Rebecca Caudill Award Winners

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

What is the Award?

The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award was developed to encourage children and young adults to read for personal satisfaction. It is an Illinois award and is sponsored by the Illinois Reading Council, the Illinois School Library Media Association, and the Illinois Association of Teachers of English. For more information about this award visit: http://www.rcyrba.org/.

1. Books are nominated by children in grades 4-8.
2. A master list of 20 titles is sent to participating elementary and middle schools.
3. Students read the books on the list and vote for their favorites each February.
4. Votes are sent to the award committee and they compile the final tally.
5. The winning title is announced in March of each year.
6. Postcards announcing the winner are mailed to each participating school or library.
7. A plaque is given to the author of the winning book.
8. Public libraries may sponsor the program if the schools in the area choose not to do so.

Who was Rebecca Caudill?

Rebecca Caudill discovered that she loved storytelling when she was five years old. She did not publish her first book until the age of 44. Her books are honest and they cross all geographic and social barriers.

Rebecca was born on February 2, 1899 in Harlan County, Kentucky, deep in the Appalachian Mountains. She was one of ten children. Her parents, George and Susan Caudill, were both teachers.

While she was a student at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, she was very active. After graduation, she taught English and history in a high school in Tennessee. In 1922, she received a fellowship to Vanderbilt University where she received a master's degree in International Relations.

A tip from a friend took Rebecca to Brazil where she taught English to children in Rio de Janeiro. Two years later, she returned to Tennessee to help put her younger siblings through college. In Nashville, she edited a publication for young girls. She eventually landed a job at a Chicago publishing firm.

Rebecca Caudill married James Sterling Ayers in 1931 and they had two children. They moved to Urbana, Illinois in 1937. Her first book, Barrie and Daughter, was published in 1943. Rebecca's ideas for her books came from her childhood and the characters were based on people she knew in the hill country of Kentucky and Tennessee. Her children's books especially brought alive the pioneer era of the 1700s and 1800s.

Rebecca Caudill died on October 2, 1985. Her books included Tree of Freedom, a Newbery Honor winner; A Certain Small Shepherd; A Pocketful of Cricket; and Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley?


Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Winners & Nominees

2009

ALABAMA MOON by Watt Key - RC 64571
Alabama, 1980. Ten-year-old Moon has lived hidden in the forest his entire life. After his father dies, Moon is put in a reform school but escapes with two other boys and returns to the woods. To survive, they must outwit a vindictive bully, Constable Sanders. For grades 4-7.

BLACK DUCK by Janet Taylor Lisle - RC 66080
Would-be reporter David Peterson persuades elderly Ruben Hart to recall Prohibition events that took place in 1929 on the Rhode Island coast. Ruben recounts his dangerous adventures as a fourteen-year-old involved with the captain of the Black Duck, an elusive smuggling boat. For grades 5-8.

BLACK STORM COMIN' by Diane Lee Wilson - In Production
Utah Territory, 1860. Biracial twelve-year-old Colton joins the Pony Express in a fit of desperate determination after his white father abandons the family on their California-bound wagon train. He carries his aunt's freedom papers to deliver in Sacramento-if he survives the mountain blizzards. For grades 5-8. 2005.

BLOOD ON THE RIVER: JAMES TOWN 1608 by Elisa Carbone - RC 63493
Eleven-year-old Sam Collier, an orphaned street urchin, sails from London to the New World serving as Captain John Smith's page. Arriving in James Town in spring of 1607, Sam meets Algonquians, learns to distinguish between friend and foe, and adapts to the perilous life in Virginia. For grades 5-8.

CORNELIA AND THE AUDACIOUS ESCAPADES OF THE SOMERSET SISTERS by Lesley M. M. Blume - RC 66467
New York City. Eleven-year-old Cornelia S. Engelhart, daughter of a famous pianist, is lonely until a new neighbor moves into the next-door apartment. Friendship with glamorous writer and storyteller Virginia Somerset, her manservant Patel, and mischievous French bulldog Mister Kinyatta, opens Cornelia's world. For grades 4-7.

A DROWNED MAIDEN'S HAIR: A MELODRAMA by Laura Amy Schlitz - RC 64750
New England, 1909. Eleven-year-old orphan Maud is thrilled when the spinster Hawthorne sisters adopt her. But the sisters hide Maud away in their house and use her to trick wealthy clients at fake séances. Maud's only true friend is the lame, deaf-mute servant Muffet. For grades 6-9.

GOSSAMER by Lois Lowry - RC 62745
A young dream-giver with a gossamer touch tries to save an eight-year-old boy whose anger at his abusive parents is made worse by a Sinisteed, an inflictor of nightmares. The dream-giver also bestows dreams on the lonely woman who provides a foster home to the boy. For grades 5-8.

THE GREEN GLASS SEA by Ellen Klages - RC 64564
1943. Amateur inventor Dewey Kerrigan, who is almost eleven, takes a train to meet her scientist father in an undisclosed location. When she finally joins him in Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns that he is working on a top-secret government program. For grades 5-8. Scott O'Dell Award.

HATTIE BIG SKY by Kirby Larson - RC 64099, BR 16934
Montana, 1918. Sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Inez Brooks arrives at the remote homestead claim she inherited from an unknown uncle. She expects hard work but does not anticipate the strong local anti-German prejudice directed at her good neighbors, the Muellers. For grades 6-9 and older readers.

HEAT by Mike Lupica - RC 62264
Star pitcher Michael Arroyo is banned from Little League baseball because rival coaches don't believe he's only twelve years old. An orphan whose birth certificate is back in Cuba, Michael is on the run from social services because he fears separation from his seventeen-year-old brother, Carlos. For grades 5-8.

THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick - RC 66423
Paris, 1931. Orphaned Hugo survives inside a train station's walls, keeping the clocks running and stealing food and toys. His secrets-including a notebook of drawings and a mechanical man-are jeopardized when he becomes ensnared with a toy seller and his goddaughter Isabelle. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. Caldecott Medal.

LETTERS FROM WOLFIE by Patti Sherlock - RC 66472
1969. Mark Cantrell's older brother Danny, a soldier in Vietnam, encourages Mark to sign up his pet Wolfie as an army scout dog. Reading letters from Wolfie's handler and learning about the military canine corps make Mark regret his decision. For grades 5-8.

LIFE AS WE KNEW IT by Susan Beth Pfeffer - RC 65047
Sixteen-year-old Miranda keeps a journal describing her family's struggle to survive after an asteroid hits the Moon and causes disastrous climate change on Earth. She records her feelings about losing contact with friends and the outside world, locating food, and keeping hope alive. For junior and senior high readers.

THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan - RC 63443
Upstate New York, 2005. Sixth-grader Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon and a mortal mother, attends a summer camp for demigods. After Percy angers Zeus, his friends Grover, a satyr, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, join him to resolve the problem. For grades 5-8.

OH RATS! : THE STORY OF RATS AND PEOPLE by Albert Marrin - RC 63821
Facts about rats and their interactions with humans, from early civilization to modern cities. Discusses rats' reputations in different cultures-where people eat them, and where they are pets-why they are liked and disliked, and what makes them champions of survival. For grades 4-7.

PENNY FROM HEAVEN by Jennifer L. Holm - RC 64582, BR 17369
New Jersey, 1953. During the summer, eleven-year-old Penny carries her uncle Dominic's lucky bean, almost loses her arm, reconciles with her mother's beau, and discovers the cause of her father's death. Best of all, she reunites her feuding family. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor Book.

PROJECT MULBERRY by Linda Sue Park - RC 60596
While working on a project for an after-school club Korean American Julia and her friend Patrick learn about silkworms and also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Alternating with chapters are short dialogs between the author and Julia, the main character, about writing. For grades 4-7.

RULES by Cynthia Lord - RC 62696, BR 17108
Sometimes twelve-year-old Catherine resents her autistic brother, David, who breaks rules and gets all her parents' attention. She meets Jason, a teenage nonverbal paraplegic, at David's therapy center. As the two become friends, Catherine realizes that accepting differences matters more than any rules. For grades 5-8.

SHUG by Jenny Han - RC 66782
At twelve, Annemarie, called Shug (short for sugar) by her family, feels that nothing is going right. She is too tall and skinny, she has a crush on her best friend Mark who doesn't notice, and even her girlfriends are changing. For grades 5-8.

WOLF BROTHER by Michelle Paver - RC 61419
Six thousand years ago, twelve-year-old Torak and his guide, a wolf cub, go on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father-to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit and destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans. For grades 5-8.

2008

DRUMS, GIRLS, & DANGEROUS PIE by Jordan Sonnenblick (Winner) - RC 64360
Eighth-grader Steven prefers drum practice over homework, has a crush on the hottest girl in his class, and wishes his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey, weren't so annoying. When Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's world is turned upside down. For grades 5-8.

ADAM CANFIELD OF THE SLASH by Michael Winerip - RC 64390

CHICKEN BOY by Frances O'Roark Dowell - BR 17104

CODE TALKER: A NOVEL ABOUT THE NAVAJO MARINES OF WORLD WAR TWO by Joseph Bruchac - RC 60312

CROOKED RIVER by Shelley Pearsall - RC 62281

DEFIANCE by Valerie Hobbs - RC 63151

EAST by Edith Pattou - RC 61655

LISTENING FOR LIONS by Gloria Whelan - RC 61659

THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE by Kate DiCamillo - RC 62599

THE MISADVENTURES OF MAUDE MARCH, OR, TROUBLE RIDES A FAST HORSE by Audrey Couloumbis - RC 64687

MVP*: *MAGELLAN VOYAGE PROJECT by Douglas Evans - RC 64361

THE OLD WILLIS PLACE: A GHOST STORY by Mary Downing Hahn - RC 62695

THE PENDERWICKS: A SUMMER TALE OF FOUR SISTERS, TWO RABBITS, AND A VERY INTERESTING BOY by Jeanne Birdsall - RC 61553, BR 16482

PRINCESS ACADEMY by Shannon Hale - RC 63020, BR 16781

THE RUINS OF GORLAN by John Flanagan - RC 64370

THE SCHWA WAS HERE by Neal Shusterman - RC 59803

SHAKESPEARE'S SECRET by Elise Broach - RC 64246

THUNDER FROM THE SEA by Joan Hiatt Harlow - RC 65159

WORTH by A. LaFaye - RC 64359, BR 15810

YANKEE GIRL by Mary Ann Rodman - RC 64565

2007

SO B. IT: A NOVEL by Sarah Weeks (Winner) - RC 58658
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York state to find out who she is. With the help of some old photographs she uncovers family secrets. For grades 6-9 and older readers.

