2014 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Hit and Run
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Norah McClintock

The Lemonade War
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Jacqueline Davies

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
(*)
Jordan Sonnenblick

The Abominables
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Eva Ibbotson

I Funny
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James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein

One Came Home
(*)
Amy Timberlake

Just One Year
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Gayle Forman
  • / General Fiction
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Play Makers
(*)
Mike Lupica

Stripes of All Types
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Susan Stockdale

Below
(*)
Meg McKinlay

The Case of the Stolen Sixpence
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Holly Webb

Paperboy
(*)
Vince Vawter

School Spirits
(*)
Rachel Hawkins

Sugar
(*)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Amazing Story of the Combustion Engine
(*)
Mari Bolte

The Hypnotists
(*)
Gordon Korman

If I Ever Get Out of Here
(*)
Eric Gansworth

Brotherhood
(*)
Anne Westrick

Counting by 7s
(*)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Don't Spill the Milk!
(*)
Stephen Davies

Fallout
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Todd Strasser

Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Fortunately, the Milk
(*)
Neil Gaiman

The Great Trouble
(*)
Deborah Hopkinson

Hello Mr. Hulot
(*)
David Merveille

Hitler's Secret
(*)
William Osborne

How to Catch a Bogle
(*)
Catherine Jinks

Invasion
(*)
Walter Dean Myers

The Line
(*)
Paula Bossia

Love in the Time of Global Warming
(*)
Francesca Lia Block

The Monster in the Mudball
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S.P. Gates

More Than This
(*)
Patrick Ness

Mystery on Pine Lake
(*)
Tamra Wight

Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
(*)
Rick Riordan
in Guys Read: Other Worlds

Pitcher
(*)
William Elliott Hazelgrove

QB 1
(*)
Mike Lupica

The Real Boy
(*)
Anne Ursu

Romeo and Juliet
(*)
Gareth Hinds

Rooftoppers
(*)
Katherine Rundell

Serafina's Promise
(*)
Ann E. Burg

Smash: Trial by Fire
(*)
Chris Bolton

This Song Will Save Your Life
(*)
Leila Sales

Untold
(*)
Sarah Rees Brennan

Violet Mackerel's Personal Space
(*)
Anna Branford

Wake Up Missing
(*)
Kate Messner

Words with Wings
(*)
Nikki Grimes

Zombie Baseball Beatdown
(*)
Paolo Bacigalupi

#1 Welcome to the Tribe!
(*)
Flora Grimaldi

Africa Is My Home
(*)
Monica Edinger

All the Truth That's in Me
(*)
Julie Berry

Archon
(*)
Lana Krumwiede

Battle Bunny
(*)
Mac Barnett; Jon Scieszka

Battling Boy
(*)
Paul Pope

Cats at Sea
(*)
Lisa Martin; Valerie Martin

The Cutting Room Floor
(*)
Dawn Klehr

Eat Like a Bear
(*)
April Pulley Sayre

Emerald Green
(*)
Kerstin Gier

Fire Storm
(*)
Andrew Lane

Henry's Hand
(*)
Ross MacDonald

Herman and Rosie
(*)
Gus Gordon

The Invisible Boy
(*)
Trudy Ludwig

Lost Cat
(*)
Roger Mader

Made of Stars
(*)
Kelley York

Man Made Boy
(*)
Jon Skovron

Muckers
(*)
Sandra Neil Wallace

Mysterious Traveler
(*)
Mal Peet; Elspeth Graham

A Pair of Friends in Winter
(*)
Megan McDonald

The Silver Button
(*)
Bob Graham

Totally Unrelated
(*)
Tom Ryan

Tower of the Five Orders
(*)
Deron R. Hicks

Turn Left at the Cow
(*)
Lisa Bullard

The Bad Birthday Idea
(*)
Madeline Valentine

The Campaign
(*)
Elizabeth Karre

The City of Death
(*)
Sarwat Chadda

The Dagger X
(*)
Brian Eames

Foul Trouble
(*)
John Feinstein

Fraidyzoo
(*)
Thyra Heder

Friends
(*)
Eric Carle

Full Ride
(*)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

He Said, She Said
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Hostage Three
(*)
Nick Lake

