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Reading Lists State Award Master Lists and Winners (2004-2009) 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.
Alabama Emphasis on Reading 2008-2009 Master List 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore, Jenny Offill; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter (Grades K-1) 2007-2008 Master List Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 7-8) Gemini Summer, Iain Lawrence (Grades 7-8) Archer's Quest, Linda Sue Park (Grades 4-6) Mama, I'll Give You the World, Roni Schotter; illustrated by Susan Saelig Gallagher (Grades K-1)
Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award (formerly the Arizona Young Readers Award Young Readers Award) 2010 Nominees Taken,
Edward Bloor (Tween) 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 Lawn
Boy, Gary Paulsen 2008-2009 Master List Water Street, Patricia Reilly Giff Penny from Heaven, Jennifer L. Holm Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 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 2008-2009 Master List Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by James Ransome 2003-2004 Master List The Name Jar, Yangsook Choi Desser The Best Ever Cat, Maggie Smith
California Young Reader
Medal Velma
Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated
by Kevin Hawkes (Primary) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Middle School/Junior High) 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 2009 Nominees Gossamer, Lois Lowry 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 2009 Nominees 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 Nominees 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
Delaware Diamonds 2008-2009 Master List Cuba 15, Nancy Osa (Middle School) Dragon of the Red Dawn, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca (K-2) 2007-2008 Master List Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky (Grades 3-5) WINNER! 2005-2006 Master List Shredderman: Attack of the Tagger, Wendelin Van Draanen (Intermediate) WINNER!
Florida
Sunshine
State
Young Reader's Award The
Middle of Somewhere, J. B. Cheaney (Grades 3-5) The
Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, Candace
Fleming (Grades 3-5) Night
of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Grades 3-5) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 6-8) 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)
Leepike Ridge, N. D. Wilson (Grades 4-8) 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) WINNER! 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 The
City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Peggy Gifford Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury The Five Ancestors: Tiger, Jeff Stone Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 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 Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award 2009 Master List Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
Illinois Rebecca
Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award First Light, Rebecca Stead 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 Red Glass, Laura Resau 2008-2009 Nominees The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 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
Brendan
Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, Sundee T. Frazier
(Intermediate) Diamonds in the Shadow, Caroline B. Cooney (Middle Grades) 2010 Nominees Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Picture Book) Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 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 2008-2009 Master List Pieces of Georgia, Jen Bryant Penny from Heaven, Jennifer L. Holm Archer's Quest, Linda Sue Park Tiger, Jeff Stone 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 WINNER! 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 2008-2009 Master List Rebel Angels, Libba Bray Snakecharm, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes 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 Notable Books 2008 Master List The Middle of Somewhere, J.B. Cheaney WINNER! Kansas William Allen White Award Children’s Book Award 2009-2010 Master List The Rising Star of Rusty Nail, Lesley M. M. Blume (Grades 3-5) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Grades 6-8) Leepike Ridge, N.D. Wilson (Grades 6-8) 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
Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff (grades 3-5) Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Peggy Gifford (Grades 3-5) Scat, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-8) 2009 Master List Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One, Judy Blume; illustrated by James Stevenson (Grades 3-5) Diamonds in the Shadow, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 6-8) Before I Die, Jenny Downham (Grades 9-12) How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, Margaret McNamara; illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Grades K-2) Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen (Grades 6-8) Red Glass, Laura Resau (Grades 9-12) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Grades 6-8) The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (Grades 6-8) Mind
Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra; illustrated by J.
Otto Seibold (Grades K-2) 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 2008 2007 Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes WINNER!
