Annal:2006 Golden Kite Fiction Award
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Results of the Golden Kite Fiction Award in the year 2006. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
- 2006 Golden Kite-fiction winner
- Score: 10.56
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom Bender and his seventh-grade classmates. They learn that Jessica has been in a fire and was badly burned, and will be attending St. Catherine's while getting medical treatments. Despite her startling appearance and the fear she evokes in him and most of the class, Tom slowly develops a tentative friendship with Jessica that changes him. Firegirl is a story about how even the smallest gestures can have a profound impact on someone's life.
- 2006 Golden Kite-fiction honor
- Score: 6.56
At first it looks like a small gray ball of fluff, its head a cloud of frizzy feathers, fine as dandelion seeds. The baby bird isn’t even strong enough to spread its wings, but ten-year-old Nick is determined to save it. Together with his best friend, he coaxes the wild bird he names Marcy to eat worms and take rides on their fingers. Then he watches, amazed, as she finally opens her wings—and flies! As Marcy grows, so does Nick—forced to make some hard choices about friends and family. And for the first time he dares to ask questions about the death of his soldier father. But other questions loom in the air: Will Marcy try to fly away? And will Nick be able to let her go?
Beautifully rendered drawings capture the poignancy and joy of this unforgettable story about growing up, loving, and letting go.