In the Age of Love and Chocolate
(*)
Gabrielle Zevin

The Living
(*)
Matt De La Pena

Lost in Babylon
(*)
Peter Lerangis

Maximilian & the Bingo Rematch
(*)
Xavier Garza

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
(*)
Ransom Riggs

Sophie Scott Goes South
(*)
Alison Lester

Sophie Hartley and the Facts of Life
(*)
Stephanie Greene

Topspin
(*)
Sonya Bates

I Even Funnier
(*)
James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein

Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me
(*)
Daniel Beaty

Pinkbeard's Revenge
(*)
Greg Trine

Almost Super
(*)
Marion Jensen

Animal Infographics
(*)
Chris Oxlade

Bad Kitty Drawn to Trouble
(*)
Nick Bruel

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
(*)
Brenda Woods

Code Name Komiko
(*)
Naomi Paul

A Dance Like Starlight
(*)
Kristy Dempsey

Fake Id
(*)
Lamar Giles

Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
(*)
Tim Federle

Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
(*)
Natasha Yim

Hero Worship
(*)
Christopher E. Long

The Impossible Knife of Memory
(*)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Jackpot
(*)
Gordon Korman

King for a Day
(*)
Rukhsana Khan

A Medal for Leroy
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

The Moment Before
(*)
Suzy Vitello

My Blue Bunny, Bubbit
(*)
Maggie Smith

No One Else Can Have You
(*)
Kathleen Hale

Seeds and Fruits
(*)
Melanie Waldron

Tank Man
(*)
Michael Burgan

The True Adventures of Nicolo Zen
(*)
Nicholas Christopher

When I Was the Greatest
(*)
Jason Reynolds

Why Can't I Hear That?
(*)
Louise Spilsbury; Richard Spilsbury

You Can't Have Too Many Friends!
(*)
Mordicai Gerstein

Divided We Fall
(*)
Trent Reedy

Eliza Bing Is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter
(*)
Carmella Van Vleet

Extraordinary Jane
(*)
Hannah E. Harrison

Extra Innings
(*)
Tiki Barber; Ronde Barber

Extraordinary Warren: A Super Chicken
(*)
Sarah Dillard

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing
(*)
Sheila Turnage

Grasshopper Jungle
(*)
Andrew Smith

Half a Chance
(*)
Cynthia Lord

Ice Dogs
(*)
Terry Lynn Johnson

The Lion Who Stole My Arm
(*)
Nicola Davies

Maybe One Day
(*)
Melissa Kantor

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(*)
Anne Isaacs

Operation Bunny
(*)
Sally Gardner

Saving Kabul Corner
(*)
N.H. Senzai

A Snicker of Magic
(*)
Natalie Lloyd

The Sound of Letting Go
(*)
Stasia Ward Kehoe

A Taste of Freedom: Gandhi and the Great Salt March
(*)
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Tesla's Attic
(*)
Neal Shusterman

Threatened
(*)
Eliot Schrefer

The Tyrant's Daughter
(*)
J.C. Carleson

The Unbound
(*)
Victoria Schwab

What the Moon Said
(*)
Gayle Rosengren

Willow
(*)
Tonya Cherie Hegamin

Zane and the Hurricane
(*)
Rodman Philbrick

16 Things I Thought Were True
(*)
Janet Gurtler

Betty Bunny Wants a Goal
(*)
Michael B. Kaplan

Big Nate: In the Zone
(*)
Lincoln Peirce

Big Time
(*)
Tom Ryan

The Boxer
(*)
Reinhard Kleist

Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!
(*)
Pat Mora; Libby Martinez