Maine Student Book Award 2009-2010 Master List The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, Jeanne Birdsall Eleven, Patricia Reilly Giff Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress, Maria Padian Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, Janet Schulman; illustrated by Meilo So 2008-2009 Master List Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen Red Glass, Laura Resau The Alchemyst by Michael Scott 2007-2008 Master List Two Hot Dogs with Everything, Paul Haven; illustrated by Tim Jessell Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Gossamer, Lois Lowry What the Moon Saw, Laura Resau 2006-2007 Master List Tiger, Tiger, Lynne Reid Banks Running with the Reservoir Pups, Colin Bateman The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Third Place WINNER! Flush, Carl Hiaasen Second Place WINNER! Crooked River, Shelley Pearsall 2005-2006
Master List 2004-2005 Master List For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Tadpole, Ruth White
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Children’s Book Awards 2009-2010 Master List A
Thousand Never Evers, Shana Burg (Grades 6-9) Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, Sundee Frazier (Grades 4-6) The Last Exit to Normal, Michael Harmon (High School) Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by John Hendrix (Picture Book) 2008-2009 Master List Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Picture Book) Skate, Michael Harmon (High School) Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan (High School) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Grades 6-9) The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer (Grades 6-9) Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra; illustrated by J. Otto Seibold (Picture Book) Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp (High School) Small Beauties, Elvira Woodruff; illustrated by Adam Rex (Picture Book) 2007-2008 Master List Gossamer, Lois Lowry (Grades 6-9) Crooked River, Shelley Pearsall (Grades 6-9) 2006-2007 Master List Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Grades 9-12) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Grades 6-9) Last
Shot, John Feinstein (Grades 6-9) Hurry and the Monarch, Antoine O Flatharta; illustrated by Meilo So (Picture Book) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Grades 6-9) Monsoon Summer, Mitali Perkins (Grades 9-12) Pool Boy, Michael Simmons (Grades 9-12) 2005-2006 Master List The Trial, Jennifer Bryant (Grades 4-6) The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau (Grades 6-9) WINNER! Vampire High, Douglas Rees (Grades 6-9) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Picture Book) Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs (Grades 4-6) 2004-2005 Master List Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Grades 9-12) Runt, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 4-6) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 4-6, 6-9) Dr. Franklin's Island, Ann Halam (Grades 9-12) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-9) When My Name was Keoko, Linda Sue Park (Grades 9-12)
Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers Award 2007 Pirate Mom, Deborah Underwood; illustrated by Stephen Gilpin (Transitional Fiction) Honor Book! 2006 Fred and Ted Go Camping, Peter Anthony Eastman (Easy Fiction) Honor Book!
Massachusetts Center for the Book, Award for Children’s / Young Adult Literature 2008 Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop Honor Book!
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award 2007-2008 Master List Shark Life, Peter Benchley; adapted by Karen Wojtyla The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall The People of Sparks, Jeanne Duprau Last Shot, John Feinstein Eager, Helen Fox Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park 2006-2007 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs 2005-2006 Master List All the Way Home, Patricia Reilly Giff Half and Half, Lensey Namioka Trouble Don't Last, by Shelley Pearsall 2004-2005 Master List Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry
Michigan Library Association Mitten Award 2005 Finalists Punk Farm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka Harry Sue, Sue Stauffacher
Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award 2007 Honor The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2005 Honor Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt 2003 Honor Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch 2001 Honor Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
Michigan
Reading Association Great Lakes Book Award 2008-2009 Nominees A Picture for Marc, Eric Kimmel; illustrated by Matthew Trueman (Grades 2-3) A Dog for Life, L.S. Matthews (Grades 4-5) What They Found, Walter Dean Myers (Grades 9-12) Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen (Grades 4-5) What the Moon Saw, Laura Resau (Grades 6-8) 2007-2008 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grades 4-5) WINNER! Traction Man Is Here!, Mini Grey (Grades 2-3) WINNER! Fish, L.S. Matthews (Grades 6-8) The Scarecrow and His Servant, Philip Pullman; illustrated by Peter Bailey (Grades 4-5) Honor Book! 2006-2007 Nominees The Shadows of Ghadames, Joélle Stolz Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis 2005-2006 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Keeper of the Night, Kimberly Willis Holt The Dark Horse, Marcus Sedgwick Honor Book! Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli Honor Book!
