• WINNER | 2004
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Iowa Teen Book Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Association Book Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Arizona Young Readers Award
  • WINNER | 2002
    Kentucky Bluegrass Master List
  • WINNER | 2002
    New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award
  • WINNER | 2001
    Texas Lone Star Reading List
  • WINNER | 2001
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • WINNER | 2001
    Maine Student Book Master List
  • NOMINEE | 2003
    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • FINALIST | 2003
    Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2003
    Massachusetts Children's Book Master List
  • NOMINEE | 2002
    Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
  • NOMINEE | 2001
    Book Sense Book of the Year

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Awards

  • WINNER | 2004
    New York State Charlotte Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Indiana Young Hoosier Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Iowa Teen Book Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Association Book Award
  • WINNER | 2003
    Arizona Young Readers Award
  • WINNER | 2002
    Kentucky Bluegrass Master List
  • WINNER | 2002
    New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award
  • WINNER | 2001
    Texas Lone Star Reading List
  • WINNER | 2001
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • WINNER | 2001
    Maine Student Book Master List
  • NOMINEE | 2003
    Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award
  • FINALIST | 2003
    Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • FINALIST | 2003
    Massachusetts Children's Book Master List
  • NOMINEE | 2002
    Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
  • NOMINEE | 2001
    Book Sense Book of the Year

Guides

Discussion Guide for

Provides questions, discussion topics, suggested reading lists, introductions and/or author Q&As, which are intended to enhance reading groups’ experiences.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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