Caminar
(*)
Skila Brown

The Crossover
(*)
Kwame Alexander

Cured
(*)
Bethany Wiggins

Dangerous
(*)
Shannon Hale

Dragon on Trial
(*)
Tui T. Sutherland

Freedom Summer
(*)
Susan Goldman Rubin

How to Make a Planet
(*)
Kids Can Press

I Didn't Do My Homework Because...
(*)
Benjamin Chaud; Davide Cali

I Have a Bad Feeling about This
(*)
Jeff Strand

Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake
(*)
Julie Sternberg

LIV, Forever
(*)
Amy Talkington

More of Monkey & Robot
(*)
Peter Catalanotto

P.K. Pinkerton and the Pistol-Packing Widows
(*)
Caroline Lawrence

Panic
(*)
Lauren Oliver

Peggy: A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure
(*)
Anna Walker

President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath
(*)
Mac Barnett

The Riverman
(*)
Aaron Starmer

The Scraps Book
(*)
Lois Ehlert

Screaming at the Ump
(*)
Audrey Vernick

The Secret Side of Empty
(*)
Maria E. Andreu

Silver
(*)
Chris Wooding

Silver People
(*)
Margarita Engle

The Slanted Worlds
(*)
Catherine Fisher

Sparky!
(*)
Jenny Offill

Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
(*)
John Boyne

Stella's Starliner
(*)
Rosemary Wells

Straight Punch
(*)
Monique Polak

Susan Marcus Bends the Rules
(*)
Jane Cutler

Voices from the Oregon Trail
(*)
Kay Winters

Where's Mommy?
(*)
Beverly Donofrio

The Winner's Curse
(*)
Marie Rutkoski

Winston & George
(*)
John Miller

Also Known as Elvis
(*)
James Howe

Always Emily
(*)
Michaela MacColl

Bad Bye, Good Bye
(*)
Deborah Underwood

The Boundless
(*)
Kenneth Oppel

Brother Hugo and the Bear
(*)
Kathryne Beebe; S.D. Schindler

Cheetah Math
(*)
Ann Whitehead Nagda

Cold Calls
(*)
Charles Benoit

Curiosity
(*)
Gary Blackwood

Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly
(*)
Conrad Wesselhoeft

Dreams of Gods and Monsters
(*)
Laini Taylor

Expiration Day
(*)
William Campbell Powell

Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World
(*)
Steve Jenkins

Fly Away
(*)
Patricia MacLachlan

Found
(*)
Salina Yoon

The Geography of You and Me
(*)
Jennifer E. Smith

Going Over
(*)
Beth Kephart

The Here and Now
(*)
Ann Brashares

Hidden: A Child's View of the Holocaust
(*)
Loic Dauvillier

The Islands of Chaldea
(*)
Diana Wynne Jones; Ursula Jones

The King's Dragon
(*)
Kids Can Press

The Klaatu Terminus
(*)
Pete Hautman

Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits
(*)
Michael D. Beil

The Last Best Kiss
(*)
Claire LaZebnik

Lulu's Mysterious Mission
(*)
Judith Viorst

The Magic Trap
(*)
Jacqueline Davies

Migrant
(*)
Jose Manual Mateo

The Most Magnificent Thing
(*)
Ashley Spires

Noggin
(*)
John Corey Whaley

Non-Random Acts of Kindness
(*)
Lauren Myracle

Princess Sparkle-Heart Gets a Makeover
(*)
Josh Schneider

Salvage
(*)
Alexandra Duncan

Sekret
(*)
Lindsay Smith

So Much for Democracy
(*)
Kari Jones

Soccer Star
(*)
Mina Javaherbin

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
(*)
Jenny Han

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!
(*)
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
(*)
Julie T. Lamana