Minnesota Maud Hart
Lovelace Award 2009 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grade 3-5) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 3-5, 6-8) Gossamer, Lois Lowry (Grades 6-8) Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan (Grades 6-8) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Grade 3-5) Monsoon Summer, Mitali Perkins (Grades 6-8) 2008 Nominees A
Bear Named Trouble, Marion Dane Bauer (Grades 3-5) Blackwater Ben, William Durbin (Grades 3-5, 6-8) The Last Dog on Earth, Daniel Ehrenhaft (Grades 6-8) Last
Shot, John Feinstein (Grades 3-5, 6-8) Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs (Grades 3-5) 2nd Place Winner! 2007 Nominees Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Donuthead, Sue Stauffacher 2006 Nominees Runt, Marion Dane Bauer WINNER! The City of Ember, Jeanne Duprau Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot, Carl Hiaasen WINNER! Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry 2005 Nominees Ties that Bind, Ties that Break, Lensey Namioka Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen 2004 Nominees Kissing Doorknobs, Terry Spencer Hesser Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli
Missouri Gateway Readers Award (Grades 9-12) 2008-2009 Nominees Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Terrier, Tamora Pierce A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Dana Reinhardt 2007-2008 Nominees Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney 2006-2007 Nominees Devil on My Heels, Joyce McDonald The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon 2005-2006
Nominees Deep, Susanna Vance 2004-2005 Nominees Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch 2004 WINNER! The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares
Missouri
Mark Twain Reading Award (Grades
4-8) 2008-2009 Nominees Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, Lesley M. M. Blume Archer's Quest, Linda Sue Park Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 2007-2008 Nominees Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park The Search for Belle Prater, Ruth White 2005-2006
Master List The
City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! Maggie’s
Door, Patricia Reilly Giff 2004-2005 Master List Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Hoot, Carl Hiaasen The Victory Garden, Lee Kochenderfer When My Name was Keoko, Linda Sue Park Trouble Don't Last, Shelley Pearsall
Missouri Show Me Reader Award (Grades 1-3) 2004-2005 Nominees New York’s Bravest, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Missouri Truman Reading Award (Grades 6-8) 2008-2009 Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen
Nebraska Golden Sower Award 2010-2011 Master List Abe
Lincoln Crosses a Creek, by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated
by John Hendrix (K-3) A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg (Young Adult) 2009-2010 Master List Mama,
I'll Give You the World, Roni Schotter; illustrated by Susan
Saelig Gallagher (K-3) 2008-2009 Master List Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler (4-6) A Friend at Midnight, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (K-3) The Legend of Bass Reeves, Gary Paulsen (Young Adult) 2007-2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (4-6) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Young Adult) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (4-6) 2006-2007 Master List Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs 2005-2006 Master List Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes Runt, Marion Dane Bauer The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau 2004-2005 Master List Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch Storm Warriors, Elisa Carbone Pictures
of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Clarence the Copycat, Patricia Larken
Nevada Young Readers Award 2009 Nominees Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Peggy Gifford; photographed by Valorie Fisher (Young Reader) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Young Reader) The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (Young Adult) 2008 Nominees The President's Daughter, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Young Reader) Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Intermediate) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (Picture Book) 2007 Nominees A Bear Named Trouble, Marion Dane Bauer Taylor Five, Ann Halam Monsoon Summer, Mitali Perkins 2006 Nominees Creatch Battler, Mark Crilley The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown 2005
Nominees Runt, Marion Dane Bauer Clarence
the Copycat, Patricia
Larkin 2004 Nominees Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Baghead, Jarrett J. Krosoczka Daughter of Venice, Donna Jo Napoli WINNER! Trouble Don’t Last, Shelley Pearsall Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen WINNER!
New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award 2008-2009 Master List Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer Leepike Ridge, N.D. Wilson 2007-2008 Master List Two Hot Dogs with Everything, Paul Haven; illustrated by Tim Jessell Gossamer, Lois Lowry Far-Flung Adventures: Fergus Crane, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell 2006-2007 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff Crooked River, Shelley Pearsall Tiger, Jeff Stone 2005-2006 Master List Beyond the Deepwood, Edge Chronicles Book 1, Paul Stewart; illustrated by Chris Riddell Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs 2004-2005 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! Blackwater Ben, Wililam Durbin Varjak Paw, S.F. Said Swear to Howdy, Wendelin Van Draanen 2003-2004 Master List Hoot, Carl Hiaasen The Ghosts of Rathburn Park, Zilpha Keatley Snyder The Autobiography of Meatball Finkelstein, Ross Venokur Earthborn, Sylvia Waugh
New Jersey Garden State Book Award 2008 Nominees The Blue Ghost, Marion Dane Bauer (Fiction) The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Fiction) Fred and Ted Go Camping, Peter Anthony Eastman (Easy Reader) Willow Run, Patricia Reilly Giff (Fiction) Babe Ruth Saves Baseball!, Frank Murphy; illustrated by Richard Walz (Easy Reader) The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli (Fiction) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Fiction) The Search for Belle Prater, Ruth White (Fiction) 2007 Nominees The Champ by Tonya Bolden; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs 2006 Nominees Rodzina, Karen Cushman The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Boys in Control, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen Made You Look, Diane Roberts Nate the Great on the Owl Express, Marjorie Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat; illustrated by Martha Weston 2005 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Junebug in Trouble, Alice Mead 2004 Nominees Nate the Grate: San Francisco Detective, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat; illustrated by Martha Weston WINNER!
