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MARK TWAIN AWARD NOMINEES

Archer's Quest, by Linda Sue Park. Houghton Mifflin, ©2006. Twelve-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to his own time.

Counting on Grace, by Elizabeth Winthrop. Random House, ©2006. Twelve-year-old Grace Forcier and her friend Arthur are taken out of school and put to work in a Vermont textile mill in 1910. They are championed by their teacher, who urges them to write the National Child Labor Committee, an action only Grace seems to realize will have serious repercussions.

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, by Lesley M. M. Blume. Random House, ©2006. Eleven-year-old Cornelia S. Englehart, a lonely daughter of famous New York City pianists, learns about language and life from a new elderly neighbor who shares stories about the fabulous adventures she and her sisters had while traveling around the world.

Fairies of Nutfolk Wood, by Barb Bentler Ullman. HarperCollins, ©2006. After her parents divorce and she moves to the country with her mother, fourth-grader Willa Jane is anxious and unhappy with the changes in her life. She then discovers a world of little people called Nutfolk living in the woods around her new home.

Finest Kind, by Lea Wait. Simon and Schuster, ©2006. Twelve-year-old Jake Webber moves with his family to a small Maine town after his father's Boston bank fails in 1838. Jake must work to prepare the family for the harsh winter while keeping the existence of his disabled younger brother a secret.

Million Dollar Putt, by Dan Gutman. Hyperion, ©2006. Assisted by his neighbor, Birdie, blind 13-year-old Ed "Bogie" Bogard will win $1 million if he can sink a 10-foot putt in Hawaii's fifth annual Angus Killick Memorial Tournament.

Moon Shadow, by Chris Platt. Peachtree, ©2006. Thirteen-year-old Callie is determined to save and raise a beautiful but sickly mustang foal after the filly is orphaned in a Nevada desert round-up.

Rules, by Cynthia Lord. Scholastic, ©2006. Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, 12-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence, but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.

Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan. Hyperion, ©2006. Percy and his friends set out to find his best friend, Grover, who is held prisoner on an island somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle, before heading out to save Camp Half-Blood from mythological monsters. Book two of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

A Small White Scar, by K.A. Nuzum. HarperCollins, ©2006. Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his twin brother, who has Down syndrome, follows him and joins the journey.

Uncharted Waters, by Leslie Bulion. Peachtree, ©2006. Jonah's lies and his secret fear of the sea threaten to ruin his month at the shore with his favorite uncle, but a grumpy marina storekeeper and an attractive college student help turn the summer into an adventure he will never forget.

The Wright 3, by Blue Balliett. Scholastic, ©2006. In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.