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Name This Novel2012-2013 Mark Twain Nominees

Name This NovelOn a normal day, those words would have rattled around Theos ears for hours, but this was not a normal day. He was too preoccupied with the trial of Pete Duffy.

Name This NovelTheodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

Name This NovelThere was this new girl in our class, Jessica. She wasnt at our table, but I needed to talk to her. I needed to tell her who she could be friends with. She seemed like she could be pretty cool, even though she carried a book around like a teddy bear.

Name This NovelBecause of Mr. Terupt

Name This Novel Yes. The enchantment I cast upon your loyals will protect them for three sunsets. After that, it will fade, and they will be defenseless against the queens deadly magic. Kalstaffs last breaths grew near. You must find a way to rescue them. It is up to you.

Name This NovelThe Familiars

Name This Novel Are you lost? I asked. They looked awfully young to be a couple of runaways.The older one shook his head. The younger one just stared at me. They were obviously brothers, they looked so much alike. Like a couple of bookends, just different sizes.

Name This NovelHide & Seek

Name This Novel Let me get this straight, he said. I could hear the aggravation in his voice. Someone may have killed our mascotthe most famous animal in the entire countryand you want me to cover it up?

Name This NovelBelly Up

Name This NovelWith both hands on the key, Hannah managed to unlock the safe and retrieve the diamond necklace from its wooden box. She returned everything to its place and left the room just as she had found it, tucking the necklace away in her apron. Outside the entryway, she could hear the conversation still spinning in the next room.

Name This NovelThe Clockwork Three

Name This Novel I probably should mention that feeding me is a real process. I cant chew very well, so I mostly get soft foods like scrambled eggs or oatmeal or applesauce. Since I cant hold a fork or spoonsomeone has to place the food into my mouth, one spoonful at a time.

Name This NovelOut of My Mind

Name This NovelOnce upon a time, Jack wouldnt have been caught dead in a princess rescue. Yet here he was, in the middle of a cavea dark and stupid caveon his way to do just that. This was all such a waste of time, and after that last fight with what was apparently supposed to be a troll, his arm really hurt.

Name This NovelHalf Upon a Time

Name This NovelThe day after the accident, our class had a substitute. I dont remember her name. I only remember our classroom being silent. We were given some silly worksheets to keep up busy, but no one could concentratenot even Luke.

Name This NovelGrandmom was the person who first showed me all the fantastical things about our rhubarb farmthe truly weeping cherry blossom tree, the ruby flowers that cluster in the Learning Garden, the lake that never drowns anyoneso I had no reason to doubt what she said about dragonflies. Plus I was seven, which means that you believe everything everyone says, especially adults, all the time.

Name This NovelDrizzle

Name This NovelDropping to the floor, I looked along the bottom edge at the base of the clock. In the back there was a panel, slightly lighter in color, that Id never noticed before. It slid to one side. Sitting inside was a wooden box. I pulled it out, feeling the weight of it. It was plenty heavy.

Name This NovelTwenty Gold Falcons

Name This Novel Of course not. He has no idea I use it. But then thats his fault for using my birthday as his access code. Anyhow, I found out theres four keepers who work with the hippos, but they all seem cool. Each has, like, fifteen years experience with hippos.

Name This NovelI first saw the dog chained to a tree on a frigid October morning. Icy rain pelted him, and his tail drooped between his hind legs as he watched the cars pass his yard. He had no shelter.

Name This NovelGhost Dog Secrets

Name This NovelGood morning, ladies and gentlemen. At this point in the trial of Mr. Duffy, we are scheduled to hear the closing arguments from the lawyers. However this will not happen. For reasons that I will not explain at this moment, I am declaring a mistrial.

Name This NovelAldwyn thought he hadnt heard right. Had the young wizard apprenticein this shop filled with countless amazing animals, one more magical than the nextreally picked him?

Name This NovelEverybody laughs at the silly joke with me. Even though my arms and legs flail out and I drool a little as I laugh, it is the first time in my entire life that I feel like Im part of the group.

Name This Novel Its a beaut, he said, taking it from me. This is valuable. Real gold. Fine engraving of a bird on the lid. It actually looks a lot like one of those coins your teacher was talking about. He traced a finger around the words engraved on the circle on the back. The bird of time flies near, he read.

Name This NovelI could tell Mr. and Mrs. Pinella were wavering, but Mom looked furious. You cant take the law into your own hands, she said. If someones guilty of animal cruelty, there are agencies to deal with that. But you have no proof. You suspect the dogs owner was mean to him, but you dont know that for sure.

Name This NovelWhen Giuseppe found the green violin, he did not think it would help him escape. He did not think it would play at all when he spotted it floating in the harbor. It bobbed and bumped around beneath the pier, still in its case Inside it, he found the most beautiful most remarkable violin he had ever seen.

