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Maryland Black-Eyed Susan
Program
2008-09
Each year, the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award is given by the Maryland Educational Media Organization or MEMO. The winning books are selected by the students in the state of Maryland. The purpose of the award is to promote literacy and lifelong reading habits by encouraging students to read quality, contemporary literature.
2008-09 Selected Books
Grades 4-6
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
No Talking by Andrew Clements
The Story of Jonas by Maurine Dahlberg
The Ghost of Poplar Point by Cynthia DeFelice
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
Witch Catcher by Mary Downing Hahn
Out of Order by Betty Hicks
A Friendship for Today by Patricia McKissack
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Big One-Oh by Dean Pitchford
Grades 6-9
One-Handed Catch by M.J. Auch
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Epic by Conor Kostick
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
Peak by Roland Smith
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
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