Here are four more titles from the current list of Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominees. Read and get ready to vote for your favorite in February 2014!
Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli
Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same--like two halves of one person--but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes.
Dogs on Duty: Soldiers' Best Friends on the Battlefield and Beyond by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Documents the contributions of specially trained military dogs, profiling noteworthy canine heroes while covering such topics as how they are trained and what happens to them when they retire.
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Seventh-grader Georges adjusts to moving from a house to an apartment, his father's efforts to start a new business, his mother's extra shifts as a nurse, being picked on at school, and Safer, a boy who wants his help spying on another resident of their building.
Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Recounts the life of the unrecognized co-creator of the Batman comic strip and details the author's quest to find out more about him.
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