Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2008 · Grades 3-5 · Third Place
About This Book
Ida B. Applewood believes there is never enough time for fun.
That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook.
Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping, Mind-Numbing, Fun-Killing Torture—school. She feels her heart getting smaller and smaller and hardening into a sharp, black stone.
How can things go from righter than right to a million miles beyond wrong? Can Ida B put together a plan to get things back to just-about perfect again?
That's why she's so happy to be homeschooled and to spend every free second outside with the trees and the brook.
Then some not-so-great things happen in her world. Ida B has to go back to that Place of Slow but Sure Body-Cramping, Mind-Numbing, Fun-Killing Torture—school. She feels her heart getting smaller and smaller and hardening into a sharp, black stone.
How can things go from righter than right to a million miles beyond wrong? Can Ida B put together a plan to get things back to just-about perfect again?
Awards
California Young Reader Medal
2007 · Intermediate · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2007 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Golden Sower Award
2007 · Intermediate · Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award
2007 · Intermediate · Nominee
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
2007 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2007 · Children's Book · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2007 · Young Readers · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2007 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Virginia Readers Choice Award
2007 · Elementary · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2007 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2007 · Intermediate · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2007 · Junior/Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Charlotte Award
2006 · Intermediate · Nominee
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2006 · Intermediate · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2006 · Children's · Nominee
North Carolina Children's Book Award
2006 · Junior Book · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2006 · Grades 3-6 · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2006 · Children's · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2006 · Grades 3-5 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2005 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Children's Book Committee Award
2005 · Fiction · Winner
Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award
2005 · Children's Literature · Honor Book
Society of Midland Authors Award
2005 · Children's Fiction · Winner
Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)
2004 · Gold · Winner
