Beehive+Nominees+2012-2013



==To motivate reading the Children's Literature Association of Utah (CLAU) sponsors the Utah Book Awards which are called the Beehive Awards. Students have the opportunity to vote for their favorites of the nominees to determine the winner of the Beehive award in each category.==

2012-2013 Young Adult Fiction Nominees
**UTAH YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD** Eligibility and Selection Criteria For Nominations
 * **//*Between Shades of Grey//** by Ruta Sepetys
 * Torn away from her comfortable home by Soviet officers in 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina must fight for survival in prison labor camps.
 * **//*Blood Red Road//** by Moira Young
 * Saba must leave the only home she has ever known, venturing into a lawless wasterland to rescue her twin brother.
 * **//Death Cloud//** by Andrew Lane
 * Sent away to relatives to spend the summer, fourteen-year old Sherlock Holmes uncovers a sinister plot.
 * **//False Princess//** by Eilis O'Neal
 * Having lived her life as a princess, Sinda is shocked to discover she is not the real royal and she must step aside for the true heir.
 * **//*The Last Thing I Remember//** by Andrew Klavan
 * Awakening in a strange place with only memories of the night before, Charlie finds himself on the run from a mysterious organization that wants him dead.
 * **//Okay for Now//** by Gary Schmidt
 * Forced to move to a new town, Doug Swieteck finds solace when he discovers the paintings of John Audubon.
 * **//Ruby Red//** by Kerstin Gier
 * Inheriting the ability to time travel, Gwyneth must master her powers to uncover a long hidden conspiracy.
 * **//Running Dream//** by Wendelin Van Draanen
 * Losing a leg in a car accident forces Jessica to recreate her life and rediscover her passion for running.
 * **//Sean Griswold's Head//** by Lindsey Leavitt
 * To deal with her father's multiple sclerosis, Payton finds that concentrating on Sean, the boy who sits in front of her, can be very therapeutic.
 * **//Ten Miles Past Normal//** by Frances O"Roark Dowell
 * Living on a goat farm with modern hippie parents and a genius younger sister makes Janie long for a little bit of normal.
 * **//*Texas Gothic//** by Rosemary Clement Moore
 * Caring for her aunt's ranch over the summer, Amy finds she can't hide her heritage as a witch when ghosts start haunting a neighboring farm.
 * **//Variant//** by Robison Wells
 * Benson Fisher thinks a boarding school scholarship is his chance to escape foster homes until he discovers a sinister secret.
 * //mature readers//**

2012-2013 Children's Fiction Nominees
**UTAH CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD** Eligibility and Selection Criteria for Nominations
 * **//A Dog's Way Home//** by Bobbie Pyron
 * After a car accident, eleven-year-old Abby and her sheltie Tam overcome challenges to find each other again.
 * **//Edgar Allan's Official Investigation Notebook//** by Mary Amato
 * Edgar Allan competes with a classmate to solve the mystery of items stolen from Mrs. Herschel's classroom.
 * **//The Emerald Atlas//** by John Stephens
 * Orphans Kate, Michael, and Emma go on a prophesied quest to find a magical book.
 * **//The Familiars//** by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobsen
 * Jack, a young wizard-in-training, and his familiar Aldwyn must save the kingdom from the evil queen.
 * **//Heart of a Samurai//** by Margi Preus
 * Rescued after a shipwreck, fourteen-year-old Manjiro becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
 * **//Lulu and the Brontosaurus//** by Judith Viorst
 * Lulu's parents refuse her demands for a brontosaurus, so she sets out to find her own.
 * **//True (...Sort Of)//** by Katherine Hannigan
 * For most of her eleven years, Delly has only known trouble, until her little brother and silent friend help her find a way to be good.
 * **//Turtle in Paradise//** by Jennifer L. Holm
 * Sent away to Key West, Florida in 1935, Turtle runs wild with her unsupervised cousins.
 * **//The Unwanteds//** by Lisa McMann
 * In a society that executes thirteen-year-olds who are creative, Alex is separeated from his identical twin, only to find himself in a place that encourages imagination.
 * **//With a Name Like Love//** by Tess Hilmo
 * Daughter of an itinerant preacher, Olivene Love gets tangled up in a small town murder mystery.