AIRBORN by Kenneth Oppel - RC 59792

BECOMING NAOMI LEÓN by Ram Munoz Ryan - RC 60266, BR 16277

CHASING VERMEER by Blue Balliett - Interlibrary loan

EACH LITTLE BIRD THAT SINGS by Debbie Wiles - RC 61390, BR 16186

GREGOR THE OVERLANDER by Suzanne Collins - Interlibrary loan

HACHIKO WAITS by Leslea Newman - RC 62103

HANA'S SUITCASE by Karen Levine - RC 56454

HEARTBEAT by Sharon Creech - RC 62114

IDA B by Katherine Hannigan - RC 59693

LAST SHOT: A FINAL FOUR MYSTERY by John Feinstein - RC 60035

LOCOMOTION by Jacqueline Woodson - RC 56304

ONCE UPON A MARIGOLD by Jean Ferris - RC 56708, BR 16972

PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson - RC 62169

RED KAYAK by Priscilla Cummings - RC 62764

SEA OF TROLLS by Nancy Farmer - RC 59623

SECRETS OF A CIVIL WAR SUBMARINE by Sally M. Walker - RC 61080

SHACKLETON'S STOWAWAY by Victoria McKernan - RC 61101

STAR OF KAZAN by Eva Ibbotson - RC 60293

THIN WOOD WALLS by David Patneaude - RC 62250

2006

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini (Winner) - RC 57232
Fifteen-year-old Eragon bonds with the baby dragon, Saphira, that hatches from a mysterious blue stone. They train in magic and martial arts and, refusing to serve the evil king, sally forth to encounter warriors, dwarves, and others battling the empire. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers.

AL CAPONE DOES MY SHIRTS by Gennifer Choldenko - RC 58456

ANY SMALL GOODNESS: A NOVEL OF THE BARRIO by Tony Johnston - RC 54589

THE BOY WHO SAVED BASEBALL by John H. Ritter - RC 56513

THE CITY OF EMBER by Jeanne DuPrau - RC 59907, BR 15120

THE CONCH BEARER by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - RC 59926

DARBY by Jonathan Scott Fuqua - RC 61134

GRANNY TORRELLI MAKES SOUP by Sharon Creech - RC 57472, BR 15241

JACKIE'S WILD SEATTLE by Will Hobbs - RC 59876, BR 15145

JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA by Eva Ibbotson - RC 54235

THE LAST TREASURE by Janet S. Anderson - RC 59883, BR 15647

THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH by Beverly Naidoo - RC 54378

THE RAVENMASTER'S SECRET by Elvira Woodruff - RC 59947

THE RIVER BETWEEN US by Richard Peck - RC 57400, BR 15090

SAHARA SPECIAL by Esmé Raji Codell - RC 56774

A SINGLE SHARD by Linda Sue Park - RC 53670, BR 14214

A STRONG RIGHT ARM: THE STORY OF MAMIE "PEANUT" JOHNSON by Michelle Y. Green - RC 60256

TADPOLE by Ruth White - RC 57030

THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX by Kate DiCamillo - RC 57805, BR 15300

THE YOUNG MAN AND THE SEA by Rodman Philbrick - RC 57859, BR 15305

2005

HOOT by Carl Hiaasen (Winner) - RC 55550
Middle school student Roy has just moved from Montana to south Florida. He befriends a boy named Mullet Fingers and his stepsister, who are trying to prevent a pancake-house chain from building a restaurant over a colony of burrowing owls. This book is written for grades 6-9.

ASHES OF ROSES by Mary Jane Auch - RC 55437

DOING TIME ONLINE by Jan Siebold - RC 57875

HEIR APPARENT by Vivian Vande Velde - RC 56628

HOUSE OF THE SCORPION by Nancy Farmer - RC 55927

KITE RIDER by Geraldine McCaughrean - RC 55941

MEMORY BOY by Will Weaver - RC 53191, BR 13868

OVERBOARD by Elizabeth Fama - RC 57126

PHINEAS GAGE: A GRUESOME BUT TRUE STORY ABOUT BRAIN SCIENCE by John Fleischman - RC 54774

PICTURES OF HOLLIS WOODS by Patricia Reilly Giff - RC 56220

RUBY HOLLER by Sharon Creech - RC 55169

RUNT by Marion Dane Bauer - RC 56009

THE SHROUDING WOMAN by Loretta Ellsworth - RC 58224

STAND TALL by Joan Bauer - RC 55610

STRAW INTO GOLD by Gary Schmidt - RC 57926

SURVIVING HITLER: A BOY IN THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS by Andrea Warren - RC 54784

SURVIVING THE APPLEWHITES by Stephanie S. Tolan - RC 55806

TROUBLE DON'T LAST by Shelley Pearsall - RC 55900, BR 14427

UNDER THE SAME SKY by Cynthia DeFelice - RC 57189

WHEN MY NAME WAS KEOKO by Linda Sue Park - RC 55957

2004

STORMBREAKER by Anthony Horowitz (Winner) - BR 14675
After the murder of his guardian, Uncle Ian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is blackmailed into completing Ian's dangerous undercover work for MI6, Britain's intelligence agency. The boy's assignment is to infiltrate computer millionaire Herod Sayle's business and search for viruses. This book is written for grades 6-9.

BELLE TEAL by Ann M. Martin - RC 54382

THE BREADWINNER by Deborah Ellis - RC 53938

DOVEY COE by Francis O'Roark Dowell - BR 13204

ESPERANZA RISING by Pam Munoz Ryan - RC 52960

FAIR WEATHER by Richard Peck - RC 53829

FLIPPED by Wendelin Van Draanen - BR 14401

FOSTER'S WAR by Carolyn Reeder

THE GHOST IN THE TOKAIDO INN by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler - RC 50081

GHOST SOLDIER by Elaine Marie Alphin

HIDDEN TALENTS by David Lubar - RC 56815

LEGEND OF LADY IIENA by Patricia Malone

LOVE, RUBY LAVENDER by Deborah Wiles - RC 55903

LOVE THAT DOG by Sharon Creech - BR 14137

NO MORE DEAD DOGS by Gordon Gorman - RC 53822

STORM WARRIORS by Elisa Carbone - RC 55886

THINGS NOT SEEN by Andrew Clements - RC 54713

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR - RC 53095, BR 13076

WILD MAN ISLAND by Will Hobbs - RC 55793, BR 14660

ZACH'S LIE by Roland Smith - BR 14667

2003

FEVER 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (Winner) - RC 51967
Fourteen-year-old Matilda works in her widowed mother's coffeehouse along with her grandfather and their cook, Eliza who is a freed slave. When a yellow fever epidemic hits the city, people panic and flee, and Matilda's life turns upside down. This book is written for grades 6-9 and older readers.

