2012 Bluestem Book Award Master List

The Bluestem Award is an Illinois readers' choice award for grades three through five. The 2012 nominees were announced yesterday. As you will see, it includes classics and new titles.

14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy

Read an excerpt from Adventures in Cartooning

All Stations! Distress! April 15, 1912: The Day the Titanic Sank by Don Brown

Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle

Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by R. Gregory Chistie

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery by James Howe

Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise, illustrated by Sarah Klise

Extra Credit by Andrew Clements

Teacher's guide for Faith, Hope and Ivy June, by Phyillis Reynolds Naylor.

Flight of the Phoenix by R.L. LaFevers

Just Grace by Charise Harper

Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories from Growing Up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka

Passage to Freedom: The Sughihara Story by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee

Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan

Excerpt from The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook

Sideway Stories from Wayside Schools by Louis Sachar

Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley

Swindle by Gordon Korman

World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney

Rules by Cynthia Lord