Status
Available
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Description
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Collections
Publication
Yearling (2005), Edition: Reprint, 292 pages
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2005)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2006)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2006)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor — 2005)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2005)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2005)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2003)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2006)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2006)
Agatha Award (Nominee — 2002)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 2004)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2005)
Indies Choice Book Award (Honor Book — Children's Literature — 2003)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2005)
Southern Book Prize (Winner — Children's — 2003)
Golden Archer Award (Nominee — 2007)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2005)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2005)
The White Ravens (2003)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2006)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2003)
CCBC Choices (2003)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 2003)
Great Reads from Great Places (Florida — 2011, 2006, 2005)
Notable Children's Book (2003)
Teacher Favorites Award (2003)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2004)
Language
Original publication date
2002
Physical description
292 p.; 5.25 inches
ISBN
0440419395 / 9780440419396