THE ART OF KEEPING COOL by Janet Taylor Lisle - RC 53113

CROSSING JORDAN by Adrian Fogelin - RC 54577

DANCING IN CADILLAC LIGHT by Kimberly Willis Holt - RC 53186

GATHERING BLUE by Lois Lowry - RC 51297

THE GRADUATION OF JAKE MOON by Barbara Park - RC 53812

HOMELESS BIRD by Gloria Whelan - RC 50592

HOPE WAS HERE by Joan Bauer - RC 54218, BR 12927

I WAS A RAT by Phillip Pullman - RC 49859

JACKIE & ME: A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE by Dan Gutman - RC 49916

JASON'S GOLD by Will Hobbs - RC 50201, BR 12786

NORY RYAN'S SONG by Patricia Reilly Giff - RC 52345

THE SQUIRE'S TALE by Gerald Morris - RC 46840

STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli - RC 54207, BR 12801

THROUGH MY EYES by Ruby Bridges - RC 52540

WALKING TO THE BUS-RIDER BLUES by Harriette Gillem Robinet - RC 54644

WILLIWAW! by Tom Bodett - RC 49853

THE WRECKERS by Iain Lawrence - RC 48708

A YEAR DOWN YONDER by Richard Peck - RC 51259, BR 12930

THE YEAR OF MISS AGNES by Kirkpatrick Hill - RC 51865

2002

HOLES by Louis Sachar (Winner) - RC 47444, BR 12174
Stanley Yelnats IV finds himself in a detention center for possessing stolen property that he didn't take. While digging holes under the summer Texas sun, he sees a fellow inmate running away and follows him. Legends, loyalty, and buried treasure are revealed as Stanley learns to survive. This book is written for grades 5-8 and also received the Newbery Medal.

AMONG THE HIDDEN by Margaret Haddix - RC 53286

BACKWATER by Joan Bauer - RC 51739, BR 12539

BANDIT'S MOON by Sid Fleischman - RC 47604

BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE by Kate DiCamillo - RC 50679, BR 12917

BUD, NOT BUDDY by Christopher Paul Curtis - RC 49311, BR 12592

BURNING UP by Caroline Cooney - BR 12234

CAN YOU FEEL THE THUNDER? by Lynn E. McElfresh - RC 49128, BR 12527

CRASH by Jerry Spinelli - RC 45172

DAVE AT NIGHT by Gail Carson Levine - RC 49935

A LETTER TO MRS. ROOSEVELT by C. Coco De Young - RC 52328

MILLION DOLLAR SHOT by Don Gutman - RC 52393

REGARDING THE FOUNTAIN by Kate Klise

SAMMY KEYES AND THE HOTEL THIEF by Wendelin Van Draanen - RC 46780

SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF SHACKLETON AND THE ENDURANCE by Jennifer Armstrong - RC 49029

SUNWING by Kenneth Oppel - RC 51163

TIES THAT BIND, TIES THAT BREAK by Lensey Namioka - RC 51160

THE TROLLS by Polly Horvath - RC 48714

WHEN ZACHARY BEAVER CAME TO TOWN by Kimberly Willis Holt - RC 49406

YOU'RE A BRAVE MAN, JULIUS ZIMMERMAN by Claudia Mils - RC 49596

2001

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE by J. K. Rowling (Winner) - RC 47260, BR 11879
On Harry Potter's eleventh birthday, he learns that he is more than an unwanted orphan. The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry recruits him because he has inherent magical abilities. As he purchases his school supplies, robes, wand, and messenger owl, Harry looks forward to attending his new boarding school. This bestseller is written for grades 4-7.

THE DARK SIDE OF NOWHERE by Neal Shusterman - BR 11840

FLYING SOLO by Ralph Fletcher - RC 47723

GIB RIDES HOME by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - RC 46233

HONUS AND ME: A BASEBALL CARD ADVENTURE by Dan Gutman - RC 49915

LAST MAN'S REWARD by David Patneaude - RC 45391

THE LANDRY NEWS by Andrew Clements - RC 49680

A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO: A NOVEL IN STORIES by Richard Peck - RC 50305, BR 12129

THE MAZE by Will Hobbs - RC 47364, BR 12701

MY LIFE IN DOG YEARS by Gary Paulsen - RC 48269

MY LOUISIANA SKY by Kimberly Willis Holt - BR 11788

PETEY by Ben Mikaelson - RC 47984

POPPY AND RYE by Avi - RC 46767

RIDING FREEDOM by Pam Munoz Ryan - BR 11830

RULES OF THE ROAD by Joan Bauer - BR 11821

SHADOW SPINNER by Susan Fletcher - RC 49550

SKELLIG by David Almond - RC 49233, BR12915

SMALL STEPS: THE YEAR I GOT POLIO by Peg Kehret - RC 44944

TANGERINE by Edward Bloor - RC 46159

THE TURNABOUT SHOP by Colby Rodowsky - BR 11776

2000

ELLA ENCHANTED by Gail Carson Levine (Winner) - RC 46186
Ella was cursed at birth by a fairy, who thought she was bestowing a gift, to always be obedient. After her mother dies, Ella is at the mercy of two bossy girls and their mother. The enchantment even puts her love for Prince Charmont at risk. Ella is determined to get rid of it. This book is written for grades 3-6.