New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award 2009 Nominees Clay, David Almond Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Terrier, Tamora Pierce King Dork, Frank Portman Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2008 Nominees Ball Don't Lie, Matt de la Peña I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak 2007 Nominees The Fire-Eaters, David Almond Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis Bindi Babes, Narinder Dhami B for Buster, Iain Lawrence The Realm of Possibility, David Levithan How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt 2006 Nominees A Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! Boy Meets Boy, David Levithan Acceleration, Graham McNamee Cuba 15, Nancy Osa How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen Vampire High, Douglas Rees Dust, Arthur Slade Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli 2005
Nominees Dr.
Franklin’s Island, Ann Halam 2004 Nominees The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (9-12) WINNER! The Rag and Bone Shop, Robert Cormier (6-8) Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher (9-12) Lord of the Nutcracker Men, Iain Lawrence (6-8) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (6-8) The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashijan (9-12) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (6-8)
New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award 2008-2009 Master List Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen 2007-2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me, Katy Kelly; illustrated by Adam Rex The Boy on Fairfield Street, Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher The Time Hackers, Gary Paulsen 2006-2007 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day, Gary Paulsen They Called her Molly Pitcher, Anne Rockwell; illustrated by Cynthia von Buhler 2005-2006 Master List Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Young Adult) Pictures
of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Young
Adult) 2004-2005 Master List The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Young Adult) The Last Snake Runner, Kimberly Griffiths Little (Young Adult) High Tide in Hawaii, Mary Pope Osborne (Children’s) Junie B. Jones, First Grader (At Last!), Barbara Park (Children’s) The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashijan (Young Adult) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Young Adult)
New York 3 Apples Book Award 2008 Nominees Eldest, Christopher Paolini (Children's & Teen) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Children's) Holes, Louis Sachar (Teen) The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss (Children’s) Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss (Children’s) WINNER!
New York Charlotte Award 2008 Nominees A Bear Named Trouble, Marion Dane Bauer (Intermediate) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (Young Adult) The Prophet of Yonwood, Jeanne Duprau (Intermediate) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (Primary) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Young Adult) Gemini Summer, Iain Lawrence (Intermediate) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Young Adult) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Young Adult) 2006
Nominees 2004 Nominees Forgotten Fire, Adam Bagdasarian (Young Adult) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Young Adult) The Rag and Bone Shop, Robert Cormier (Young Adult) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Young Adult) Stargirl, Jerry Spinelli (Young Adult) WINNER!
North Carolina Children’s Book Award 2009 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Junior Books) Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen (Junior Books) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Junior Books) 2006 Nominees The Giant Hug, Sandra Horning; illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev The Boy on Fairfield Street, Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown 2005 Nominees Two Old Potatoes and Me, John Coy; illustrated by Carolyn Fisher Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry 2004 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff
North Carolina
NCSLMA YA Book Award 2008-2009 Master List Diamonds in the Shadow, Caroline B. Cooney (Middle School) The Other Half of Me, Emily Franklin (High School)
North
Dakota Flicker Tale Children’s Book Award You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, Jonah Winter;illustrated by Andre Carrilho (Nonfiction) 2007-2008 Master List Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Juvenile Books) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (Picture Books) Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O.Zelinsky (Intermediate Books) WINNER! 2006-2007 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (Juvenile Books) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Picture Books) 2004-2005 Master List Hoot, Carl Hiaasen
Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award 2008 Nominees Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha!, Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Grades K-2) The Prophet of Yonwood, Jeanne Duprau (Grades 6-8) 2007 Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! 2005 Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini 2004 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Junie B., First Grader: Boss of Lunch, Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus High Tide in Hawaii, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Ohio Buckeye Teen Book Award 2007 Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares 3rd Place WINNER! Eldest,
Christopher Paolini WINNER!
