2012 - 2013 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees for Middle Grades

A Long Walk to Water: A Novel: Based on a True Storyby Linda Sue ParkWhen the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomesseparated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southernSudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, afteremigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figgby W. Rodman PhilbrickTwelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after runningaway from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.Out of My Mindby Sharon DraperConsidered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebralpalsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.The Search for WondLaby Tony DiTerlizziLiving in isolation with a robot on what appears to be an alien world populated with bizarre lifeforms, a twelve-year-old human girl called Eva Nine sets out on a journey to find others likeher.Slobby Ellen PotterPicked on, overweight genius Owen tries to invent a television that can see the past to find outwhat happened the day his parents were killed.