Insignificant Events in The Life of a Cactus

by Dusti Bowling

Paperback, 2017

Status

Available

Call number

FIC Bowling

Description

New friends and a mystery help Aven, thirteen, adjust to middle school and life at a dying western theme park in a new state, where her being born armless presents many challenges.

Publication

Scholastic Inc. (2017)

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2020)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2020)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2020)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2020)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2022)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2021)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 2020)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2020)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 2020)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2020)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2020)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2020)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2020)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2021)
Sakura Medal (Chapter Books — 2019)
Reading the West Book Award (Winner — Children's — 2017)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle Grades — 2020)
Nerdy Book Award (Middle Grade Fiction — 2017)
Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids (Middle Grade Fiction — 2017)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2017)

Barcode

4779
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