Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award 2012/13 http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org A Place to Discuss the Books on This Year's DCF List Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:12:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://edublogs.org/?v=3.4.1 The Running Dream Wins! http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2013/04/22/the-running-dream-wins/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2013/04/22/the-running-dream-wins/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:10:29 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=985 The votes are in, and Wendelin Van Draanen has won the 2013 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award for The Running Dream!  Planning for the award ceremony is underway.

(Kudos to the readers of  Edmunds Middle School, who predicted the winning title!)

 

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Which Book Should Win? http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2013/04/09/which-book-should-win/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2013/04/09/which-book-should-win/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:16:39 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=982 Okay, DCF readers, it’s time to vote!  Which book do you think should win, and why?

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City of Orphans http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/city-of-orphans-2/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/city-of-orphans-2/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:36:24 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=868 by Avi.

In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.

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Close to Famous http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/close-to-famous/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/close-to-famous/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:35:10 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=864 by Joan Bauer

Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother’s abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.

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Queen of Hearts http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/queen-of-hearts/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/queen-of-hearts/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:34:46 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=860 by Martha Brooks

Shortly after her first kiss but before her sixteenth birthday in December, 1941, Marie Claire and her younger brother and sister are sent to a tuberculosis sanatorium near their Manitoba farm.

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Troublemaker http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/troublemaker/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/troublemaker/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:34:19 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=856 by Andrew Clements

When his older brother gets in serious trouble, sixth-grader Clay decides to change his own mischief-making ways, but he cannot seem to shake his reputation as a troublemaker.

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The Lemonade Crime http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-lemonade-crime/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-lemonade-crime/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:33:00 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=851 by Jacqueline Davies

When money disappears from fourth-grader Evan’s pocket and everyone thinks that his annoying classmate Scott stole it, Evan’s younger sister stages a trial involving the entire class, trying to prove what happened.

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The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-cheshire-cheese-cat-a-dickens-of-a-tale/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-cheshire-cheese-cat-a-dickens-of-a-tale/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:32:18 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=846 by Carmen Agra Deedy & Randall Wright

A community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London’s Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance.

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Titanic Sinks! http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/titanic-sinks/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/titanic-sinks/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:31:07 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=839 by Barry Denenberg

In a unique combination of fiction and nonfiction Denenberg presents the true story of the building, launching and sinking of the Titanic.

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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/amelia-lost-the-life-and-disappearance-of-amelia-earhart/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/amelia-lost-the-life-and-disappearance-of-amelia-earhart/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:43 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=834 by Candace Fleming

In alternating chapters, Fleming moves back and forth between Amelia’s life and the exhaustive search for her and her missing plane.

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Hidden http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/hidden/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/hidden/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:30:15 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=830 by Helen Frost

When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra’s father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back.

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R My Name is Rachel http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/r-my-name-is-rachel/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/r-my-name-is-rachel/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:29:39 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=826 by Patricia Reilly Giff

Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away

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Addie on the Inside http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/addie-on-the-inside/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/addie-on-the-inside/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:29:01 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=842 by James Howe

Outspoken thirteen-year-old Addie Carle learns about love, loss, and staying true to herself as she navigates seventh grade, enjoys a visit from her grandmother, fights with her boyfriend, and endures gossip and meanness from her former best friend.

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Small as an Elephant http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/small-as-an-elephant/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/small-as-an-elephant/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:28:22 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=822 by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Abandoned by his mother in an Acadia National Park campground, Jack tries to make his way back to Boston before anyone figures out what is going on, with only a small toy elephant for company.

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Inside Out and Back Again http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/inside-out-and-back-again/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/inside-out-and-back-again/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:27:19 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=818 by Thanhha Lai

Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

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Waiting For the Magic http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/waiting-for-the-magic/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/waiting-for-the-magic/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:26:45 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=812 by Patricia MacLachlan

When Papa goes away for a little while, his family tries to cope with the separation by adopting four dogs and a cat.

