Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
About This Book
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it's over. But Jack never thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself - starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties - and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all.
Awards
Georgia Children's Book Award
2014 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2014 · Children's · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2014 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2013 · Children's · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2013 · Children's Book · Nominee
Rhode Island Children's Book Award
2013 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2013 · Junior Book · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2012 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Lupine Award
2011 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
Parents Choice Award (Spring) (2008-Up)
2011 · Fiction · Gold Medal Winner