2010 Master List The
Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman
P. T. Barnum, Candace Fleming; illustrated by Ray
Fenwick The
Road to Oz Kathleen Krull; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s
Book Award 2009 Master List Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906,Deborah Hopkinson (Children's) Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O.Zelinsky (Children's) The Heights, the Depths, and Everything in Between, Sally Nemeth (Young Adult) The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer (Children's) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Young Adult) WINNER! 2008 Master List Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Children's) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Young Adult) Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan (Young Adult) The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli Crooked River, Shelley Pearsall (Young Adult) The Queen of Second Place, Laura Peyton Roberts (Young Adult) Voyage of Plunder, Michele Torrey (Young Adult) 2007 Master List Finding Miracles, Julia Alvarez (Young Adult) Tending to Grace, Kimberly Newton Fusco (Young Adult) A Heart Divided, Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld (Young Adult) Devil on My Heels, Joyce McDonald (Young Adult) Rob&sara.com, P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman (Young Adult) The Unseen, Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Young Adult) Voyage of Ice, Michele Torrey (Young Adult) Shredderman: Secret Identity, Wendelin Van Draanen; illustrated by Brian Biggs (Children's) 2006
Master List Rodzina,
Karen Cushman (Children's) Donuthead, Sue Stauffacher (Children's) 2005 Master List Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez (Young Adult) Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Young Adult) Rats: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Richard Conniff (Children's) The Goddess of Yesterday, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Children's) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Young Adult) Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry (Children's) When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park (Young Adult) 2004 Master List The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Young Adult) Ransom of Mercy Carter, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Shades of Simon Gray, Joyce McDonald (Young Adult) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (Young Adult) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Young Adult)
Oregon Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award 2005 Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry WINNER!
Oregon Spirit Book Award 2008 The
Good Girl by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann (Young Adult) HONOR! Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go, Dale E. Basye; illustrated by Bob Dob
Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington 2010 Nominees 2009 Nominees The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne WINNER! (Intermediate) Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Senior) Gossamer, Lois Lowry (Junior) Small Steps, Louis Sachar (Intermediate) Endymion Spring, Matthew Skelton (Intermediate) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (Senior) 2008 Nominees Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Intermediate) Shackleton's Stowaway, Victoria McKernan (Senior) Eldest, Christopher Paolini (Intermediate) The Scarecrow and His Servant, Philip Pullman; illustrated by Peter Bailey (Junior) 2007 Nominees Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis (Intermediate) How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff (Senior) 2006
Nominees Acceleration,
Graham McNamee (Senior)
2005 Nominees Runt, Marion Dane Bauer (Junior) Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Junior) 2004 Nominees The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares (Intermediate) WINNER! Whale Talk, Chris Crutcher (Intermediate) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Intermediate)
Pennsylvania Carolyn W. Field Award 2007 Small Beauties, Elvira Woodruff; illustrated by Adam Rex Honor Book!
Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award 2008-2009 Master List The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming 2007-2008 Master List Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building, Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by James Ransome (Primary) The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli (Intermediate) Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly-Pie, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Edward Koren (Primary) 2006-2007 Master List Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) 2004-2005 Master List Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Intermediate) Rodzina, Karen Cushman (Intermediate)
Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2009-2010
Master List The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, Candace Fleming (Grades 3-6) 2008-2009 Master List Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Cowlick!, Christin Ditchfield; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw (Grades K-3) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (Grades K-3) Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson (Young Adult) House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury (Grades 6-8) 2007-2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grades 6-8)
Good
Dog, Maya Gottfried; illustrated by Robert Rahway Zakanitch
(Grades K-3) WINNER!
Vampire High, Douglas Rees (Young Adult) Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury (Young Adult) 2006-2007 Master List Rebel Angels, Libba Bray (Young Adult) Mr. Chickee's Funny Money,Christopher Paul Curtis (Grades 3-6) Flush, Carl Hiaasen (Grades 6-8) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown (Grades K-3) Sammy Keyes and the Psycho Kitty Queen, Wendelin Van Draanen (Grades 6-8) 2005-2006
Master List The
Burn Journals, Brent Runyon (Young Adult) 2004-2005 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (Grades 6-8) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Grades 6-8) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Young Adult) WINNER!
Rhode Island Children’s Book Award 2009 Nominees First Light, Rebecca Stead Leepike Ridge, N.D. Wilson 2008 Nominees Penny from Heaven, Jennifer L. Holm Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O.Zelinsky The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli 2007 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park 2006
Nominees Lucy
Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me, Katy Kelly 2005 Nominees Song of Sampo Lake, William Durbin Donuthead, Sue Stauffacher 2004 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry WINNER!