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The Apothecary http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-apothecary/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-apothecary/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:26:10 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=806 by Maile Maloy

Follows a fourteen-year-old American girl whose life unexpectedly transforms when she moves to London in 1952 and gets swept up in a race to save the world from nuclear war.

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Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/heart-and-soul-the-story-of-america-and-african-americans/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:25:38 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=801 by Kadir Nelson

A simple introduction to African-American history, from Revolutionary-era slavery up to the election of President Obama.

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The Flint Heart http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-flint-heart/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-flint-heart/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:23:31 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=797 by Katherine and John Paterson

A magical amulet brings power and despair to those who touch it.

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When Life Gives You O.J. http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/when-life-gives-you-o-j/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/when-life-gives-you-o-j/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:21:44 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=793 by Erica Perl

Zelly Fried wants a dog more than anything, so at the urging of her grandfather, during the summer before sixth grade she takes care of a “practice dog” made out of an orange juice jug to show her parents that she is ready for the responsibility, even though she is sometimes not entirely sure about the idea.

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A Dog’s Way Home http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/a-dogs-way-home/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/a-dogs-way-home/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:21:03 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=788 by Bobbie Pyron

After a car accident strands them at opposite ends of the Blue Ridge Parkway, eleven-year-old Abby and her beloved sheltie Tam overcome months filled with physical and emotional challenges to find their way back to each other.

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Drawing From Memory http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/drawing-from-memory/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/drawing-from-memory/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:20:29 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=783 by Allen Say

Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, this presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. Contains watercolor paintings, original cartoons, photographs, and maps.

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Bluefish http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/bluefish/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/bluefish/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:19:35 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=779 by Pat Schmatz

Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide a learning disability, when he meets a remarkable teacher and a sassy classmate with her own secrets.

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Okay For Now http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/okay-for-now/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/okay-for-now/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:18:45 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=774 by Gary D. Schmidt

As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has everything stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer–a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon’s birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.

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Wonderstruck http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/wonderstruck/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/wonderstruck/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:18:03 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=768 by Brian Selznick

Spanning the fifty years from 1927 to 1977, the stories of Rose and Ben, told respectively through images and words, come together in New York.

 

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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-great-wall-of-lucy-wu/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-great-wall-of-lucy-wu/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:17:21 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=764 by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year.

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Storm Runners http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/storm-runners/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/storm-runners/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:16:48 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=760 by Roland Smith

Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a “storm runner,” but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The Silver Bowl http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-silver-bowl/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-silver-bowl/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:16:05 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=755 by Diane Stanley

From the age of seven when she became scullery maid in a castle, Molly has seen visions of the future which, years later, lead her and friend Tobias on an adventure to keep Alaric, the heir to the throne, safe from a curse.

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The Running Dream http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-running-dream/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-running-dream/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:15:31 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=750 by Wendelin Van Draanen

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

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Water Balloon http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/water-balloon/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/water-balloon/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:14:49 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=745 by Audrey Vernick

With her best friends pulling away from her, her newly-separated parents deciding she should spend the summer at her father’s new home, and a babysitting job she does not want, Marley’s life is already as precarious as an overfull water balloon when a cute boy enters the picture.

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The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-fingertips-of-duncan-dorfman/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/the-fingertips-of-duncan-dorfman/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:13:38 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=740 by Meg Wolitzer

Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending and for needing to win, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize.

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Warp Speed http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/warp-speed/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2012/05/13/warp-speed/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 02:12:01 +0000 Kate Davie http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=734 by Lisa Yee

Marley Sandelski has always felt invisible at school when he is not facing bullies, but a series of unexpected events gives him a taste of popularity and insights into some classmates, well-liked or greatly-feared.

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Make Sure Your Comments Count! http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2008/11/11/make-sure-your-comments-count/ http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/2008/11/11/make-sure-your-comments-count/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:02:07 +0000 Pam Burke http://dcfbooks.edublogs.org/?p=75 Please remember:

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