ALPHABET CITY BALLET by Erika Tamar - CIL 01952

AS LONG AS THERE ARE MOUNTAINS by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock - RC 46325

THE BUTTERFLY LION by Michael Morpurgo - RC 47068, BR 11928

A DIFFERENT KIND OF HERO by Ann Blakeslee - CIL 1621, BR 12673

EARTHQUAKE TERROR by Peg Kehret - RC 42507

LEON'S STORY by Leon Walker Tillage - RC 45810, BR 11493

LILY'S CROSSING by Patricia Reilly Giff - RC 45659

LONE WOLF by Kristine L. Franklin - BR 11338

LOSERS, INC. by Claudia Mills - RC 47912

ORPHAN TRAIN RIDER: ONE BOY'S TRUE STORY by Andrea Warren - RC 48206

P. S. LONGER LETTER LATER by Paula Danziger - RC 47287

SAVING SHILOH by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - RC 46647, BR 12872

SEEDFOLKS by Paul Fleischman - RC 47065, BR 11416, BR 12259

SILVERWING by Kenneth Oppel - RC 46163

STONES IN WATER by Donna Jo Napoli - RC 46143

STRANDED by Ben Mikaelsen - BR 11523

SUN AND SPOON by Kevin Henkes - RC 47597, BR 11400

TREASURES IN THE DUST by Tracy Porter - RC 46446

THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY by E. L. Konigsburg - RC 43549

1999

FRINDLE by Andrew Clements (Winner) - RC 46654, BR 12547
In the fifth grade Nick has his first difficult class, language arts with Mrs. Granger. He and his classmates decide to "beat her at her own game" by inventing a new word. They begin calling their pens "frindles," even though it means being on detention every day. This book is written for grades 3-6.

THE APPRENTICESHIP OF LUCAS WHITAKER by Cynthia DeFelice - RC 46268

BEHIND THE BEDROOM WALL by Laura E. Williams - RC 47298

BELLE PRATER'S BOY by Ruth White - RC 45802, BR 11318

THE BOOKSTORE MOUSE by Peggy Christian - RC 46638

FAR NORTH by Will Hobbs - RC 45784

HANNAH IN BETWEEN by Colby Rodowsky - RC 43060

JIP: HIS STORY by Katherine Patterson - RC 45131

JUNEBUG by Alice Mead - RC 42388

THE JUNKYARD DOG by Erika Tamar - RC 44778

KIDS AT WORK: LEWIS HINE AND THE CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR by Russell Freedman - BR 11589

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND by Gloria Whelan - RC 46581

THE ONLY ALIEN ON THE PLANET by Kristen D. Randle - RC 46552

POPPY by Avi - RC 42709

THE RICHEST KIDS IN TOWN by Peg Kehret - RC 42286

SHILOH SEASON by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - RC 44980, BR 12871

TELL THEM WE REMEMBER: THE STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST by Susan Bachrach - RC 46509, BIL 2

THE WELL: DAVID'S STORY by Mildred Taylor - RC 41451

WHITE LILACS by Carolyn Meyer - RC 45542, BR 11871

1998

MICK HARTE WAS HERE by Barbara Park (Winner) - BR 11181
Eighth-grader Phoebe Hart's brother, Mick, was recently killed in a bike accident. As she and her parents struggle with their grief, Phoebe remembers life with "one of the neatest kids you'd ever want to meet." This book is written for grades 5-8.

ABSOLUTELY NORMAL CHAOS by Sharon Creech - RC 43690, BR 10817

CHRISTMAS IN THE BIG HOUSE, CHRISTMAS IN THE QUARTERS by Patricia and Frederick McKissack - RC 40586

CLIMB OR DIE by Edward Myers - RC 47312, BR 10476

THE FEAR PLACE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - RC 44615, BR 9995

THE GREAT FIRE by Jim Murphy - RC 44868

HARRIS AND ME: A SUMMER REMEMBERED by Gary Paulsen - RC 45249, BR 10574

HOUND HEAVEN by Linda Oatman High - RC 43302

KOKOPELLI'S FLUTE by Will Hobbs - RC 44404

THE MAGNIFICENT MUMMY MAKER by Elvira Woodruff - RC 40194

MIEKO AND THE FIFTH TREASURE by Eleanor Coerr - RC 39340

PHOENIX RISING by Karen Hesse - RC 39951

RUNNING OUT OF TIME by Margaret Peterson Haddix - BR 11287

SKYLARK by Patricia MacLachlan - RC 39050, BR 9786

TWINKIE SQUAD by Gordon Korman - RC 36609

UNDER THE BLOOD-RED SUN by Graham Salisbury - RC 44654, BR 10261

THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM: 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis - RC 41921

WINNERS AND LOSERS by Stephen Hoffius - RC 44782

YOLONDA'S GENIUS by Carol Fenner - RC 41794

1997

THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER by Barbara Robinson (Winner) - RC 40069, BR 10111
In this sequel to The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (RC 38118, BR 5636), the six Herdman children are still terrorizing their Woodrow Wilson School classmates. Beth, who is in the same grade as Imogene Herdman, is worried about this year's big assignment, coming up with compliments for every person in the class. What in the world can she say about Imogene? This book is written for grades 3-6.

