Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominees 2023

Sponsored by MN Youth Reading Awards and voted on by Minnesota students in March of each year. The winners are announced on April 25, Maud Hart Lovelace's Birthday!

The Nominees for this school year are....

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The Best Of Iggy

Author(s):

Annie Barrows
Kate Reinders, narrator

Description:

Meet Iggy Frangi. He's not a bad kid; he's really not. Okay, so he's done a few (a few is anything up to 100) bad things. And okay, he's not very sorry about most of them. People make a big deal about nothing. What's a little pancake here and there? Is that something to get mad about? Iggy doesn't think so. No one got hurt, so there's no problem. No one got hurt except for that one time, that one time when the Best Idea Ever turned into the Worst Idea of All Time.

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Audiobook

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J FIC Bar

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Coop Knows The Scoop

Author(s):

Taryn Souders

Description:

Thirteen-year-olds Cooper Goodman and Justice and Liberty Gordon investigate the eccentric residents of Windy Bottom, Georgia, after the remains of Coop's long-missing grandmother are uncovered and his Gramps is the prime suspect.

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Book

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J FIC Sou

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The Lion of Mars

Author(s):

Holm, Jennifer L.,

Description:

Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid-he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping. Like, why don't have contact with anyone on the other Mars colonies? Why are they so isolated? When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family...and possibly unite an entire planet.

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Book

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J FIC Hol

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The Littlest Voyageur

Author(s):

Margi Preus
Cheryl Pilgrim

Description:

In 1792, Jean Pierre Petit Le Rouge, a squirrel, eager for adventure, stows away in the canoe of a group of voyageurs, unaware of what they are traveling so far to trade.

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J FIC Pre

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Measuring Up

Author(s):

Lily LaMotte
Ann Xu
colorist Sunmi

Description:

Having just moved to Seattle from Taiwan, twelve-year-old Cici enters a cooking competition to win the chance to see her grandmother again, but she only knows how to cook Taiwanese food.

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J FIC Lam

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Ways To Make Sunshine

Author(s):

Renée Watson
Nina Mata

Description:

Ryan Hart has a lot on her mind--school, self-image, and especially family. Her dad finally has a new job, but money is tight. That means some changes, like selling their second car and moving into a new (old) house. But Ryan is a girl who knows how to make sunshine out of setbacks. As her brother says when he raps about her, she's got the talent that matters most: it's a talent that can't be seen, she's nice, not mean!

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J FIC Wat

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Brave Like That

Author(s):

Lindsey Stoddard

Description:

Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.

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J FIC Sto

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City Spies

Author(s):

James Ponti

Description:

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret team of young MI6 agents. Operating out of a centuries-old manor house on the coast of Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from around the world. When they're not attending an elite boarding school, they're training for their roles as the biggest secret in British Secret Intelligence Service.

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J FIC Pon

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Count me in

Author(s):

Bajaj, Varsha,

Description:

Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.

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J FIC Baj

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Song for a whale

Author(s):

Kelly, Lynne,

Description:

Twelve-year-old Iris and her grandmother, both deaf, drive from Texas to Alaska armed with Iris's plan to help Blue-55, a whale unable to communicate with other whales.

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J FIC Kel

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96 Miles

Author(s):

J. L. Esplin
Robbie Daymond, narrator

Description:

The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. But when they are robbed at gunpoint during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk many miles in the stark desert sun to get help, and they have only three days before their time runs out.

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Audiobook

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J FIC Esp

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All The Impossible Things

Author(s):

Lindsay Lackey
Samantha Desz, narrator

Description:

Red's inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby "Red" Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can't figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red's heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she's quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother's chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.

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Audiobook

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J FIC Lac

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Becoming Muhammad Ali : A Novel

Author(s):

James Patterson
Kwame Alexander
Dawud Anyabwile

Description:

A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time.

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J FIC Pat

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Fighting Words

Author(s):

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Description:

Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide

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J FIC Bra

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The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly

Author(s):

Ansari, Rebecca K. S.,

Description:

When he keeps insisting that his little brother is missing even though no one else can remember that Liam ever existed, Charlie and his best friend Ana are determined to follow the instructions on a note that may help them find out what happened to Liam.

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Book

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J FIC Ans

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White Bird : A Wonder Story

Author(s):

R. J. Palacio
Kevin Czap

Description:

Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson star a film adaptation of this book. It is expected in September 2022.

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Book

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J FIC Pal

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Brave Like That

Author(s):

Lindsey Stoddard

Description:

Eleven-year-old Cyrus knows he is not cut out to be a football hero or fireman like his adopted father, but it takes a skittish stray dog to teach him that he, too, can be brave.

Format:

Book

Call Number:

J FIC Sto

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City Spies

Author(s):

James Ponti

Description:

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City juvenile justice system to expose her foster parents as cheats and lawbreakers. However, instead of being hailed as a hero, she finds herself facing years in a juvenile detention facility and banned from using computers. Enter Mother, a British spy who not only gets Sara released from jail but also offers her a chance to make a home for herself within a secret team of young MI6 agents. Operating out of a centuries-old manor house on the coast of Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from around the world. When they're not attending an elite boarding school, they're training for their roles as the biggest secret in British Secret Intelligence Service.

Format:

Book

Call Number:

J FIC Pon