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Warcross by Marie Lu

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Hooper by Geoff Herbach

The Ethan I was Before by Ali Standish

Wonder Woman: Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo

2019-2020 Golden Sowers

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1. Warcross

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For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game--it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down Warcross players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty-hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. To make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships--only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation.Convinced she's going to be arrested, Emika is shocked when instead she gets a call from the game's creator, the elusive young billionaire Hideo Tanaka, with an irresistible offer. He needs a spy on the inside of this year's tournament in order to uncover a security problem . . . and he wants Emika for the job. With no time to lose, Emika's whisked off to Tokyo and thrust into a world of fame and fortune that she's only dreamed of. But soon her investigation uncovers a sinister plot, with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.

2. Refugee

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JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe . . .All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end.This action-packed novel tackles topics both timely and timeless: courage, survival, and the quest for home.

3. Hooper

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For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it just confirms that basketball is his ticket to the good life: to new friendships, to the girl of his dreams, to a better future.But life is more complicated off the court. When an incident with the police threatens to break apart the bonds Adam's finally formed after a lifetime of struggle, he must make an impossible choice between his new family and the sport that's given him everything.

4. The Ethan I Was Before

Ethan had been many things. He was always ready for adventure and always willing to accept a dare, especially from his best friend, Kacey. But that was before. Before the accident that took Kacey from him. Before his family moved from Boston to the small town of Palm Knot, Georgia.Palm Knot may be tiny, but it's the home of possibility and second chances. It's also home to Coralee, a girl with a big personality and even bigger stories. Coralee may be just the friend Ethan needs, except Ethan isn't the only one with secrets. Coralee's are catching up with her, and what she's hiding might be putting both their lives at risk.

5. Wonder Woman: Warbringer

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Desperate to prove herself to her Amazon warrior sisters, Princess Diana sees an opportunity at last to do so, but throws it all away when she rescues a mortal girl lost at sea—a breach of Amazonian law. Worse, Alia Keralis turns out to be a Warbringer, a direct descendant of Helen of Troy, whose appearance always accompanies an age of bloodshed and misery. Diana is unwilling to let Alia's fate take hold, so together the two girls face human and divine enemies determined to use Alia for their own purposes.

Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter

The Traitor's Game by Jennifer Nielsen

Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

Restart by Gordon Korman

2019-2020 Golden Sower Nominees

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1. Not if I Save You First

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Maddie thought she and Logan would be friends forever. But when your dad is a Secret Service agent and your best friend is the president's son, sometimes life has other plans. Before she knows it, Maddie's dad is dragging her to a cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. No phone. No Internet. And not a single word from Logan. Maddie tells herself it's okay. After all, she's the most popular girl for twenty miles in any direction. (She’s also the only girl for twenty miles in any direction.) She has wood to cut and weapons to bedazzle. Her life is full. Until Logan shows up six years later . . . And Maddie wants to kill him. But before that can happen, an assailant appears out of nowhere, knocking Maddie off a cliff and dragging Logan to some unknown fate. Maddie knows she could turn back- and get help. But the weather is turning and the terrain will only get more treacherous, the animals more deadly. Maddie still really wants to kill Logan. But she has to save him first.

2. The Traitor's Game

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In the kingdom of Antora, sixteen-year-old Kestra Dallisor is returning from exile and traveling home to meet her father, chief counsel to the evil ruler Lord Endrick. A group of rebels kidnap Kestra and plan to force her to retrieve the lost Olden Blade, the only object that can destroy Lord Endrick. Kestra fights back by any means necessary, giving one of her kidnappers, Simon, all he can handle. However, as long-buried secrets come to light, Kestra questions everything she's been told about her family and her kingdom.

3. Wild Bird

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Fourteen-year-old Wren Clemmens is a girl who has hit rock bottom. Desperate to turn her life around, her parents send her to a wilderness survival camp for 8 weeks. Wren's bitterness and anger do nothing to help her when she first arrives in the desert. Survival means accepting the consequences of her actions and admitting that she is responsible for her current situation.

4. The Truth as told by Mason Buttle

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Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade and can barely read or write. Fifteen months ago, Mason's best friend, Benny, was found dead in the Buttle family orchard and as the investigation drags on, Mason can't understand why the police won't believe his story about what happened. When Mason and his new friend Calvin make an underground club space in order to escape the neighborhood bullies, Mason finds himself in even more trouble and becomes desperate to figure out what happened to Calvin and Benny.

5. Restart

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After falling off a roof, eighth-grader Chase Ambrose suffers from amnesia, leaving him with no memory of his past. When he returns to school, he begins to realize he was not just a bully—he was the biggest bully in his school. Now he hopes to shake his old reputation and rebuild a new one, but reinventing yourself is tough when you've given everyone good reason to be afraid of you.