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Available
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Publication
Dell Yearling (2000), Paperback, 272 pages
Description
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 1998)
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award (Winner — Fiction — 1999)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2001)
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2003)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2001)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2002)
LA Times Book Prize (Finalist — Young Adult Literature — 1998)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2000)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 2000)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2000)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Junior — 2001)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2001)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2000-2001)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Winner — 2001)
Newbery Medal (Medal Winner — 1999)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee — 2000)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Winner — 2001)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2001)
Garden State Children's Book Award (Winner — 2001)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 2001)
Colorado Blue Spruce Award (Winner — 2000)
Land Of Enchantment Book Award (Winner — Young Adult — 2001)
Golden Archer Award (Winner — 2001)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2001)
WAYRBA: Western Australia Young Readers Book Award (Winner — Older Readers — 2001)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2000)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2001)
The White Ravens (1999)
Evergreen Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
Surrey Schools’ Book of the Year (Winner — 2001)
Kid's Choice Award (Nominee — 2005)
Maine Student Book Award (Winner — 2000)
CCBC Choices (1998)
NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (12th Edition: 1996-1998)
Great Reads from Great Places (Texas — 2004)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2000)
Reading Olympics (Middle School — 2024)
OYAN Book Rave (2000)