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Reading Lists State Award Master Lists and Winners (2004-2007) Here is what the children and young adults across more than 45 states have been reading! The following Random House Children's Books titles have been named to various State Award Nomination and Master Lists, and are being widely read across the country. Those designated as Winners were chosen by the children of that particular state as the favorite book of state's children. Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award Young Readers Award) 2009 Nominees Clay, David Almond (Teen) Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury (Tween) Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop (Intermediate) 2008 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Intermediate) The Misadventures of Maude March, Audrey Couloumbis (Teen) Last Shot, John Feinstein (Tween) Willow Run, Patricia Reilly Giff (Intermediate) Girl, 15, Charming but Insane, Sue Limb (Teen) Aliens Are Coming!, Meghan McCarthy (Nonfiction) WINNER! Vampire High, Douglas Rees (Tween) The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon (Teen) 2007 Nominees Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Teen) Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs (Intermediate) 2006 Nominees Runt, Marion Dane Bauer (Intermediate) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Teen) WINNER! The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashjian (Teen) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Teen) 2005 Nominees The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Teen) The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi (Picture Book) Pure Dead Magic, Debi Gliori (Intermediate) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Teen) The Kite Fighters, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) The White Fox Chronicles, Gary Paulsen (Teen) 2004 Nominees Matilda Bone, Karen Cushman (Intermediate) Following Fake Man, Barbara Ware Holmes (Intermediate) Nothing Wrong With a Three Legged Dog, Graham McNamee (Intermediate) I Was a Rat, Philip Pullman (Intermediate)
Arizona Young Adult Author Award 2007 What the Moon Saw, Laura Resau WINNER!
Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award 2007-2008 Master List Willow Run, Patricia Reilly Giff Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park The Search for Belle Prater, Ruth White 2006-2007 Master List Messenger, Lois Lowry 2005-2006 Master List For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Rodzina, Karen Cushman The
City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; illustrated by Judy Pederson The Silent Boy, Lois Lowry 2004-2005 Master List Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2003-2004 Master List The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi Desser The Best Ever Cat, Maggie Smith
California Young Reader Medal 2007 Master List Traction Man Is Here!, Mini Grey (Primary) The Giant Hug, Sandra Horning; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev (Primary) Vampire High, Douglas Rees (Young Adult) 2006
Master List Following Fake Man, Barbara Holmes (Intermediate) 2004 Master List The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi (Primary) Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher (Young Adult) Ties That Bind, Ties that Break, Lensey Namioka (Young Adult) WINNER! Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Middle School/Junior High) WINNER!
Colorado Children’s Book Award 2008 Nominees Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!, Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus Small Steps, Louis Sachar 2007 Nominees The Prophet of Yonwood, Jeanne Duprau Flush, Carl Hiaasen 2006 Nominees The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau Summer of the Sea Serpent, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown 2005
Nominees 2004 Nominees Junie B., First Grader (At Last!), Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus
Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award 2009Nominees Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares The People of Sparks, Jeanne Duprau Flush, Carl Hiaasen Terrier, Tamora Pierce The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2008 Nominee The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau 2007 Nominees Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares Rebel Angels, Libba Bray Nightmare, Joan Lowery Nixon Eldest, Christopher Paolini WINNER! Trickster's Queen, Tamora Pierce 2006 Nominees The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen 2005
Nominees A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray The
City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau 2004 Nominees The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares The Seer and the Sword, Victoria Hanley Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman
Connecticut Nutmeg Children’s Book Award 2009 Master List Eager, Helen Fox (Grades 4-6) 2008 Master List A Bear Named Trouble, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 4-6) Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis (Grades 7-8) Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan (Grades 7-8) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Grades 4-6) Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs (Grades 4-6) 2007 Master List Macaroni Boy, Katherine Ayres For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; illustrated by Judy Pederson Half and Half, Lensey Namioka Vampire High, Douglas Rees Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli 2006
Master List The
City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau WINNER!
