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Available
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Description
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
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Collections
Publication
Yearling (2004), Edition: 1st, 270 pages
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Honor — 2006)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor — 2007)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2006)
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (Silver Medal — Young Adult — 2003)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2006)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2006)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2008)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2005)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2006)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2005)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2006)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2006)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2007)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2005-2006)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2006)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2019)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 2006)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Winner — 2005)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2008, 2009)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2004)
Garden State Teen Book Award (Winner — Grades 6-8 — 2006)
Nevada Young Readers' Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2006)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Nominee — 2008)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2007)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2006)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2006)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2006)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2006)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2007)
CCBC Choices (2004)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 2004)
Children's Favorites Awards (Selection — 2004)
Notable Children's Book (2004)
Idaho Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2022)
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Original publication date
2003-01-01
Physical description
270 p.; 5.13 inches
ISBN
0375822747 / 9780375822742