SSYRA:
These are the Nominees

The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-8. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Florida Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME), began in 1983. Last year, over 63,800 students voted in the statewide balloting for their favorite book.

These are the 2007/2008 books nominated for the Sunshine State Young Readers Award (3rd through 5th grade). To qualify to vote, you must read at least three of these books.

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A contemporary story of a zookeeper's and the bear cub who breaks into the Anchorage Alaska zoo. Alternately told from the boy's and the bear's perspective. Based on a true story. (Grades 3-6)	After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, including an encounter with a giant cat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Grades 3-5)	In 1803, two young boys struggle to survive alone in the Ohio wilderness. Based on a true story. (Grades 4-7)
Set in New York City, a story of the friendship between a Kosovo refugee and a street-smart African-American girl. Explores the effects of war on a family and how friendship can appear in the unlikeliest of places. (Grades 3-5)	Unpopular 6th-grader "Bird" Weaver persuades the new boy at school, whom everyone thinks is mean and dumb, to be her partner for a spelling bee that might win her everything she's ever wanted. (Grades 4-6)	1870s Brooklyn through the eyes of a recent German immigrant girl who must sew to survive. Shows struggles of tenement life and child labor and how this brave child begins to see America as home. (Grades 5-8)
Edward Tulane is a proud toy rabbit who loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and discovers that even the most fragile heart can learn to love, lose, and love again, (Grades 3-6)	Twelve-year-old Kristina, still struggling to come to terms with the death of her beloved horse, finds it difficult to accept the new dog she receives for her birthday. (Grades 4-6)	A fictionalized account of ten-year-old Ethel Roosevelt's early experiences in the White House after her father, Theodore Roosevelt, becomes president in 1901. (Grades 3-5)
While working on a school project, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. (Grades 4-7)	When their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time six-year-old Sukie and her older brothers misbehave, the children discover that it is a plot and fight back with their own wrong phrases. (Grades 2-4)	Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. Set in a small Missouri farm town in 1923. (Grades 4-7)
A descendant of a famous cat of English folklore appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story. (Grades 4-6)	Rivalry and rescue in rural Florida. Disaster follows Ben's attempt to impress his rival with a dangerous choice on a bone-dry Fourth of July evening, when fireworks have been banned because of the fire risk. (Grades 3-4)	The Orphan Train story told from the viewpoint of a kid displaced by one of the orphans. Set in rural Nebraska, shows the hardships of farm life during the late 19th-century and the battle between farmers and ranchers. (Grades 3-6)
Book Title             Lexile A.R. Reading Level The President's Daughter 590 3.9 No Dogs Allowed 610 3.7 Wildfire! 640 3.9 Cabin on Trouble Creek 660 4.5 Drita: My Homegirl 690 3.9 Project Mulberry 690 4.3 The Miraculous Journey... 700 4.4 Fame and Glory ... 740 4.3 Say What? 740 4.1 House of Tailors 750 4.9 Whittington 760 4.6 The Seven Wonders of ... 790 4.8 A Bear Named Trouble 820 5.0 Christopher Mouse 820 5.3 Worth 830 5.0