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2018-19 Kids Choice Award for Tennessee
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List of Books
Curse of the Boggin
Brave Like My Brother
The Secret Horses of Briar Hill
Finding Fortune
Fuzzy Mud
Ghosts
Moo
Following her family's momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between Reena and one very stubborn cow.
Nothing But Trouble
Two smart girls in one small town use their combined scientific genius to liven up their world--one prank at a time.
Paper Things
When forced to choose between staying with her ill-tempered guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chooses to go with her big brother. There's just one problem--Gage doesn't actually have a place to live.
Raymie Nightingale
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
Save Me a Seat
Ravi has just moved to the United States from India and has always been at the top of his class; Joe has lived in the same town his whole life and has learning problems. When their lives intersect in the first week of fifth grade, they are brought together by the biggest bully in their class and the need to take control of their lives.
Skunked!
When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he brings him home to take care of him. Stinky settles in pretty well. Then, Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate who is in need of some help, and things get complicated around the Tate house.
Slacker
When Cameron creates the Positive Action Group at school , he intends to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming. Before long, other kids are taking the club seriously. He soon finds himself president of the P.A.G. and involved in community service.
Soar
Jeremiah really loves baseball and knows just about everything there is to know about his favorite sport. When he's told he can't play baseball following an operation on his heart, Jeremiah decides he'll do the next best thing and become a coach.
Step Right Up
Dr. Bill Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian taught his horse, Jim, to read and write. Doc and Jim Key became one of the most famous traveling performance acts at the turn of the twentieth century.
Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat
It seemed like a normal school day, until a horrible storm forced the very cautious school administration to make everyone hole up in a safe place. Six students find themselves stuck in a tiny, questionably smelly space--a school bathroom--with a stuffed cat for entertainment. Hijinks ensue and the unexpected happens. They enter as strangers but leave as friends
Towers Falling
While learning about September 11th, fifth grader Deja realizes how much the events still color her world.
Whoosh!
This book is a biography of Lonnie Johnson, an engineer at NASA who also invented the Super Soaker water gun.
The Wild Robot
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
The Wolf's Boy
Kai and his wolf, Uff, must brave the long winter together and learn what it takes to survive on their own.