Black-Eyed Susan Books 2010-2011 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Nominees 2010-2011 Nominees 2009-2010 Winners Past Winners Each year 10 young adult novels are nominated for the prestigious Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award. Our media center buys multiple copies of these titles and encourages students to read these outstanding new novels. Students who read at least three of the ten nominated titles are given the opportunity to vote for the best. The novel receiving the most votes from middle school students throughout the state of Maryland is presented with the Black-Eyed Susan Award at a special ceremony at the Maryland Association of School Librarians Conference. The 2010-2011 nominees are below. Click on each book cover to learn more about the book and reviews. Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog Newton Starker, 14, has a curse: all but one of his ancestors have been killed by a lightning strike.  He is careful, very careful.  Will he survive?   By Arthur Slade Savvy is thirteen, over six feet tall, and obsessed with basketball.  She works, plays and trains hard. What happens when steroids are found in her gym bag?   By Kathy Mackel     Twelve-year-old Addie lives with her mother, and her beloved stepfather and sisters move away ~ nothing is normal anymore.  Will it ever?     By Leslie Connor Follow the trail of John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators as law enforcement tries to locate the assassins of Abraham Lincoln.     By James Swanson   Sixth-grader Miranda receives mysterious notes from an anonymous source. Could it be from another time?   By Rebecca Stead   Achingly powerful tale about Jason, a young, gifted writer…     Who also happens to have autism.       By Nora Raleigh Baskin   Three young teens witness a total solar eclipse and are changed forever.   By Wendy Mass Amazing story told through events on ‘All Hallow’s Eve’ over the course of 5 years. Sometimes wild, sometimes sad, and often poignant, Jimmy Cannon’s story covers the death of the railroad in small town Appalachia and how that his family. By Fran Cannon Slayton   Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin, now living in America, has survived horrors and tries to find peace in his adopted home in America By Ann Burg   You have survived nuclear holocaust, and now you are trapped in a bunker…. …for SIX years and you start to wonder…is it safe to come outside?   By S.A. Bodeen   Read student book reviews here. Submit a book review here. Read student book reviews from 2007 and 2008 here. Happy Reading!
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