Rhode Island Teen Book Award 2009 Nominees Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes (All) Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier (All) The Alchemyst by Michael Scott (All) Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen (Middle School) 2008 Nominees A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Dana Reinhardt (All) Endymion Spring, Matthew Skelton (All) The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (High School) 2007 Nominees Monsoon Summer, Mitali Perkins (All) The Burn Journals, Brent Runyon (High School) Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury (All) The Book of Dead Days, Marcus Sedgwick (All) 2006 Nominees Girl, 15, Charming But Insane, Sue Limb (All) Acceleration, Graham McNamee (High School) 2005 Nominees The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (Middle School) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (All) 2004 Nominees Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Middle School) Left For Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis, Pete Nelson (All)
South Carolina Picture Book Award (Grades PreK-2) 2008-2009 Nominees 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore, Jenny Offill; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter Don't Touch My Hat, James Rumford Mama, I'll Give You the World, Roni Schotter; illustrated by Susan Saelig Gallagher 2006-2007 Nominees Baghead, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
South Carolina Children's Book Award (Grades 3-6) 2008-2009 Nominees How to Save Your Tail*, Mary Hanson Gossamer, Lois Lowry Pompeii: Lost & Found, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Bonnie Christensen Archer's Quest, Linda Sue Park 2007-2008 Nominees The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall 2005-2006 Nominees Tadpole, Ruth White Runt, Marion Dane Bauer 2004-2005 Nominees Halfway to the Sky, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
South Carolina Junior Book Award (Grades 6-9) 2008-2009 Nominees The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer 2007-2008 Nominees Last Shot, John Feinstein Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury 2006-2007 Nominees The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Trickster's Choice, Tamora Pierce 2004-2005 Nominees Storm Warriors, Elisa Carbone The Goddess of Yesterday, Caroline B. Cooney Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (Grades 9-12) 2008-2009 Nominees Hit the Road, Caroline B. Cooney 2007-2008 Nominees Code
Orange, Caroline B. Cooney
Rob&Sara.com, P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman 2006-2007 Nominees Tending to Grace, Kimberly Fusco Devil on My Heels, Joyce McDonald Cuba 15, Nancy Osa Contents Under Pressure, Lara M. Zeises WINNER! 2005-2006 Nominees Hawksong, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares An Ocean Apart, a World Away, Lensey Namioka Eragon, Christopher Paolini 2004-2005 Nominees Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch The Gospel According to Larry, Janet Tashjian
Tennessee
Volunteer State Award 2009-2010 Master List Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters, Lesley M. M. Blume (Grades 4-6) The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming (Grades 4-6) The Legend of Zoey, Candie Moonshower (Grades 4-6) Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury (Young Adult) Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp (Young Adult) 2008-2009 Master List Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Grades 4-6) The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Grades 4-6) Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Young Adult) Ball
Don't Lie, Matt de la Peña (Young Adult) King Dork, Frank Portman (Young Adult) What the Moon Saw, Laura Resau (Young Adult) House of the Red Fish, Graham Salisbury (Young Adult) 2007-2008 Master List Tell It to Naomi, Daniel Ehrenhaft (Young Adult) Duck and Goose, Tad Hills (Primary) Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; illustrated by Judy Pedersen (Intermediate) Punk Farm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Primary) Project Mulberry, Linda Sue Park (Intermediate) 2006-2007 Master List A Heart Divided, Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld (Young Adult) The President's Daughter, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Intermediate) Messenger, Lois Lowry (Young Adult) Devil on My Heels, Joyce McDonald (Young Adult) Cuba 15, Nancy Osa (Young Adult) 2005-2006
Master List Halfway
to the Sky, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Intermediate) 2004-2005 Master List Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez (Young Adult) Ashes of Roses, Mary Jane Auch (Young Adult) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Intermediate) Grover G. Graham and Me, Mary Quattlebaum (Intermediate) Island Boyz, Graham Salisbury (Young Adult) Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Young Adult)
Texas Bluebonnet Award 2009-2010
Master List 2008-2009 Master List The Middle of Somewhere, J.B. Cheaney Tall Tales, Karen Day Toys Go Out, Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Lawn Boy, Gary Paulsen 2007-2008 Master List The Blue Ghost, Marion Dane Bauer; illustrated by Suling Wang The Misadventures of Maude March: Or Trouble Rides a Fast Horse, Audrey Couloumbis Pompeii: Lost & Found, Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Bonnie Christensen 2006-2007 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Good Dog, Maya Gottfried; illustrated by Robert Rahway Zakanitch 2005-2006
