The Undercover Book List
Colleen Nelson
Type:
Fiction
Categories:
Books & Libraries | Social Issues | School & Education | Social Themes
Themes:
Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Friendship
Language:
English
Publisher:
Grade Level:
3-7
Age Range:
8-12
Description
He's known as the class troublemaker. She's known as the bookworm. But when every note they send is anonymous, identity is suddenly what they make it.
Between her father's posting overseas and her best friend Sienna's move to the other side of the country, seventh grade is looking lonely for Jane MacDonald. But Sienna has left her with one last trick: a hidden message in a library book—the perfect plot to start a secret club and find Jane a new book-loving friend.
Tyson Flamand has problems of his own. Since the fourth grade he's had a reputation as a bad kid, and there's no point fighting it when teachers always think the worst. So when he finds an anonymous note in the library looking for a nerdy new friend, he knows he's the last person in the world it could be meant for. But something makes him answer it anyway, and Tyson finds himself pulled into a secret book club where being hidden may be the first step to being truly seen.
With the insight of a veteran middle-school teacher, Colleen Nelson, author of the award-winning Harvey Comes Home and Sadia, weaves together two stories of identity, expectation, and the courage to challenge both. As their paths move ever closer, Jane and Tyson both discover their own self-reliance and their ability to overcome obstacles that seemed insurmountable.
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Awards
High Plains Book Award FinalistShort-listed
CCBC Spring Best Books for Kids & TeensCommended
2023-2024 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award NomineeNominated
CBC Books "35 Canadian middle-grade books to watch for in fall 2021" selectionShort-listed
Indiana Young Hoosier Award Consideration ListNominated
Rocky Mountain Book AwardShort-listed
Manitoba Book Awards McNally Robinson Book for Young People (Older Category) ShortlistShort-listed
IODE Violet Downey Book AwardShort-listed
Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award FinalistShort-listed
2023/24 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award NomineeNominated
Diamond Willow FinalistShort-listed
OLA Forest of Reading Silver Birch Fiction AwardWinner
CBC Books “the best Canadian middle-grade and YA books of 2021” selectionShort-listed
CTV Morning "10 Kids Books for Back to School" selectionShort-listed
49th Shelf "Books for Back to School" selectionShort-listed