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Enrique's Journey, by Sonia Nazario. Honduran boy travels to US in search of his mother. The Soloist, by Steve Lopez. Journalist befriends a homeless violinist. Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers. New Orleans resident helping after Katrina is accused of belonging to Al-Queda.

Belpre Winner Julia Alvarez explores the thin line that separates American citizens and undocumented persons in her brilliantly told novel, “nder.” After Tyler’s father is unable to maintain the family farm, he hires undocumented workers, resulting in an interdependent relationship that mirrors current social and political conditions in the United States. Alvarez humanizes a situation by giving a voice to millions of immigrants experiencing similar hardships. This outstanding novel about the solidarity between two children of different cultures will resonate in the hearts of readers of any age.
 * //Return to Sender//**, written by Julia Alvarez, published by Alfred A. Knopf.

= = = = = = = **CYRM NOMINEES 2011** =

//** Hunger Games **// by Suzanne Collins. Scholastic Press, 2008. || =Find your book on Destiny Quest! = = = =**Classics by Lexile**= Lower numbers mean easier reading. 680 Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath 730 Hemingway, Farewell to Arms 740 Bradbury, Martian Chronicles 760 Saroyan, Human Comedy 770 Golding, Lord of the Flies 770 Wright, Native Son 790 Salinger, Catcher in the Rye 840 Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls 870 Huxley, Brave New World 880 Bronte, Wuthering Heights 890 Bronte, Jane Eyre 930 Dumas, Count of Monte Cristo 940 McCaffrey, Cragonflight 950 Carroll, Alice in Wonderland 960 Dumas, Three Musketeers 960 McCullers, Heart is a Lonely Hunter 970 Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness 990 Hugo, Les Miserables 1010 Hesse, Siddhartha 1010 Steinbeck, Pearl 1030 Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 1040 Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1050 Homer, Odyssey 1070 Austen, Emma 1070 Stoker, Dracula 1090 Orwell, 1984 1090 Heaney (translator, Beowulf 1100 Austen, Pride and Prejudice 1100 Mitchell, Gone with the Wind 1110 Kesey, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest 1110 Voltaire, Candide 1130 Diskens, Tale of Two Citiies 1180 Orwell, Animal Farm 1170 Shelly, Frankenstein 1170 Sinclair, Jungle 1170 Wells, War of the Worlds 1200 Dickens, Great Expectations 1200 Melvlle, Moby Dick 1210 Alcott, Little Women 1300 Poe, Complete Stories and Poems 1310 Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki 1320 Defoe, Robinson Crusoe 1330 Homer, Iliad 1340 Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter 1350 Cooper, Last of the Mohicans 1530 Buck, Good || 700 Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows 710 De Saint-Exupery, Little Prince 740 L'Engle, Wrinkle in Time 750 Henry, Misty of Chincoteague 770 Konigsburg, From the Mixed up Files... 780 Shute, On the Beach 830 Sperry, Call It Courage 910 Gipson, Old Yeller 940 Lewis Lion, Witch and Wardrobe 960 Henry, Gift of Magi and other Stories 970 Baum, Wizard of Oz 970 Burnett, Secret Garden 1000 O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins 1000 Tolkien, Hobbit 1130 Gallico, Snow goose 1600 Black Ships Before Troy ||
 * **// Adoration of Jenna Fox //** by Mary E. Pearson. Henry Holt & Co., 2008. ||
 * //** Unwind **// by Neal Shusterman. Simon & Schuster, 2007. ||
 * High School || Middle School ||
 * 630 Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men