BEARDANCE by Will Hobbs - RC 39234

BIGGER by Patricia Calvert - RC 39559

CAT RUNNING by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - BR 10174

CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY by Karen Cushman - RC 39832

DANIEL'S STORY by Carol Matas

FREAK THE MIGHTY by Rodman Philbrick - RC 38800

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SOCKS by Elvira Woodruff - RC 48304, BR 10784

JERICHO'S JOURNEY by G. Clifton Wisler - RC 38794

JIM-DANDY by Hadley Irwin - RC 42647

JULIE by Jean Craighead George - RC 40306, BR 10116

THE MAN WHO LOVED CLOWNS by June Rae Wood - RC 38004

THE MYSTERY OF THE CUPBOARD by Lynne Reid Banks - RC 36485, BR 9255

PINK AND SAY by Patricia Polacco - RC 42870

QUAKE! by Joe Cottonwood - RC 42530

SEVEN SPIDERS SPINNING by Gregory Maguire - RC 43314

TIME WINDOWS by Kathryn Reiss - BR 10782

THE TOILET-PAPER TIGERS by Gordon Korman - RC 42948, BR 10198

WALK TWO MOONS by Sharon Creech - RC 39621, BR 10280

WANTED…MUD BLOSSOM by Betsy Byars - RC 37382

WHO'S THERE? by Stephanie S. Tolan - RC 43207

1996

THE GIVER by Lois Lowry (Winner) - RC 37689, BR 9626
Jonas lives in a utopia. There is no hunger, no disease, no fear, the elderly are tenderly cared for, and every child has attentive parents. The society is uniformly run. Jonas eagerly awaits the Ceremony of Twelve when twelve-year-olds receive assignments for their lifelong professions. He is selected to be the new Receiver of Memories. As such, he learns of misery and pain, but also of joy and love. This book is written for grades 6-9 and older readers. It also won the Newbery Medal.

ALL ABOUT SAM by Lois Lowry - RC 30858, BR 8577

BABY by Patricia MacLachian - RC 38468

BACKYARD DRAGON by Betsy and Samuel Sterman - RC 40445

BULL RUN by Paul Fleischman - RC 37371

BURIED IN ICE by Owen Beattie and John Geiger - RC 38764

CANYONS by Gary Paulsen - RC 36800, BIL 1

CRAZY LADY! by Jane Conly - RC 37956

THE DARK THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL by Patricia C. McKissack - RC 36183

THE DAY ELVIS CAME TO TOWN by Jan Marino - RC 36963

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: A LIFE OF DISCOVERY by Russell Freedman - RC 38664

HEART OF A CHAMPION by Carl Duecker - RC 40378

HORROR AT THE HAUNTED HOUSE by Peg Kehret - RC 38957

JENNIFER MURDLEY'S TOAD: A MAGIC SHOP BOOK by Bruce Coville - RC 38734, BR 9699

THE LITTLE HOUSE ON ROCKY RIDGE by Roger Lee MacBride - RC 40671, BR 10160

THE PLACE OF LIONS by Eric Campbell - RC 48280

SOMEONE WAS WATCHING by David Patneaude - RC 41201

SQUASHED by Joan Bauer - RC 36479

TIME FOR ANDREW: A GHOST STORY by Mary Downing Hahn - RC 44783, BR 10103

TIMOTHY OF THE CAY by Theodore Taylor - RC 37644, BR 9509

WHERE THE BROKEN HEART STILL BEATS by Carolyn Meyer

1995

FLIGHT #116 IS DOWN by Caroline B. Cooney (Winner) - RC 39946
Because most residents of remote Nearing River work in New York, there are few adults around during the day. Seventeen-year-old Patrick is trained as an emergency medical technician. He doesn't get to use his lifesaving skills and boredom prevails for him and other teens, including Heidi, a lonely rich girl. One Saturday evening, everything changes when Flight #116 crashes on Heidi's estate. This book is written for junior and senior high readers.

BEARSTONE by Will Hobbs - RC 32470

THE BOGGART by Susan Cooper - RC 36547

COLT by Nancy Springer - RC 43069

DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU by Lois Duncan - RC 32557

FINDING BUCK MCHENRY by Alfred Slote - RC 36658

THE HAYMEADOW by Gary Paulsen - RC 36646

ICE WARRIOR by Ruth Riddell - RC 38916

INVITATION TO THE GAME by Monica Hughes - RC 38939

JACOB'S RESCUE: A HOLOCAUST STORY by Malka Drucker

JUDY SCUPPERNONG by Brenda Seabrooke - RC 35091

LETTERS FROM RIFKA by Karen Hesse - RC 36622

LYDDIE by Katherine Paterson - RC 33521

THE NIGHT THE WHOLE CLASS SLEPT OVER by Stella Peysner - RC 39168

RANDALL'S WALL by Carol Fenner - RC 36528

RED CAP by G. Clifton Wisler - RC 36220

SONG OF THE GARGOYLE by Zilpha Keatley Snyder - RC 37527

STEPPING ON THE CRACKS by Mary Downing Hahn - RC 35243

THERE'S A GIRL IN MY HAMMERLOCK by Jerry Spinelli - RC 36815

YEAR OF IMPOSSIBLE GOODBYES by Sook Nyul Choi - RC 36945

1994

SHILOH by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Winner) - RC 35064, BR 11971
Marty Preston, an eleven-year-old West Virginia boy, narrates a gripping account of how he comes to own a runaway dog, Shiloh. Fearing that Shiloh is being abused by Judd Travers, his owner, Marty takes him in. His family cannot afford to feed another mouth and Shiloh is returned. When Shiloh comes back to Marty, the boy hides him in the woods and builds a structure of lies that crumbles and compromises everyone. This book is written for grades 4-7 and is a winner of the Newbery Medal.