Name This Novel Like, Ive been trying to be nice, Teach. Ive been quiet. I dont know, like, what else to do. I havent been mean. Youd be happy about that, Teach. Ive been doing it your way. But, like, I still need your help. I need you to come back. Everyone needs you back.

Name This NovelI cant believe Dad is making a video of me saying my first words. Its almost like when he filmed Pennys first wordswell, not really.I type very carefully and push the button to make the machine speak.

Name This NovelExcept the last thing recorded wasnt a log. It was a message.HELPWE NEHelp? Help Wene? What was that supposed to mean? I stared at the handwriting. It looked like some little kid had written it. Either that or someone trying to disguise their handwriting. All the letters were capitalized. Was this some kind of joke?

Name This NovelAnd suddenly a pair of red eyes floated in the darkness directly in front of him. Jack heard the same growl as before, except this time, the growl came from behind teeth of pure white that glowed eerily in the light of the sword, each as big as one of Jacks fingers.

Name This NovelWhen Aldwyn looked up again, a clay pot was rising through the air. Once it reached Gilbert, it tipped gently, pouring a clear salve on the bite marks that were covering his body. As the ointment dissolved into the open wounds, it began to fizz and bubble, healing them quickly. Gilbert sat up with a start, gasping for air.

Name This Novel Oh hey, Farmer Girl, said Marisa. She was wearing a yellow raincoat with butterflies all over it and walking a little brown Yorkie that was also wearing a yellow raincoat with butterflies all over it. Why arent you out herding the cows? She and Quentin laughed.

Name This NovelOnly it didnt say Jack and Sam. Jacks picture was the top one, the very first of the five. But beside his picture, the name said Tyler Makovec. Age now: nine. Missing from: Madison, WI. Missing since: January 3 of last year. Below his picture was Sams, except the name beside it was Ryan Makovec. Age now: seven.

Name This NovelI didnt mind moving to Utah. Zuzu did. She had about a billion friends in Texas, and she threw tantrums every night for months when she found out we were leaving. I dont have a billion friends. Im not as pretty as Zuzu. She looks a bit like Shirley Temple with her halo of golden curls and cherub face.

Name This NovelPalace Beautiful

Name This NovelMay planted her feet firmly, then quickly ducked under a bolt of energy that came within inches of splitting her head open. Just as Jack reached her, the princess pulled the crown out of the Mirror frame and held the Mirror aloft, its glass face pointed straight at the genie.

Name This Novel Theres really no proof that Mr. Duffy killed his wife, Ike said. The prosecutor might be able to establish a strong motive and arouse some suspicions, but nothing else.

Name This NovelMean Man pounded on the door with his fist. Open up! he hollered. I know youre in there; I can hear the TV.At the sound of Mean Mans voice, the hair stood up along the back of Ras neck. He stared at the door and growled a low, throaty growl.

Name This NovelOn the wall opposite the candle, a beat-up book lay tucked between two wall beams. I picked it up. It had a butterfly-wing-blue cover with the word Journal printed in gold letters. Someone had scribbled a note on the inside cover of the book. It said,To whoever finds this journal,Im leaving this book behind on purpose. All the bad things in the world lie inked on these pages, and at the present, I dont want to remember.Sincerely,Helen White

Name This NovelI come from the weird farm with the weird rain. Plus Im weird, Ill always be weird. If I could kill this part of me, if I could strangle it, I would. Genuine interest in me from people my age means only digging into my weirdness. I wish it werent true, but it is.

Name This NovelNo one tried to kill me during the night and the next day passed uneventfully. I stayed with mom at work, although this time it was a bit more fun. I think she still felt guilty about not taking my claim that Henry had been murdered more seriously, because she let me go into the gorilla exhibit with her, which violated about forty-three FunJungle rules and directives.

Name This NovelGiuseppe studied the metal figure. It was a man, assembled like the tin coal chute shaped to form a barreled chest, but Giuseppe could not even guess where many of the other components came from. The figures shiny brass arms and legs were jointed and looked heavily layered with metal muscles, while the hands appeared delicate, capable of refined movement.

Name This Novel You keep thinking the sky will open up and gold or diamonds will rain down. Youre sure that if we find the right magic potion, Freddy will drink it and get better. You think that if you pay enough attention to the plants that theyll talk to you.

Name This NovelHelen opened the journal and skimmed its pages. I got sick, she said. I dont know for how long. All I know is that the nurses from the Health Department came to the house and heard Freddy crying I was too sick to move, but Freddy stayed warm in my arms long after all the fires in the house went out and it was cold as winter inside.

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