Rebecca+Caudill+Nominees

= **2012 Rebecca Caudill Nominees** = = = You will use this wiki to visit the Rebecca Caudill site. By reading three (3) of the twenty (20) novels from the list by February, you may vote along with the rest of the students in Illinois for the book you believe is the best for 2012.

FIRST: Visit []. Read about the award and about Rebecca Caudill. Be sure to enter a comment on the Discussion page telling about what you discovered. Click on + NEW POST. In the SUBJECT window, type your first name ONLY. Please do NOT use your last name. Type what you have to say in the MESSAGE window. Proofread what you have written. Be sure to be positive and school appropriate. Then click on POST.



SECOND: Look at the following links to preview the nominees and determine your top two book picks that you are interested in reading.

[] Animoto of Titles & Authors

[] Titles & Authors divided by Theme

[] Watch these book trailer or author videos.

 Read through the story summaries.

THIRD: Choose the book you would like to read. Click on the "EDIT" button, type your FIRST name below the book title, and click "SAVE". No more than two people per novel from class please. If you are in 6.1, type beside the **BLUE 1** or **2**. If you are in 6.2, type beside the **GREEN 1 ** or **2 **. Then look at the resources for your book at this site.

[] Resources

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by MJ Auch (Lexile: 710) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;"> **2**. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Masterpiece//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Ann E. Burg (Lexile: 700) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2 .** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Ann E. Burg (Lexile: 680) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Wild Things//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Clay Carmichael (Lexile: 890) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Andrew Clements (Lexile: 830) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//The Girl Who Threw Butterflies//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Mick Cochrane (Lexile: 750) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Matthew Cody (Lexile: 800) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Jacqueline Kelly (Lexile: 830) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Grace Lin (Lexile: 820) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//The Rock and the River//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Kekla Magoon (Lexile: 550) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Wendy Mass (Lexile: 740) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Greetings from Nowhere//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Barbara O'Connor (Lexile: 660) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Rosanne Parry (Lexile: 850) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Woods Runner//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Gary Paulsen (Lexile: 870) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Rodman Philbrick (Lexile: 950) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** ||< <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//The Magic Thief//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Sarah Prineas (Lexile: 680) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">1. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//about//** **//Growing Up Scieszka//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Jon Scieszka (Lexile: 750) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Peak //** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Roland Peak (Lexile: 760) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Sherri L. Smith (Lexile: 680) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Leviathan//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">by Scott Westerfeld (Lexile: 790) <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1.** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**2.** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//One-Handed Catch//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//All the Broken Pieces//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Extra Credit//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Powerless//**
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Where the Mountain Meets the Moon//**
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Every Soul a Star//**
 * < <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Heart of a Shepherd//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories//**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**//Flygirl//**

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">FOURTH: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Before beginning to read, half way through your book, and at the end of your book, open the document found below. Follow the directions on the page.

Add links and resources to your novel's box above as you find them. They could be about your author, themes of the book, events in your story, and so on.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">FINAL PRODUCT (Under Construction - details to come): <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PARTNER PREZI - For 1st Caudill <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BOOK TRAILER - For 2nd Caudill <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">