Cronin


Basher Basics Punctuation: The Write Stuff
by Simon Basher
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Sidney Conde


Basher Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction
by Simon Basher
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Debbie Lee


Basher Planet Earth: What planet are you on?
by Simon Basher
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Marina Cambareri


Bat Scientists, The
by Mary Kay Carson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Christina Wald


Birmingham Sunday
by Larry Dane Brimner
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Jess Pugh
Reviewed by: MrsB


Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story
by S.D. Nelson
Abrams for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jason Wells


Book of Bad Things, The: A sinister guide to history’s dark side
by Count Droffig
Kingfisher
Nominated by: christopher Montigelli


Book of How?: And Other Questions Asking How?, The
by
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Kevin Thomas


Book of Why?: And Other Questions Asking Why?, The
by
Kingfisher
Nominated by: John Cusack


Boys Lie: How Not to Get Played
by Belisa Vranich Psy.D.
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Kim Weiss


Brave Escape of Edith Wharton, The
by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Kelly Fineman


Bullying and Me: Schoolyard Stories
by Ouisie Shapiro
Albert Whitman & Company
Nominated by: Michelle Bayuk


Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s
by Michael O. Tunnell
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: Abby Johnson


Captivating, Creative, Unusual History of Comic Books, The
by Jennifer M. Besel
Capstone Press
Nominated by: Cara McCann


Charles Darwin and the Mystery of Mysteries
by Susan Pearson
Flash Point
Nominated by: Carol Hampton Rasco


Cheerleading Spirit (Ready, Set, Cheer!)
by Lisa Mullarkey
Enslow
Nominated by: Pam Diesher


Chief Joseph: The Voice for Peace
by Lorraine Jean Hopping
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Chris Egan


Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen
by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Hasan Niyazi
Reviewed by: MrsB


Controlling Earth’s Pollutants
by Christine Petersen
Benchmark
Nominated by: Mary Beth Cavert


Dark Game: True Spy Stories, The
by
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: heather wilks-jones
Reviewed by: MrsB


Dark Labyrinths
by Michael E. Goodman
Bearport Publishing
Nominated by: Gabe Kaufman


Do Not Open
by John Farndon
DK
Nominated by: Andrea Corvin


Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford
by Don Mitchell
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Lori Calabrese
Reviewed by: MrsB


FDR’s Alphabet Soup: New Deal America 1932-1939
by Tonya Bolden
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Doret


Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Annick Press
Nominated by: Christy Jordan_Fenton


Frenemies for Life: Cheetahs and Anatolian Shepherd Dogs
by John E. Becker
Columbus Zoo Books
Nominated by: Tanya Dean Anderson


Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed
by Sally M. Walker
Carolrhoda Books
Nominated by: Roberta Gibson
Reviewed by: MrsB


Get Real: What Kind of World are YOU Buying?
by Mara Rockliff
Running Press Kids
Nominated by: Jennifer Laughran


Gift from Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood, A
by Baba Wagueรฌ Diakiteรฌ
Groundwood Books
Nominated by: Aline Pereira


Girlology’s There’s Something New About You: A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up
by Melisa Holmes
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Tonya Woodworth


Global Warming
by Seymour Simon
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Andromeda Jazmon


Good, the Bad, and the Barbie, The: A Doll’s History and Her Impact on Us
by Tanya Lee Stone
Viking
Nominated by: Cynthia Leitich Smith
Reviewed by: MrsB


Great Migrations: Whales, Wildebeests, Butterflies, Elephants, and Other Amazing Animals on the Move
by Elizabeth Carney
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Tracey Daniels


Green Careers: You Can Make Money AND Save the Planet
by Jennifer Power Scott
Lobster Press
Nominated by: Catherine Knowles – Lobster Press


Hannah: My True Story of Drugs, Cutting, and Mental Illness
by Hannah Westberg
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Sarah Woodard


Here There Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid
by HP Newquist
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Sarah Rettger


Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe, The
by Loree Griffin Burns
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Kate Messner
Reviewed by: Chasingray | thereadingzone


Hot X: Algebra Exposed
by Danica McKellar
Hudson Street
Nominated by: Sarah Sammis


If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge
by Marc Aronson
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Jeff Reynolds


Inside Dinosaurs
by Andra Serlin Abramson
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Susan Lee


Inside Hurricanes
by Mary Kay Carson
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Kelly Smith


Inside Tornadoes
by Mary Kay Carson
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Katie Connors


Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing
by Ann Angel
Amulet
Nominated by: Vicki Palmquist
Reviewed by: c_spaghetti


Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures
by Rebecca L. Johnson
Millbrook Press
Nominated by: Lindsay Matvick


Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot
by Sy Montgomery
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird
Reviewed by: c_spaghetti | MrsB


Lafayette and the American Revolution
by Russell Freedman
Holiday House
Nominated by: Kathleen Morandini
Reviewed by: MrsB


Legendary Journeys: Trains
by Philip Steele
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Angus Killick


Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves who Sided with the British During the American Revolution
by Margaret Whitman Blair
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Charlotte


Life As a Knight: An Interactive History Adventure
by Rachael Hanel
Capstone Press
Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden


Lincoln’s Flying Spies: Thaddeus Lowe and the Civil War Balloon Corps
by Gail Jarrow
Calkins Creek Books
Nominated by: Nicole


Lives of the Pirates: Swashbucklers, Scoundrels (Neighbors Beware!) (Lives Of . . .)
by Kathleen Krull
Harcourt
Nominated by: Alyssa


Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan
by John Bul Dau
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Karen Wadsworth
Reviewed by: MrsB


Lost Worlds
by John Howe
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Kristin Pecson


Magic Tree House Research Guide #21: Leprechauns and Irish Folklore: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #43: Leprechaun in Late Winter
by Mary Pope Osborne
Random House Children’s Books
Nominated by: Kristen Harvey


Malcolm X:
by Jeff Burlingame
Enslow
Nominated by: Lisa Corrado


Middle School – The Stuff Nobody Tells You About: A Teenage Girl with ASD Shares Her Experiences
by Haley Moss
Autism Asperger Publishing Co
Nominated by: Laura Keitges


Mission: Explore
by The Geography Collective
Can of Worms Kids Press
Nominated by: morninglightmama


National Geographic Kids Almanac 2011
by National Geographic
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Anna Kukelhaus


Nature Science Experiments: What’s Hopping in a Dust Bunny?
by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Derry Wilkens
Reviewed by: MrsB


Navigators: Dinosaurs
by David Burnie
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Carlyn McKoy


Navigators: Oceans and Seas
by Margaret Hynes
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Thomas Cronin


Navigators: Rainforest
by Andrew Langley
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Sidney Conde


Not Your Typical Book About the Environment
by Elin Kelsey
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Kendal Gerard


Piece by Piece: Stories about Fitting Into Canada
by Teresa Toten
Puffin Canada
Nominated by: Justin Stoller


Planet Hunter, Geoff Marcy and the Search for Other Earths
by Vicki Oransky Wittenstein
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Tami Lewis Brown
Reviewed by: MrsB


Play Ball Like the Pros: Tips for Kids from 20 Big League Stars
by Steven Krasner
Peachtree
Nominated by: Lesley


Pocahontas: A Life in Two Worlds
by Victoria Garrett Jones
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Robert Agis


Project Seahorse
by Pamela S. Turner
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Heather Montgomery
Reviewed by: c_spaghetti


Prowling the Seas: Exploring the Hidden World of Ocean Predators
by Pamela S. Turner
Walker Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jill Tullo


Rae: My True Story of Fear, Anxiety, and Social Phobia
by Chelsea Swigget
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Erica


Sacagawea: Crossing the Continent with Lewis & Clark
by Emma Carlson Berne
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Brett Duquette


Salmon Bears, The: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
by Ian McAllister
Orca Books
Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton


Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes
by Kelly Milner Halls
Greenwillow Books
Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas
Reviewed by: MrsB


Scary Science: 25 Creepy Experiments
by Shar Levine/Leslie Johnstone authors, Ashley Spires Illustrator, Scholastic Canada
Scholastic Canada
Nominated by: Maral Maclagan
Reviewed by: MrsB


Secret Life of a Snowflake, The: An Up-Close Look at the Art and Science of Snowflakes
by Kenneth Libbrecht
Voyageur Press
Nominated by: Jeff Barger
Reviewed by: MrsB


Secret of the Yellow Death: A True Story of Medical Sleuthing, The
by Suzanne Jurmain
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Trisha


Secrets Girls Keep: What Girls Hide (& Why) and How to Break the Stress of Silence
by Carrie Silver-Stock
HCI Teens
Nominated by: Candace Johnson