The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy
(*)
Kate Hattemer

West of the Moon
(*)
Margi Preus

Zoobots: Wild Robots Inspired by Real Animals
(*)
Kids Can Press

All Different Now
(*)
Angela Johnson

Anna & Solomon
(*)
Elaine Snyder; Harry Bliss

Annika Riz, Math Whiz
(*)
Claudia Mills

Call Me by My Name
(*)
John Ed Bradley

A Creature of Moonlight
(*)
Rebecca Hahn

Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas
(*)
Lynne Cox

Everything Leads to You
(*)
Nina LaCour

The Girl and the Bicycle
(*)
Mark Pett

Gravity
(*)
Jason Chin

The Greatest Star on Earth
(*)
Kate Klise

The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw
(*)
Christopher Healy

Jessie Elliot Is a Big Chicken
(*)
Elise Gravel

The Lion and the Bird
(*)
Marianne Dubuc

Love and Other Foreign Words
(*)
Erin McCahan

Maggie Meatloaf
(*)
Megan Jean Sovern

The Monkey Goes Bananas
(*)
P.C. Bloom

The Night Gardener
(*)
Jonathan Auxier

Norman, Speak!
(*)
Caroline Adderson

Outside in
(*)
Sarah Ellis

Pills and Starships
(*)
Lydia Millet

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
(*)
Gloria Whelan

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl
(*)
Ben Hatke

Rules of Summer
(*)
Shaun Tan

Rules, Tools, and Maybe a Bully
(*)
Rachel Vail

Scan
(*)
Walter Jury; Sarah Fine

Target Practice
(*)
Mike Maihack

This One Summer
(*)
Mariko Tamaki

Three Bears in a Boat
(*)
David Soman

Violet Mackerel's Possible Friend
(*)
Anna Branford

We Were Liars
(*)
E. Lockhart

Absolutely Almost
(*)
Lisa Graff

Allies & Assassins
(*)
Justin Somper

Black Butterfly
(*)
Shirley Reva Vernick

The Body in the Woods
(*)
April Henry

The Cabinet of Curiosities
(*)
Multiple Authors

The Castle Behind Thorns
(*)
Merrie Haskell

Chandra's Magic Light
(*)
Theresa Heine

Drift
(*)
M.K. Hutchins

Emily's Blue Period
(*)
Cathleen Daly

Gaston
(*)
Kelly DiPucchio

Girls Like Us
(*)
Gail Giles

The Glass Sentence
(*)
S.E. Grove

The Hangman's Revolution
(*)
Eoin Colfer

A Hitch at the Fairmont
(*)
Jim Averbeck

Hula Hoopin' Queen
(*)
Thelma Lynne Godin

Mister Bud Wears the Cone
(*)
Carter Goodrich

On the Road to Find Out
(*)
Rachel Toor

Otherbound
(*)
Corinne Duyvis

Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey
(*)
Alex Milway

The Prince of Venice Beach
(*)
Blake Nelson

Rain
(*)
Amanda Sun

Ruin and Rising
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

Say What You Will
(*)
Cammie McGovern

Starbird Murphy and the World Outside
(*)
Karen Finneyfrock

Surrounded by Sharks
(*)
Michael Northrop

The Truth about Alice
(*)
Jennifer Mathieu

Fear the Amoeba
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

The Half Life of Molly Pierce
(*)
Katrina Leno

In Deep
(*)
Terra Elan McVoy

It's Go Time!
(*)
Scott McCormick

Latitude Zero
(*)
Diana Renn

A Library Book for Bear
(*)
Bonny Becker

Like No Other
(*)
Una Lamarche

The Map Trap
(*)
Andrew Clements

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
(*)
Dana Alison Levy

My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)
(*)
Peter Brown

Recess!
(*)
Jennifer Holm; Matthew Holm; Jarrett J. Krosoczka

The Shadow Hero
(*)
Gene Luen Yang

Through the Woods
(*)
Emily Carroll

Because They Marched
(*)
Russell Freedman

Blind
(*)
Rachel DeWoskin

Circle of Stones
(*)
Catherine Fisher

Double Reverse
(*)
Fred Bowen

Fiendish
(*)
Brenna Yovanoff

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
(*)
Jon Scieszka

Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin
(*)
Chieri Uegaki

He Laughed with His Other Mouths
