Grand Canyon Reader Award
2010 · Tween · Nominee
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NO TOYS IN THE FISH TANK.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors.
But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants on in public"-in order to stop his embarrassing behaviors.
But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a paraplegic boy, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's always wished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everything upside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
Awards
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2010 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2010 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2010 · Intermediate · Nominee
Beehive Award
2009 · Fiction · Nominee
California Young Reader Medal
2009 · Middle School · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2009 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2009 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Golden Sower Award
2009 · Intermediate · Honor Book
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2009 · Children's Book · Honor Book
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2009 · Junior Book · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2009 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2009 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2009 · Young Adult · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2009 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2009 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2009 · Elementary · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2009 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2009 · Intermediate · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2009 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2008 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2008 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2008 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2008 · Children's · Winner
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2008 · Children's · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2008 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2008 · Young Adult · Nominee
Maine Student Book Award
2008 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Nene Award
2008 · Children's Fiction · Recommended
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2008 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2008 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
West Virginia Children's Book Award
2008 · Children's · Third Place
Great Stone Face Book Award
2007 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Schneider Family Book Award
2007 · Middle School · Winner
Newbery Medal
2007 · Children's · Honor Book
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