Golden Sowers
The Golden Sower program is sponsored by the Nebraska Library Association. The purpose of the program is to stimulate students’ thinking, introduce them to different types of literature, and encourage them to do independent reading.
There are ten Golden Sower nominees at each level. To participate in voting for their favorite title, students need to read at least four of the ten titles. Voting takes place the first week in April through the English classes.
The Irving Media Center has seven to ten copies of each title listed below and students are welcome to check them out from the public libraries as well.
This year's Golden Sowers are:
INTERMEDIATE NOMINEES (grades 4 - 6)
BECOMING NAOMI LEON by Pam Muñoz Ryan
DEFIANCE by Valerie Hobbs
HEARTBEAT by Sharon CreechTHE LIBERATION OF GABRIEL KING by K. L. Going
THE PENDERWICKS: A SUMMER TALE OF FOUR SISTERS, TWO RABBITS, AND A VERY INTERESTING BOYby Jeanne Birdsall
PROJECT MULBERRY by Linda Sue ParkTHE SCARLET STOCKINGS SPY by Trinka Hakes NobleTHE SOS FILE by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers
THE STUPENDOUS DODGEBALL FIASCO by Janice Repka
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY by Betty G. Birney
YOUNG ADULT NOMINEES
BLACK STORM COMIN' by Diane Lee WilsonCODE ORANGE by Caroline B. Cooney
CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO by Joseph Bruchac
DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE by Jordan Sonnenblick
FLUSH by Carl Hiaasen
THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan
THE PERFECT SHOT by Elaine Marie Alphin
THE SCHWA WAS HERE by Neal Shusterman
SURVIVING ANATARCTICA: REALITY TV 2083 by Andrea White
(released under two titles) NO CHILD'S GAME:REALITY TV 2083
UGLIES by Scott Westerfeld
For more information, go to: http://www.goldensower.org/