A BEGONIA FOR MISS APPLEBAUM by Paul Zindel - RC 33274

CAGES by Peg Kehret - RC 40969

THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC by Jane Yolen - RC 30370

GRAY WOLF, RED WOLF by Dorothy Patent

I AM REGINA by Sally M. Keehn - RC 49650

IS ANYBODY THERE? by Eve Bunting - RC 31571

JOURNEY HOME by Isabelle Holland - RC 34842

JOURNEY by Patricia MacLachian - RC 36103

LOVE YOU, SOLDIER by Amy Hest

MATTIMEO by Brian Jacques - RC 44070, BR 13473

ME AND MY NAME by Mary Jane Miller

MISSISSIPPI BRIDGE by Mildred D. Taylor - RC 32807

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH: A DOCUMENTARY NOVEL by Avi - RC 35549, BR 9114

SEARCHING FOR DRAGONS: THE ENCHANTED FOREST CHRONICLES, BOOK 2 by Patricia C. Wrede - RC 38345

VOICES AFTER MIDNIGHT by Richard Peck

WAITING FOR ANYA by Michael Morpurgo - RC 36680

WHISPERS FROM THE DEAD by Joan Lowery Nixon

THE YEAR OF THE PANDA by Miriam Schlein - RC 36110

1993

MANIAC MAGEE by Jerry Spinelli (Winner) - RC 33527, BR 13320
Part tall tale and part realistic fiction, this novel weaves together issues of homelessness, racial prejudice, and illiteracy. Orphaned at three, Jeffrey Magee, after eight unhappy years with relatives, takes off running one day. A year later he ends up 200 miles away in Two Mills, a highly segregated community. Magee, who is white, lives alternately with blacks and whites, proving the shared humanity of both. This book is written for grades 5-8 and is a Newbery Medal winner.

BEAUTY by Bill Wallace - RC 32668

DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia Wrede - RC 33457

ERIN MCEWAN, YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED by Alan Ritchie

THE FACE ON THE MILK CARTON by Caroline B. Cooney - RC36957

LAST WOLF OF IRELAND by Elona Malterre

LISA'S WAR by Carol Matas - RC 32997

MERMAID SUMMER by Mollie Hunter - BR 7775

ON THE DEVIL'S COURT by Carl Deuker - RC 37952

R-T MARGARET AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly - RC 32755, BR 8597

SCORPIONS by Walter Dean Myers - RC 28940

SEEING EARTH FROM SPACE by Patricia Lauber

SHADES OF GRAY by Carolyn Reeder - RC 33342, BR 8548

TALL ENOUGH TO OWN THE WORLD by Berniece Rabe - RC 33767

THIS ISLAND ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE FOUR OF US by Gery Greer

TOUGHBOY AND SISTER by Kirkpatrick Hill - RC 36668

TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE by Avi - RC 33473, BR 13299

VOYAGE OF THE FROG by Gary Paulsen - RC 31486, BR 8594

WEASEL by Cynthia DeFelice - RC 32661

1992

NUMBER THE STARS by Lois Lowry (Winner) - RC 31580, BR 12658
For ten-year-old Annemarie, life in occupied Copenhagen in 1943 is not much changed by the war, until Nazi persecution of Danish Jews begins. Annemarie's family helps a Jewish friend by having her pose as Annemarie's dead sister. When a packet must be taken to the captain of a ship smuggling Jews to Sweden, Annemarie learns that being brave means "not thinking about the dangers, just thinking about what you must do." This book is written for grades 3-6 and also won the Newbery Medal.

APPOINTMENT WITH A STRANGER by Jean Thesman

BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY BILL PEET - RC 31287

BLADE OF THE POISONER by Douglas Hill

GOOD-BYE, MY WISHING STAR by Vicki Grove - RC 31358, BR 8591

HEDGEHOGS IN THE CLOSET by Joan Carris

HER OWN SONG by Ellen Howard - RC 30582

LEAVE IT TO CHRISTY by Pamela Swallow

MY DANIEL by Pamela Conrad - RC 32410

MY MOTHER GOT MARRIED: AND OTHER DISASTERS by Barbara Park - RC 33579

NIGHTMARE MOUNTAIN by Peg Kehret - RC 33689

PARK'S QUEST by Katherine Paterson - RC 29101, BR 9816

PRINCESS IN THE PIGPEN by Jane Thomas

RED DOG by Bill Wallace

REDWALL by Brian Jacques - RC 29729, BR 13472

RIDDLE OF PENNCROFT FARM by Dorothea Jensen - BR 11246

ROOTS IN THE OUTFIELD by Jane Zirpoli

SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE by Julie Deaver

STINKER FROM SPACE by Pamela Service - RC 35275, BR 8884

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? by Willo Davis Roberts - RC 33346

1991

MATILDA by Roald Dahl (Winner) - RC 31793, BR 9591
Matilda is an adorable four-year-old genius totally unappreciated by her crass, dishonest, used-car salesman father, and her blowsy, bingo-playing mother. Neither her parents nor her older brother, Michael, can understand why anyone would rather read a book than watch TV! Matilda's life is made bearable by her chance discovery of the public library and dear Mrs. Phelps, the librarian. This book is for grades 3-6.

ANASTASIA ON HER OWN by Lois Lowry - RC 24986, BR 6736

CRACKER JACKSON by Betsy Byars - RC 23509

EXPLORING THE TITANIC by Robert Ballard - RC 31555

EYES OF THE KILLER ROBOT by John Bellairs

A FAMILY PROJECT by Sarah Ellis - RC 29852

HARRY'S MAD by Dick King-Smith - RC 27765

HENRY by Nina Bawden - RC 29871

LEAVES IN OCTOBER by Karen Ackerman

LOCKED IN TIME by Lois Duncan - RC 24713

MISSING SINCE MONDAY by Ann M. Martin - RC 56360, BR 7097

RACING THE SUN by Paul Pitts - RC 53089

THE ROOKIE ARRIVES by Thomas Dygard - RC 29853

THE SECRET LIFE OF DILLY MCBEAN by Dorothy Haas - RC 28768

SILVER by Norma Fox Mazer - RC 37105, BR 9376

THREE DOG WINTER by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk

THROUGH THE HIDDEN DOOR by Rosemary Wells

TOO MUCH MAGIC by Betsy Sterman

VOLCANO: THE ERUPTION AND HEALING OF MT. ST. HELENS by Patricia Lauber - BR 7293

WHEN THE DOLLS WOKE by Marjorie Stover

WHERE IT STOPS, NOBODY KNOWS by Amy Ehrlich

1990

WAIT TILL HELEN COMES: A GHOST STORY by Mary Downing Hahn (Winner) - RC 30854
Molly's new seven-year-old stepsister, Heather, is distinctly unlikable. When the family moves into a restored country church and Heather becomes possessed by the ghost of a young girl named Helen, twelve-year-old Molly realizes that she must act, or Heather is doomed. This is a frightening story written for grades 4-7.

