Annal:2003 Batchelder Award
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Results of the Batchelder Award in the year 2003. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2005 YRCA-Junior winner
- 2003 Batchelder winner
- Score: 20.55
Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious character who calls himself the “Thief Lord.” Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. Prosper and Bo relish being part of this colorful new family. But the Thief Lord has secrets of his own. And soon the boys are thrust into circumstances that will lead them, and readers, to a fantastic, spellbinding conclusion.
- 2003 Batchelder honor
- Score: 6.53
The persistence of Henrietta, one of 3,333 chickens on a chicken farm, leads to a better life for them all.
