Nutmeg Book Award
2012 · Intermediate · Nominee
About This Book
JUST BEFORE SUMMER BEGINS, thirteen-year-old All finds an old photograph. She recognizes the two children. One's her mother, the other her aunt Dulcie . . . but who is the third person, the one who's been torn out of the picture? All will have two months to figure it out, since she's spending the summer with her aunt and her cousin in the same house her mom and aunt used to visit when they were kids.
Then All meets Sissy. Sissy is mean, spiteful, and determined to ruin Ali's summer. Sissy also has a secret. Could it have something to do with the old photo? All is dying to find out. Though, if she's not careful, that's exactly what might happen to her—die, that is.
Then All meets Sissy. Sissy is mean, spiteful, and determined to ruin Ali's summer. Sissy also has a secret. Could it have something to do with the old photo? All is dying to find out. Though, if she's not careful, that's exactly what might happen to her—die, that is.
Series Placement
Awards
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2011 · Grades 3-5 · Winner
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2011 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Colorado Children's Book Award
2010 · Junior Novel · Winner
Georgia Children's Book Award
2010 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Winner
Golden Sower Award
2010 · Intermediate · Winner
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2010 · Children's · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2010 · Grades 6-8 · Honor Book
Sasquatch Award
2010 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2009 · Intermediate · Winner
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2009 · Young Adult · Winner
Mark Twain Readers Award
2009 · Grades 4-6 · Winner
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2009 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2009 · Grades 3-6 · Winner
Edgar Allan Poe Award
2008 · Juvenile · Nominee