Seven Wonders of Exploration Technology
by Fred Bortz
Twenty First Century Books
Nominated by: Deb Fowler


Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World
by Sid Fleischman
Greenwillow Books
Nominated by: Kara Dean


Sky Sailors: True Stories of the Balloon Era
by David L. Bristow
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Sara Holmes


Skywalkers: Mohawk Ironworkers Build the City
by David Weitzman
Flash Point
Nominated by: Torey Yates


Snot, Poop, Vomit, and More: The Yucky Body Book
by Alvin Silverstein
Enslow
Nominated by: Linda Bozzo


Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz
by Beverly Gherman
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Margo Tanenbaum
Reviewed by: MrsB


Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement
by Rick Bowers
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Kathy M Burnette
Reviewed by: MrsB


Spilling Ink: A Young Writer’s Handbook
by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter
Flash Point
Nominated by: Vasilly
Reviewed by: c_spaghetti | thereadingzone


Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are
by Alex Harris
WaterBrook Multnomah
Nominated by: Deborah


Tecumseh: Shooting Star of the Shawnee
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Alli Shaloum Brydon


Theodore Roosevelt for Kids: His Life and Times, 21 Activities
by Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Chicago Review Press
Nominated by: Brandon Marie Miller


They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Alison Walker
Reviewed by: MrsB


This Is Rocket Science: True Stories of the Risk-taking Scientists who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond Earth
by Gloria Skurzynski
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Tanita


Under a Red Sky: Memoir of a Childhood in Communist Romania
by Haya Leah Molnar
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Greg Leitich Smith


Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank, An
by Elaine Marie Alphin
Carolrhoda Books
Nominated by: Elizabeth Dingmann


Versus: Pirates
by Richard Platt
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Della Cheng


Versus: Warriors
by
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Lorraine Saullo


Voodoo in New Orleans
by Stephen Person
Bearport Publishing
Nominated by: Valerie


War to End All Wars, The: World War I
by Russell Freedman
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Becky


Watch This Space: Designing, Defending and Sharing Public Spaces
by Hadley Dyer
Kids Can Press, Ltd
Nominated by: Amelie Roberge
Reviewed by: MrsB


William Shakespeare: His Life and Times
by Kristen McDermott
Templar
Nominated by: Denise Doyen


World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, The
by Sneed B. Collard III
Bucking Horse Books
Nominated by: Sallie Lowenstein
Reviewed by: c_spaghetti | MrsB


Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook Gross Junior Edition (Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbooks)
by David Borgenicht
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Justin Mooney


Year of Goodbyes, The: A true story of friendship, family and farewells
by Debbie Levy
Hyperion
Nominated by: Linda Himelstein


You Were Made to Make a Difference
by Max Lucado
Thomas Nelson
Nominated by: Sherry Early


Zodiac Killer:Terror and Mystery
by Brenda Haugen
Compass Point
Nominated by: Liz Rouse


The following nominated books are ineligible:

10 Inventors Who Changed the World (10 Series)
by Clive Gifford
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: October 13, 2009 publication date
Nominated by: Kevin Thomas


A Dog Named Slugger
by Leigh Brill
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published for adult market.
Nominated by: Deborah Smith


Basher Rocks & Minerals: A Gem of a Read
by Simon Basher
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Sept. 29, 2009 publication date.
Nominated by: Summer Ogata


Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
by Brandon Marie Miller
Chicago Review Press
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: October 1, 2009 publication date.
Nominated by: Kerrie Hollihan


Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
by Ann Bausum
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Apil 14, 2009 publication date
Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy


Fatty Legs: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Duplicate. Other edition of this book already nominated.
Nominated by: Annick Press


Frederick Douglass
by David A. Adler
Holiday House
Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: Kathleen Morandini


I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced
by Nujood Ali
Three Rivers Press
Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: Audry Taylor


Lifelines: Leonardo Da Vinci
by Steve Augarde
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: October 13, 2009 publication date. Also, “fictionalized” account.
Nominated by: Carlyn McKoy


Lost States: True Stories of Texlahoma, Transylvania, and Other States That Never Made it
by Michael J. Trinklein
Quirk Books
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published for the adult market.
Nominated by: Sarah


Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I
by Ann Bausum
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: November 9, 2010 publication date. Eligible next year.
Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird


World of Wonders: The Most Mesmerizing Natural Phenomena on Earth
by Elisabeth Roman
Abrams for Young Readers
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: December 1, 2010 publication date
Nominated by: Brett Wright