Fourth and fifth graders can read the nominees for 2010 through April of 2010. In order to be eligible to vote, students must have read or listened to four of the 10 nominees (by the end of March) and to be able to attend the Quiz Bowl, they must have read at least 8 of the nominees. Students document their reading of the book by filling out the NEW online survey review form. Click here to take the survey at http://esurvey.inspiredata.com and enter the code 134340

Here are the grades four through six 2009-2010 nominees and summaries from the Nebraska Golden Sower website.
Grades 4-6 Category

Davies, Jacqueline. THE LEMONADE WAR.
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade. As the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn $100.

Giff, Patricia Reilly. ELEVEN.
When Sam, who can barely read, discovers an old newspaper clipping just before his eleventh birthday, it brings back memories from his past. With the help of a new friend at school and the castle they are building for a school project, his questions are finally answered.

Grimes, Nikki. THE ROAD TO PARIS
Eight-year-old Paris is inconsolable at being separated from her older brother and apprehensive about her new foster family. Just as she learns to trust them, she faces a lifechanging decision.

Gutman, Dan. THE HOMEWORK MACHINE
Four fifth-grade students—a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker—as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Hahn, Mary Downing. DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS: A GHOST STORY..
When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family’s vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.

Hobbs, Valerie. SHEEP.
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs to fulfill his life’s purpose of shepherding sheep.

O’Connor, Barbara. HOW TO STEAL A DOG.
Living in the family car in their small North Carolina town after their father leaves them virtually penniless, Georgina persuades her younger brother to help her in an elaborate scheme to get money by stealing a dog and then claiming the reward that the owners are bound to offer.

Peck, Richard. ON THE WINGS OF HEROES.
A boy in Illinois remembers the home-front years of World War II, especially his two heroes—his brother in the Air Force and his father, who fought in the previous war.

Stewart, Trenton Lee. THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY.
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.

Wiles, Deborah. THE AURORA COUNTY ALL-STARS.
For most of the boys one hot summer in a small Mississippi town, the biggest concern is whether their annual July 4th baseball game will be cancelled due to their county’s anniversary pageant. However, after the death of the old man to whom twelve-year-old star pitcher House Jackson has been secretly reading for a year, House uncovers secrets about the man and the history of baseball in Aurora County that could fix everything.

Many thanks to the Nebraska Golden Sower Committee for providing these summaries.