Trouble
Don’t Last, Shelley Pearsall 2004 Master List The Hermit Thrush Sings, Susan Butler Following Fake Man, Barbara Ware Holmes The Kite Fighters, Linda Sue Park
Florida Sunshine State Young Reader's Award 2008-2009 Master List The Blue Ghost, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 3-5) Out of Patience, Brian Meehl (Grades 6-8) 2007-2008 Master List Whittington,
Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Grades 3-5) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 6-8) A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 3-5) House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury (Grades 6-8) The President's Daughter, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 3-5) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Grades 3-5) 2006-2007 Master List Runt, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 3-5) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-8) Made You Look, Diane Roberts (Grades 3-5) Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 3-5) 2005-2006 Master List How Tia Lola Came to Stay, Julia Alvarez (Grades 3-5) Halfway to the Sky, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Grades 6-8) Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry, Lois Lowry (Grades 3-5) When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park (Grades 6-8) The Unseen, Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Grades 6-8) 2004-2005 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (Grades 3-5, 6-8) The Elevator Family, Douglas Evans (Grades 3-5) Trouble Don't Last, Shelley Pearsall (Grades 6-8) Be First In the Universe, Stephanie Spinner and Terry Bisson (Grades 3-5) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 6-8) The Gadget, Paul Zindel (Grades 6-8)
2007-2008 Nominees Macaroni Boy, Katherine Ayres (Grades K-3) The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, Audrey Couloumbis (Grades K-4) The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau (Grades 4-8) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 4-8) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Grades K-4) 2005-2006 Nominees Runt, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 4-8) WINNER!2004-2005 Nominees Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Grades 4-8) WINNER! The Ransom of Mercy Carter, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 4-8) An Ocean Apart, A World Away, Lensey Namioka (Grades 4-8) New York's Bravest, Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Grades K-3) Trouble Don't Last, Shelley Pearsall (Grades 4-8)
Georgia
Peach Book Award for Teen Readers The Realm of Possibility, David Levithan 2007-2008 Master List The Boyfriend List, E. Lockhart Harmless, Dana Reinhardt The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2006-2007 Master List Tending to Grace, Kimberly Newton Fusco Acceleration, Graham McNamee WINNER! The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon 2005-2006 Master List How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen 2004-2005 Master List Left for Dead , Peter Nelson The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashjian
Hawaii Nene Award 2008 Nominees Looking For Bapu, Anjali Banerjee Running with the Reservoir Pups, Colin Bateman The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Toad Rage, Morris Gleitzman Two Hot Dogs with Everything, Paul Haven; illustrated by Tim Jessell The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Tiger, Jeff Stone 2007 Nominees Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Toad Rage, Morris Gleitzman Flush, Carl Hiaasen The Scarecrow and His Servant, Philip Pullman; illustrated by Peter Bailey Tiger, Jeff Stone 2006 Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs Earthborn, Sylvia Waugh 2005 Nominees Pure Dead Magic, Debbie Gliori Hoot, Carl Hiaasen A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park Donuthead, Sue Stauffacher 2004 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Remote Man, Elizabeth Honey Earthborn, Sylvia Waugh
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award 2009 Master List Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, Lesley M. M. Blume Penny from Heaven, Jennifer L. Holm Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Gossamer, Lois Lowry Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park 2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, Audrey Couloumbis Crooked River, Shelley Pearsall 2007 Master List Last Shot, John Feinstein Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan 2006 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park Tadpole, Ruth White 2005 Master List Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch Runt, Marion Dane Bauer Overboard, Elizabeth Fama Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot, Carl Hiaasen WINNER! When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park Trouble Don't Last, Shelley Pearsall 2004 Master List Storm Warriors, Elisa Carbone The Legend of Lady Ilena, Patricia Malone Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen
Indiana Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2007-2008 Nominees Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak 2006-2007 Nominees Acceleration, Graham McNamee 2005-2006
Nominees 2004-2005 Nominees The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award 2009 Nominees Outbreak! Plagues That Changed History by Bryn Barnard (Middle Grades) The Bravest of the Brave by Shutta Crum; illustrated by Tim Bowers (Picture Book) Water Street, Patricia Reilly Giff (Intermediate) Penny from Heaven, Jennifer L. Holm (Middle Grades) Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 by Deborah Hopkinson (Intermediate) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Middle Grades) Aliens Are Coming!, Meghan McCarthy (Picture Book) The Legend of Bass Reeves, Gary Paulsen (Middle Grades) The Boy Who Loved Words, by Roni Schotter; illustrated by Giselle Potter (Picture Book) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Middle Grades) 2008 Nominees For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Middle Grades) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Middle Grades) A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff (Middle Grades) Willow Run, Patricia Reilly Giff (Intermediate) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Middle Grades) Messenger, Lois Lowry (Middle Grades) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) 2007 Nominees The Boy on Fairfield Street, Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher (Intermediate) Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt (Middle Grades) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Picture Book) Chig and the Second Spread, Gwenyth Swain (Intermediate) Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger, Wendelin Van Draanen (Intermediate) 2006
Nominees Left for Dead, Pete Nelson Trout
and Me, Susan Shreve 2005 Nominees Following Fake Man, Barbara Holmes The Victory Garden, Lee Kochenderfer Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Lord of the Deep, Graham Salisbury A Piece of Heaven, Sharon Wyeth 2004 Nominees In the Forests of the Night. Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares WINNER! Burning Up, Caroline B. Cooney All the Way Home, Patricia Reilly Giff Guts, Gary Paulsen Locked Inside, Nancy Werlin
Iowa Children’s Choice Award 2006-2007 Master List Lucy Rose, Here's the Thing About Me, Katy Kelly; illustrated by Adam Rex 2005-2006
Master List 2004-2005 Master List Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff The Promise, Jackie Kolker
Iowa Teen Book Award 2007-2008 Master List The People of Sparks, Jeanne Duprau Flush, Carl Hiaasen Eragon, Christopher Paolini Small Steps, Louis Sachar Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli 2006-2007 Master List Last Shot, John Feinstein 2005-2006
Master List 2004 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares WINNER!
