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= **The Great Stone Face Nominees** = = **2010-2011** =

**//The B//****//lu//****//e Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes//** by Roderick Townley A mysterious stranger commissions a single, valuable shoe from a humble cobbler, changing the cobbler's life and the life of his young apprentice forever.

Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.
 * //[[image:brilliant_fall.jpg width="126" height="190" align="left"]]The //** **//Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z//** by Kate Messner

When ten-year-old Newton dresses up as an unusual superhero for Halloween, he decides to keep wearing the costume after the holiday to help save townspeople and eventually his injured brother.
 * //[[image:captain_nobody.jpg width="126" height="187" align="left"]] Captain Nobody //** by Dean Pitchford

When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
 * //[[image:the_case_of_the_case.jpg width="129" height="194" align="left"]]The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity //** by Mac Barnett

Closed for the Season //** by Mary Downing Hahn When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer. 
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Capable and hardworking ten-year-old Clover Twig takes a job as housekeeper for a messy witch, Demelza, but while Demelza is away Clover and an accident-prone neighbor boy must defend the weird cottage from the witch's evil sister.
 * //[[image:clover_twig.jpg width="126" height="176" align="left"]]Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage //** by Kaye Umansky

Saxby Smart is no ordinary ten-year-old. He's the best detective in the world, or at least the best one who also happens to be in elementary school.
 * //[[image:curse_of_ancient.jpg width="126" height="190" align="left"]]The Curse of the Ancient Mask //** by Simon Cheshire (Book # 1in the Saxby Smart Private Detective Series)

In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I.B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.
 * //[[image:dying_to_meet_you_this_one.jpg width="126" height="185" align="left"]]Dying to Meet You //** by Kate Klise

Escape Under the Forever Sky //** by Eve Yohalem As a future conservation zoologist whose mother is the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia, thirteen-year-old Lucy uses her knowledge for survival when she is kidnapped and subsequently escapes. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">
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In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
 * //[[image:flight_of_phoenix.jpg width="126" height="190" align="left"]]<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Flight of the Phoenix //**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by R. L. LaFevers (Book # 1in the Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist Series)

Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well.
 * //[[image:girl_who_threw.jpg width="126" height="188" align="left"]]<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Girl Who Threw Butterflies //**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Mike Cochrane

Happenstance Found //**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by P.T. Catanese A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">
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When his father starts a new job at Minerva Hall as gardener, twelve-year-old Jim discovers an ancient curse that needs to be unraveled before disaster happens.
 * //[[image:hunt_for_the_seventh.jpg width="126" height="176" align="left"]]<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Hunt for the Seventh //**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Christine Morton-Shaw

Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
 * //[[image:murder_at_midnight.jpg width="126" height="188" align="left"]] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Murder at Midnight //**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Avi

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> My Life in Pink and Green **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Lisa Greenwald When the family's drugstore is failing, seventh-grader Lucy uses her problem solving talents to come up with solution that might resuscitate the business, along with helping the environment.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">//**Night Wings**// by Joseph Bruchac After being taken captive by a band of treasure seekers, thirteen-year-old Paul and his Abenaki grandfather must face a legendary Native American monster at the top of Mount Washington.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Operation Redwood **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by S. Terrell French In northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends fight to save a grove of redwoods from an investment company that plans to cut them down.

//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Powerless **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Matthew Cody Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Roar **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Emma Clayton In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Seven Keys of Balabad **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Paul Haven Unlike his news-reporter father and art-historian mother who find living in the ancient, war-torn country of Balabad endlessly interesting, twelve-year-old Oliver, homesick for New York City, feels very much out of his element until he gets caught up in a centuries-old mystery involving stolen artifacts and buried treasure.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Glenn Dakin (Book # 1 in the Candle Man Series) Thirteen-year-old Theo, who has lived in seclusion his entire life, discovers he is the descendant of the Candle Man, a Victorian vigilante with the ability to melt criminals with a single touch.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Umbrella Summer **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Lisa Graff After her brother Jared dies, ten-year-old Annie worries about the hidden dangers of everything, from bug bites to bicycle riding, until she is befriended by a new neighbor who is grieving her own loss.

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wild Girl **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by Patricia Reilly Giff When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.

//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Wild River **//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> by P.J. Peterson Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.