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Morning Calm Medal
The Morning Calm Medal is a book award that's voted on annually by international school students in Korea.
Students can vote in 3 categories: Elementary Chapter Books, Middle School Books, and High School Books
To participate in choosing the next Morning Calm Medal winners:
Vote for your favorite book by April 15, 2019!
Students can vote in 3 categories: Elementary Chapter Books, Middle School Books, and High School Books
To participate in choosing the next Morning Calm Medal winners:
- Choose a category.
- Read the books (4 out of 5 elementary chapter books, 3 out of 5 middle school books, or any high school book).
- Vote!
Vote for your favorite book by April 15, 2019!
Morning Calm Medal Nominees 2018-19 - Elementary Chapter Books
(AR level: 5.0, AR points: 10.0, Lexile: 750)
Emotionally troubled by his obsessive-compulsive disorder, teenager Matthew passes the day observing his neighbors from his window. When a toddler staying next door disappears, Matt is the ke...
(No AR, Lexile: 630)
Eleven-year-old Mattie Marvelwood comes from a family of traveling performers. Her dad is an illusionist; her mom is a fortune-teller; her brother has a vanishing act; and she herself is a mind-reader. But the Marvel...
(AR level: 5.9, AR points: 12.0, Lexile: 880)
Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse Hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery. - Summar...
(AR level: 5.9, AR points: 12.0, Lexile: 880)
Elizabeth, eleven, spends Christmas break at Winterhouse Hotel under strange circumstances, where she discovers that she has magic, and her love of puzzles helps her solve a mystery. - Summar...
(No AR, Lexile: 510)
Giraffe is bored, as usual. He'd love a friend to share things with. So he writes a letter and sends it as far as possible across the other side of the horizon. There he finds a pen pal, Penguin. - Summary from Goodr...
Morning Calm Medal Nominees 2018-19 - Middle School Books
(AR level: 4.7, AR points: 12.0, Lexile: 630)
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon. - Summary from AR ...
(AR level: 5.9, AR points: 12.0, Lexile: 880)
This book is the memoir of a North Korean boy named Sungju, who is forced at age twelve to live on the streets and fend for himself. The coauthor is Susan McClelland. - Summary from AR Bookfi...
(AR level: 4.6, AR points: 6.0, Lexile: 730)
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle-school track team, but his past is slowing him down. - Summary from AR Bookfinder
(AR level: 5.1, AR points: 13.0, Lexile: 800)
Twelve-year-old Mia is on a five-day tour of North Korea with her older brother, Simon, and their father, Mark, a food aide worker, but she is scared because her father keeps sneaking off at ...
(AR level: 5.9, AR points: 14.0, Lexile: 920)
When 15-year-old Wull's father is possessed by a dark spirit, Wull must care for him and take on his family's mantle of Riverkeep, tending the dangerous Danék River. - Summary from AR Bookfinder
Morning Calm Medal Nominees 2018-19 - High School Books
(AR level: 4.8, AR points: 16.0, Lexile: 740)
Every 12 years, the people of Canaan lose their memories and must reconstitute their identities and relationships from books recording their personal histories. With her memory secretly intac...
(No AR, Lexile: 1070)
A young adult biography of Frankenstein's profound young author, Mary Shelley, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of its publication, told through free verse and 300+ full-bleed illustrations. - Summary from Good...
(AR level: 6.5, AR points: 25.0, Lexile: 860)
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they are symbols of hope and co...
(AR level: 5.6, AR points: 16.0, Lexile: 810)
When coder Emika hacks into the opening tournament of the championships, she glitches herself into the game and a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire. - Summa...
(AR level: 4.9, AR points: 9.0, Lexile: HL720)
Told in alternating voices across three generations, this book explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture, for better or worse. - Summary from AR Bookfinder