Master List 2004-2005 Master List The Lord of the Deep, Graham Salisbury
Texas Lone Star Reading List 2008-2009 Master List Pieces of Georgia, Jen Bryant Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds, April Lurie What the Moon Saw, Laura Resau Night of the Howling Dogs, Graham Salisbury The Alchemyst, Michael Scott First Light, Rebecca Stead 2007-2008 Master List Shackleton's
Stowaway, Victoria McKernan Runaway, Wendelin Van Draanen 2006-2007 Master List The Bridesmaid, Hailey Abbott Shark Life, Peter Benchley Code Orange , Caroline B. Cooney Last Shot, John Feinstein Flush, Carl Hiaasen Missing Abby, Lee Weatherly 2005-2006
Master
List 2004-2005 Master List The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau The Last Dog on Earth, Daniel Ehrenhaft Eragon, Christopher Paolini How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen
Texas Tayshas Reading
List 2008-2009 Master List Star-Crossed, Linda Collison Blood Brothers, S. A. Harazin The Decoding of Lana Morris, Laura & Tom McNeal Set In Stone, Linda Newbery Cures for Heartbreak, Margo Rabb Red Glass, Laura Resau Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp 2007-2008 Master List The Killer's Tears, Anne-Laure Bondoux; translated by Y. Maudet Siberia, Ann Halam Becoming Chloe, Catherine Ryan Hyde A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life, Dana Reinhardt A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl, Tanya Lee Stone The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2006-2007 Master List Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares The Convicts, by Iain Lawrence Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury The Book of Dead Days, Marcus Sedgwick 2005-2006
Master
List A
Great and Terrible Beauty, Libba Bray Tending
to Grace, Kimberly Newton Fusco 2004-2005 Master List Acceleration, Graham McNamee Zipped, Laura and Tom McNeal Inside the Alamo, Jim Murphy Left for Dead, Pete Nelson Nightmare, Joan Lowery Nixon Cuba 15, Nancy Osa Eragon, Christopher Paolini Trickster's Choice, Tamora Pierce The Encyclopedia of Preserved People, Natalie Jane Prior Finding Our Way, René Saldaña, Jr. The Dark Horse, Marcus Sedgwick Lucy the Giant, Sherrie Smith Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli To the Edge of the World, Michele Torrey Deep, Susanna Vance
Texas 2X2 Reading List Master List 2007 Duck & Goose, Tad Hills Master List 2006 Punk Farm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Utah
Children’s Book Award (Beehive Award) Evolution,
Me & Other Freaks of Nature, Robin Brande 2008 Nominees Pieces of Georgia, Jen Bryant (Young Adult) Hit the Road, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) The Light of the Oracle, Victoria Hanley (Young Adult) Babymouse #2: Our Hero, Jennifer L. Holm and Matt Holm (Children's Fiction) 2007 Nominees Missing Abby, Lee Weatherly (Young Adult) 2006 Nominees Overboard, Elizabeth Fama (Young Adult) Taylor Five, Ann Halam (Young Adult) The Boy on Fairfield Street, Kathleen Krull and Lou Fancher (Children’s Informational) Wild About Books, Judy Sierra and Marc Brown (Children’s Picture) 2005 Nominees For Freedom, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Young Adult) Rodzina, Karen Cushman (Children’s Fiction), The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau (Children’s Fiction) WINNER! Maggie's Door (Children’s Fiction), Patricia Reilly Giff Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Young Adult) WINNER! How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen (Children’s Informational) WINNER! Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen (Children’s Fiction) 2004 Nominees Charlotte’s Rose, Ann Cannon (Children’s Fiction) Goddess of Yesterday, Caroline B. Cooney (Young Adult) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Children’s Fiction) Lord of the Nutcracker Men, Iain Lawrence (Young Adult) Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry (Children’s Fiction) When My Name was Keoko, Linda Sue Park (Children’s Fiction)
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award 2007-2008 Master List Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Gemini Summer, Iain Lawrence Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 2006-2007 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall Flush, Carl Hiaasen WINNER! The King of Mulberry Street, Donna Jo Napoli Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury 2005-2006 Master List A House of Tailors, Patricia Reilly Giff Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, Gary D. Schmidt 2004-2005 Master List For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley The Daring Nellie Bly: America's Star Reporter, Bonnie Christensen Rodzina, Karen Cushman The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen
Vermont Green Mountain Book Award 2009-2010
Master List 2008-2009 Master List Bucking the Sarge, Christopher Paul Curtis The Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2007-2008 Master List I Am the Messenger, Markus Zusak
Vermont
