Green Mountain Book Award
2009 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
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RAISED BY A MYSTERIOUS GROUP OF RATIONAL PHILOSOPHERS, young Octavian is dressed in silks and given the finest of classical educations. His regal mother entertains the scholars with her beauty and wit, but Octavian questions the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies. As the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston grows around him, Octavian dares to open a forbidden door, only to discover the hideous nature of the experiments-- and his own chilling role in them.
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Delaware Diamonds Award
2008 · High School · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2008 · Young Adult · Nominee
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2007 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2007 · Fourteen and Up · Recommended
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
2007 · Fiction & Poetry · Winner
Michael L. Printz Award
2007 · Young Adult · Honor Book
National Book Award
2006 · Young People's Literature · Winner
L.A. Times Book Prize
2006 · Young Adult Literature · Finalist
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