Iowa High School Book Award 2007-2008 Master List Falcondance, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Snakecharm, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares Eldest, Christopher Paolini One Night, Margaret Wild 2006-2007 Master List Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray WINNER! 2005-2006
Master List
Kansas—William Allen White Award Children’s Book Award 2009 Master List Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Grades 3-5) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Grades 6-8) Gossamer, Lois Lowry (Grades 6-8) The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer (Grades 6-8) Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop (Grades 6-8) 2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grades 3-5) The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, Audrey Couloumbis (Grades 6-8) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Grades 6-8) 2007 Master List The President's Daughter, Kimberly Brubaker (Grades 3-5) A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 3-5) 2006
Master List
Gifts
from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; illustrated by Judy
Pedersen (Grades 3-5) Donuthead,
Sue Stauffacher (Grades 3-5) WINNER! 2005 Master List Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (6-8) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 6-8) The Victory Garden, Lee Kochenderfer (Grades 6-8) 2004 Master List All the Way Home, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 3-5) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (Grades 6-8)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2008 Master List Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Grades 9-12) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Graded 9-12) Water Street, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 3-5) Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by James Ransome (Grades K-2) Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Grades 3-5) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Grades 6-8) Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly-Pie, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Edward Koren (Grades K-2) A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Tanya Lee Stone (Grades 9-12) Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp (Grades 9-12) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 6-8) Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop (Grades 3-5) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Grades 9-12) 2007 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grades 3-5) Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Christopher Paul Curtis (Grades 3-5) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-8) Bras & Broomsticks, Sarah Mlynowski (Grades 6-8) Small Steps, Louis Sachar (Grades 6-8) Eyes
of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury (Grades 9-12) Family Reunion, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 6-8) Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis (Grades 6-8) The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau (Grades 3-5) Last Shot, John Feinstein (Grades 9-12) Lucy Rose, Here's the Thing About Me, Katy Kelly; illustrated by Adam Rex (Grades 3-5) Saving Francesca, Melina Marchetta (Grades 9-12) Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day, Gary Paulsen (Grades 6-8) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Grades K-2) Donuthead, Sue Stauffacher (Grades 3-5) I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak (Grades 9-12) 2005 Master List First To Fly, Peter Busby; illustrated by David Craig (Grades 3-5) The Silent Boy, Lois Lowry (Grades 6-8) Acceleration, Graham McNamee (Grades 9-12) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Grades 6-8) Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen (Grades 6-8) Made You Look, Diane Roberts (Grades 3-5) 2004 Master List First To Fly, Peter Busby; illustrated by David Craig (Grades 3-5) Rodzina, Karen Cushman (Grades 3-5) Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher (Grades 6-8) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 6-8) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-8) Acceleration, Graham McNamee (Grades 9-12) Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen (Grades 6-8) How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen (Grades 6-8) Made You Look, Diane Roberts (Grades 3-5) Lucy the Giant, Sherri L. Smith (Grades 6-8) Swear to Howdy, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 6-8) Earthborn, Sylvia Waugh (Grades 3-5) One Hot Second, Cathy Young (Grades 9-12)
Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award 2009 Master List The Legend of Bass Reeves, Gary Paulsen Sparrow, Sherri L. Smith Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen 2008 Master List A
Bear Named Trouble, Marion Dane Bauer
Flush, Carl Hiaasen Lucy Rose: Big on Plans, Katy Kelly; illustrated by Adam Rex 2007 Master List The Champ, Tonya Bolden; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs 2006 Master List Rodzina, Karen Cushman The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau Vampire High, Douglas Rees
Maine Chickadee Award 2008-2009 Nominees Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes My Dog is As Smelly As Dirty Socks, Hanoch Piven 2007-2008 Nominees Duck and Goose, Tad Hills Honor Book! Aliens Are Coming!, Meghan McCarthy (Grades 3-6) WINNER! Small Beauties, Elvira Woodruff; illustrated by Adam Rex
Maine Lupine Award 2007 Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes WINNER!
Maine Student Book Award 2007-2008 Master List Two Hot Dogs with Everything, Paul Haven; illustrated by Tim Jessell Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Gossamer, Lois Lowry |
