Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award

Inkling

Only the cat was awake to see Inkling form on Ethan’s father’s sketch pad, but soon Ethan’s whole
family is caught up in the wonder of this ink blot that can read, draw, and communicate with
humans…Inkling can even do your homework! But as Inkling soon discovers, even an ink blot’s
efforts and adventures can lead to misunderstandings and danger. Sometimes trying to help
people get “unstuck” can make things even more sticky for everyone.

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Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel

When’s Stevie’s parents are tragically killed, she is sent away to live with a grandfather she has never met. As she meets members from both sides of her family, she learns that love, family and a sense of belonging can exist after terrible loss.
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Waiting for Unicorns

Twelve-year-old Talia 9780439874021just lost her mother to cancer, and as if that wasn’t hard enough to cope with, now her father is about to bring her to the Arctic for her whole summer vacation and leave her with a mysterious Inuit woman that she’s never even met. While Talia’s dad is out researching whales on the dangerous tundra, will she somehow find hope and friendship in this barren place or will she be left alone, wishing for impossible things?

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The Thing about Jellyfish

After her best friend dies in a drowning accident, Suzy is convinced that the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting—things don’t just happen for no reason. Retreating into a silent world of imagination, she crafts a plan to prove her theory–even if it means traveling the globe, alone.

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