Fourth and fifth graders can read the nominees for 2009 through April of 2009. In order to be eligible to vote, students must have read or listened to four of the 10 nominees (by the end of March) and to be able to attend the Quiz Bowl, they must have read at least 8 of the nominees. Students document their reading of the book by filling in what we call the “yellow sheets” (they are white online)and turning them into the media center; you will find two them by clicking here. Feel free to print/copy as many as you need.

Here are the grades four through six 2007-2008 nominees and summaries from the Nebraska Golden Sower website.
Grades 4th-6th Category

Armstrong, Alan W. WHITTINGTON.
Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington’s famous cat of English folklore, appears at a run-down barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor’s story.

Auch, Mary Jane. WING NUT.
When twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, they find work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home.

Clements, Andrew. ROOM ONE: A MYSTERY OR TWO.
Ted Hammond, the only sixth grader in his small Nebraska town’s one-room
schoolhouse, searches for clues to the disappearance of a homeless family.

Gutman, Dan. SATCH AND ME.
With his ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe takes Flip with him to find out whether Satchel Paige really was the fastest pitcher ever.

Hart, Alison. ANNA’S BLIZZARD.
Having never excelled at schoolwork, twelve-year-old Anna discovers that she may know a few things about survival when the 1888 Children’s Blizzard traps her and her classmates in their Nebraska schoolhouse.

Hicks, Betty. OUT OF ORDER.
Four youngsters, ages nine to fifteen, narrate one side of the story of their newly blended family’s adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss.

Lord, Cynthia. RULES.
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.

Lowry, Lois. GOSSAMER.
While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

Whelan, Gloria. LISTENING FOR LIONS.
Left an orphan after the influenza epidemic in British East Africa in 1919, thirteen-year old Rachel is tricked into assuming a deceased neighbor’s identity to travel to England, where her only dream is to return to Africa and rebuild her parents’ mission hospital.

Wiles, Deborah. EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS.
Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

Many thanks to the Nebraska Golden Sower Committee for providing these summaries.