Red Clover Award Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by John Hendrix Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, Janet Schulman; illustrated by Meilo So 2007-2008 Nominees Mama, I'll Give You the World, Roni Schotter; illustrated by Susan Saelig Gallagher Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly-Pie, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Edward Koren
Virginia Young Readers Program (formerly Virginia Young Readers' Choice) 2008-2009 Master List Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson The Mailbox, Audrey Shafer Light Years, Tammar Stein Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop 2007-2008 Master List The Penderwicks, Jeanne Birdsall (Middle) Duck & Goose, Tad Hills (Primary) The Scarecrow and His Servant, Philip Pullman; illustrated by Peter Bailey (Middle) Acceleration, Graham McNamee (High School) The
Book Thief, Markus Zusak 2006-2007 Master List The Trial, Jennifer Bryant (Middle) Last Shot, John Feinstein (Middle) Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can't Believe, Katy Kelly; illustrated by Adam Rex (Elementary) Trickster's Choice, Tamora Pierce (High School) Vampire High, Douglas Rees (High School) 2005-2006
Master List Grover
G. Graham and Me, Mary Quattlebaum (Middle) Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez (High School) Halfway to the Sky, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Middle) Charlotte's Rose, A.E. Cannon (Middle) Don't Need Friends, Carolyn Crimi (Primary) Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff (Middle)
Washington Children's Choice Award (for Grades K-3) 2008 Nominee Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly, Alan Madison; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award 2009 Nominees Knights of the Hill Country, Tim Tharp 2008 Nominees Code Orange, Caroline B. Cooney 2006 Nominees Acceleration, Graham McNamee Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! 2004 Nominees Shattered Mirror, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares WINNER! Guts, Gary Paulsen Squire, Tamora Pierce Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen
Washington Sasquatch Reading Award 2010 Nominees Brendan
Buckley's Universe and Everything in It, Sundee T. Frazier
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Peggy Gifford; photographed by Valorie Fisher 2009 Nominees Looking For Bapu, Anjali Banerjee Mr. Chickee's Funny Money, Christopher Paul Curtis Archer's Quest, Linda Sue Park 2008 Nominees Whittington, Alan Armstrong; illustrated by S.D. Schindler The Misadventures of Maude March, Audrey Couloumbis 2007 Nominees Eager, Helen Fox 2006 Nominees The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau WINNER! Tadpole, Ruth White 2005 Nominees Gloria Rising, Ann Cameron 2004 Nominees How Tia Lola Came to Stay, Julia Alvarez Storm Warriors, Elisa Carbone
Washington State Book Award 2007 Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson Finalist! Voyage of Plunder, Michele Torrey Finalist!
West Virginia Children’s Book Award 2006-2007 Master List Macaroni Boy, Katherine Ayres 2005-2006 Master List Halfway to the Sky, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau Gifts from the Sea, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock; illustrated by Judy Pederson Made You Look, Diane Roberts 2004-2005
Master List
Wisconsin Golden Archer Book Award 2007 Nominees Hoot, Carl Hiaasen (Middle/Junior High School) WINNER! Punk Farm, Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Primary) WINNER! Eldest, Christopher Paolini (Middle/Junior High School) Junie B., First Grader: Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (p.s. so does May.), Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus (Intermediate) 2006 Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Middle/Junior High School) WINNER! 2004-2005 Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini (Middle/Junior High School) How Angel Peterson Got His Name, Gary Paulsen (Middle/Junior High School)
Wyoming Buckaroo Award 2008-2009 Nominees Traction Man Is Here!, Mini Grey Don't Touch My Hat, James Rumford Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra; illustrated by J. Otto Seibold 2006-2007 Nominees Wild About Books, Judy Sierra; illustrated by Marc Brown 2003-2004 Nominees Gooney Bird Greene, Lois Lowry
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award 2009-2010
Nominees 2007-2008 Nominees Toby Wheeler: Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer,Thatcher Heldring Hattie Big Sky, Kirby Larson The Legend of Bass Reeves, Gary Paulsen 2006-2007 Nominees Maggie's Door, Patricia Reilly Giff Toad Rage, Morris Gleitzman 2nd Runner Up! The Silent Boy, Lois Lowry 2005-2006 Nominees Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares Hoot, Carl Hiaasen 2nd Runner Up! 2004-2005 Nominees Pictures of Hollis Woods, Patricia Reilly Giff
Wyoming Soaring Eagle Award 2009-2010 Brisingr, Christopher Paolini 2007-2008 Nominees Endymion Spring, Matthew Skelton Milkweed, Jerry Spinelli 2006-2007 Nominees The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Ann Brashares Eldest, Christopher Paolini WINNER! Brian's Hunt, Gary Paulsen 2005-2006 Nominees Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood, Ann Brashares2004-2005
Nominees Eragon, Christopher Paolini WINNER! Flipped, Wendelin Van Draanen
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