(*)
M.T. Anderson

Isla and the Happily Ever After
(*)
Stephanie Perkins

The Islands at the End of the World
(*)
Austin Aslan

Mystery of the Eagle's Nest
(*)
Tamra Wight

The Orphan and the Mouse
(*)
Martha Freeman

Sisters
(*)
Raina Telgemeier

The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
(*)
Adele Griffin

100 Sideways Miles
(*)
Andrew Smith

Afterworlds
(*)
Scott Westerfeld

Alexander, Who's Trying His Best to Be the Best Boy Ever
(*)
Judith Viorst

Ali
(*)
Barry Denenberg

Always a Catch
(*)
Peter Richmond

Amber Brown Horses Around
(*)
Bruce Coville; Elizabeth Levy

As an Oak Tree Grows
(*)
G. Brian Karas

As Red as Blood
(*)
Salla Simukka

The Badger Knight
(*)
Kathryn Erskine

Ben Franklin's Big Splash
(*)
Barb Rosenstock

Blackfin Sky
(*)
Kat Ellis

Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
(*)
Katherine Rundell

The Cat at the Wall
(*)
Deborah Ellis

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Squeaking Skull
(*)
Bill Harley

Chik Chak Shabbat
(*)
Mara Rockliff

The Circus Goes to Sea
(*)
Kate Klise

The Contract
(*)
Paul Mantell; Derek Jeter

Disappearance at Hangman's Bluff
(*)
J.E. Thompson

The Dolls
(*)
Kiki Sullivan

Egg & Spoon
(*)
Gregory Maguire

El Deafo
(*)
Cece Bell

Eyes Wide Open
(*)
Paul Fleischman

Fantasy League
(*)
Mike Lupica

The Farmer and the Clown
(*)
Marla Frazee

Found
(*)
Harlan Coben

Fox's Garden
(*)
Princesse Camcam

Give and Take
(*)
Chris Raschka

Half a World Away
(*)
Cynthia Kadohata

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel
(*)
Caryn Yacowitz

I'll Give You the Sun
(*)
Jandy Nelson

If You're Reading This
(*)
Trent Reedy

The Infinite Sea
(*)
Rick Yancey

The Iron Trial
(*)
Holly Black; Cassandra Clare

The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
(*)
Jack Gantos

Kinda Like Brothers
(*)
Coe Booth

Monstrous Affections
(*)
Candlewick Press

Nuts to You
(*)
Lynne Rae Perkins

The Princess and the Foal
(*)
Stacy Gregg

The Red Pencil
(*)
Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

Remy and Lulu
(*)
Kevin Hawkes

Santa Clauses
(*)
Bob Raczka

Somebody on This Bus Is Going to Be Famous
(*)
J.B. Cheaney

The Sound of Thunder
(*)
J. Torres

Spooky Season
(*)
Jessie Haas

Take Away the a
(*)
Michael Escoffier

The Turtle of Oman
(*)
Naomi Shihab Nye

Unmade
(*)
Sarah Rees Brennan

Vanilla Ice Cream
(*)
Bob Graham

Violet Mackerel's Pocket Protest
(*)
Anna Branford

The Zero Degree Zombie Zone
(*)
Patrik Henry Bass

Althea and Oliver
(*)
Cristina Moracho

Any Questions
(*)
Marie-Louise Gay

Anybody Shining
(*)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Arcady's Goal
(*)
Eugene Yelchin

Beware the Wild
(*)
Natalie C. Parker

Blue Lily, Lily Blue
(*)
Maggie Stiefvater

The Book with No Pictures
(*)
B.J. Novak

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
(*)
Isabel Quintero

Good Dream, Bad Dream
(*)
Juan Calle; Serena Valentino

The Hidden Doors
(*)
Kazu Kibuishi

I Remember Beirut
(*)
Zeina Abirached

In Real Life
(*)
Cory Doctorow

It’s a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown
(*)
Stephanie Perkins
in My True Love Gave to Me

Kiss Kill Vanish
(*)
Jessica Martinez

Lies We Tell Ourselves
(*)
Robin Talley

Love Is the Drug
(*)
Alaya Dawn Johnson

The Rise of Aurora West
(*)
Paul Pope; J.T. Petty

Urban Outlaws
(*)
Peter Jay Black

Here I Am
(*)
Kim Patti

What's in Your Heart, Katie?: Writing in a Journal with Katie Woo
(*)
Fran Manushkin

Old Manhattan Has Some Farms
(*)
Susan Lendroth

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