Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Not Avail (2004), Edition: September, 2004, Paperback
Description
A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2005)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 2005)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2005)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2005)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Great Stone Face Book Award (Nominee — 2004)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 2004)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2005)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2005)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2004-2005)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2005)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2003)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2006)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2005)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2004)
Christopher Award (2003)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2006)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2005)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2005)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2006)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Junior Book Award — 2005)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2003)
CCBC Choices (2003)
Notable Children's Book (2003)
Teacher Favorites Award (2003)