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Selected as a 2006 Orbis Pictus Recommended Book, National Council of
Teachers of English
Selected as one of the Best
Books for Young Adults 2006, American Library Associaion
2006 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social
Studies by the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council
Selected as a 2006
Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 by the National Science
Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council
Selected as one
of the Best Children’s Books of 2005, School Library Journal
2005 New York Public Library, 100
Titles for Reading and Sharing
Selected as a 2006 New
York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Selected
as a 2005 Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) Nonfiction Honor Book
Selected
as the Birmingham (AL) Public Library's 2007 Read It Forward
book
Nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Children's Book Award, 2006-2007
Nominated for the Louisiana Young
Readers’ Choice Award 2008, Grades 6-8
Nominated for the South Dakota Library
Association Prairie Pasque Awards for Grades 4-6, 2007-2008
Nominated
for the Children's Literature Association of Utah's
Beehive Award (Informational Book) 2007-2008
Starred review in School
Library Journal
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