Overboard

A Young Adult Novel Published by Cricket Books

Awards and starred reviews for Overboard:

-- Named a 2003 Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association (one of only eleven books selected unanimously by the committee that year).

-- Received the 2002-2003 honor award for children’s fiction from the Society of Midland Authors.

-- Nominated for five readers’ choice awards:

1) The Great Stone Face Award, 2003-2004, New Hampshire

2) The Tayshas Award, 2003-2004, Texas

3) The Rebecca Caudill Award, 2005, Illinois

4) The Beehive Award, 2005-2006, Utah

5) The Sunshine State Young Readers Award, 2006-2007, Florida

-- Received a starred review from Kliatt, a bimonthly review magazine of young adult literature.

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  Overboard cover illustration copyright © Sally Fama Cochrane, 2002. 

  Cover design by Cricket Books.

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