ADDIE ACROSS THE PRAIRIE by Laurie Lawlor - BR 7070

AFTER THE RAIN by Norma Fox Mazer - RC 28762

CHARLEY SKEDADDLE by Patricia Beatty - BR 9799

DR. DREDD'S WAGON OF WONDERS by Bill Brittain - RC 28432

THE FRIENDSHIP by Mildred Taylor - RC 27508, BR 7258

FUDGE by Charlotte Graeber - RC 32074

HALFBACK TOUGH by Thomas Dygard - RC 27756

HATCHET by Gary Paulsen - RC 30535, BR 11525

I AM THE UNIVERSE by Barbara Corcoran - BR 7163

IZZY, WILLY-NILLY by Cynthia Voight - RC 24508

KEVIN CORBETT EATS FLIES by Patricia Hermes - RC 29600

THE KID IN THE RED JACKET by Barbara Peck - RC 47699, BR 13648

MAGICIAN'S APPRENTICE by Tom McGowen - RC 31655, BR 8046

MRS. ALBERCORN AND THE BUNCE BOYS by Liza Fosburgh - RC 26125

A MURDER FOR HER MAJESTY by Beth Hilgartner

NIGHT CRY by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - RC 22779

NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS by Ivy Ruckman

TOUCH THE MOON by Marion Bauer - RC 34836

WILD TIMOTHY by Gary Blackwood - BR 7749

1989

THE DOLLHOUSE MURDERS by Betty Ren Wright (Winner) - RC 24318, BR 8243
A lighthouse filled with a ghostly light and dolls that move on their own leads Amy and her retarded sister to unravel a mystery surrounding grisly family murders that took place long ago. This is a spine-chilling mystery written for grades 5-8 and older readers.

ANASTASIA AT YOUR SERVICE by Lois Lowry - RC 19179, BR 5425

BE A PERFECT PERSON IN JUST THREE DAYS by Stephen Manes

THE BFG by Roald Dahl - RC 44101

THE CASTLE IN THE ATTIC by Elizabeth Winthrop - RC 24452

CAT WALK by Mary Stolz - RC 23231, BR 7356

DAPHNE'S BOOK by Mary Downing Hahn - RC 22704

DICEY'S SONG by Cynthia Voigt - RC 21617, BR 13291

ILLYRIAN ADVENTURE by Lloyd Alexander - RC 25144

JUDGE BENJAMIN: THE SUPERDOG SECRET by Judith McInerney - RC 23250

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK by Jack Prelutsky - RC 22791

THE NOT-JUST-ANYBODY FAMILY by Betsy Byars - RC 25768, BR 9153

PRAIRIE SONGS by Pamela Conrad - RC 24488

RACSO AND THE RATS OF NIMH by Jane Conly - RC 26785, BR 6978

THE RETURN OF THE INDIAN by Lynne Reid Banks - RC 27800, BR 7028

SO FAR FROM THE BAMBOO GROVE by Yoko Watkins - RC 27295

STREAMS TO THE RIVER, RIVER TO THE SEA: A NOVEL OF SACAJAWEA by Scott O'Dell - RC 26090

TO SPACE AND BACK by Sally Ride - RC 26528

THE WHIPPING BOY by Sid Fleischman - RC 25778, BR 8237

WITH YOU AND WITHOUT YOU by Ann Martin - BR 6817

1988

THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD by Lynne Reid Banks (Winner) - RC 47446, BR 11529
Omri is disappointed with the miniature plastic Indian that his best friend gives him for his birthday, until the toy comes to life as a fierce Iroquois Indian only three inches tall. This is a witty story written for grades 4-7 and older readers.

AGONY OF ALICE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - RC 25250

BABE, THE GALLANT PIG by Dick King-Smith - RC 33742, BR 6725

BLACKBERRIES IN THE DARK by Mavis Jukes - RC 25652

BLUE SWORD by Robin McKinley - RC 23523, BR 8274

THE CAT THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND by C. S. Adler

CHAPTERS: MY GROWTH AS A WRITER by Lois Duncan - RC 22057

THE CYBIL WAR by Betsy Byars - RC 18866

DEAR MR. HENSHAW by Beverly Cleary - RC 21309, BR 5629

FIGHTING GROUND by Avi

HOMECOMING by Cynthia Voigt - RC 19862, BR 13290

IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON by Bette Bao Lord - RC 23538, BR 7295

LIGHT IN THE ATTIC by Shel Silverstein - RC 17732, BR 11934

LION TO GUARD US by Clyde Bulla - BR 8236

ON MY HONOR by Marion Bauer - RC 26123, BR 6959

REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES by Richard Peck - RC 24699, BR 6616

SARAH, PLAIN AND TALL by Patricia MacLachian - RC 23524, BR 9531

SEVEN DAYS TO A BRAND-NEW ME by Ellen Conford - RC 19853

SIGN OF THE BEAVER by Elizabeth Speare - RC 21639, BR 9513

WILDERNESS PERIL by Thomas Dygard - RC 24453


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