Grand Canyon Reader Award
2008 · Teen · Nominee
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Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.
This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
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Garden State Teen Book Award
2006 · Fiction (Grades 9-12) · Winner
Green Mountain Book Award
2006 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2005 · Young Adult · Nominee
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
2005 · Grades 9-12 · Nominee
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers
2005 · Young Adult · Nominee
Tayshas Reading
2005 · Young Adult · Commended
Book Sense Book of the Year Award
2004 · Adult Fiction · Nominee
ALA Notable Books
2004 · Fiction
Costa Book Award
2003 · Book of the Year · Winner
Costa Book Award
2003 · Novel · Winner
Carnegie Medal
2003 · Children's · Nominee
L.A. Times Book Prize
2003 · First Fiction · Winner
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