Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2012 · Young Adult · Nominee
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Bryce: My mom didn't understand why it was so awful that "that cute little girl" had held my hand. She thought I should be friends with her. "You like soccer. Why don't you go out there and kick the ball around?"
Because I didn't want to be kicked around, that's why. And although I couldn't say it like that at the time, I still had enough sense at age seven and a half to know that Julianna Baker was dangerous.
Julianna: What did a kiss feel like anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast. Like a wolf and a whippet. Only science would put them on the same tree.
Looking back, I like to think it was at least partly scientific curiosity that made me chase after that kiss, but it was probably more those blue eyes.
Because I didn't want to be kicked around, that's why. And although I couldn't say it like that at the time, I still had enough sense at age seven and a half to know that Julianna Baker was dangerous.
Julianna: What did a kiss feel like anyway? Somehow I knew it wouldn't be like the one I got from Mom or Dad at bedtime. The same species, maybe, but a radically different beast. Like a wolf and a whippet. Only science would put them on the same tree.
Looking back, I like to think it was at least partly scientific curiosity that made me chase after that kiss, but it was probably more those blue eyes.
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Grand Canyon Reader Award
2006 · Teen · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2005 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
California Young Reader Medal
2004 · Middle School · Winner
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2004 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Iowa Teen Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2004 · Intermediate · Winner
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2004 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2004 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2003 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2003 · Children's · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2003 · Young Adult · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2003 · Junior Book · Winner
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