2015 Junior Library Guild (Awarded by Junior Library Guild)

Awards List

Selection

Abe's Honest Words
(*)
Doreen Rappaport

The Hairdresser of Harare
(*)
Tendai Huchu

The Case of the Vanishing Emerald
(*)
Holly Webb

Binny for Short
(*)
Hilary McKay

Boys Don't Knit
(*)
Tom Easton

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

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

Lilliput
(*)
Samuel Gayton

A Path Begins
(*)
J.A. White

We Were Liars
(*)
E. Lockhart

Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
(*)
Jon Scieszka

Ambassador
(*)
William Alexander

Ashes to Ashes
(*)
Jenny Han; Siobhan Vivian

Draw!
(*)
Raul Colon

Egg & Spoon
(*)
Gregory Maguire

Eyes Wide Open
(*)
Paul Fleischman

Finding Ruby Starling
(*)
Karen Rivers

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

The Graham Cracker Plot
(*)
Shelley Tougas

Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
(*)
G. Neri

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

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Magic in the Mix
(*)
Annie Barrows

My Heart Is Laughing
(*)
Rose Lagercrantz

Nest
(*)
Esther Ehrlich

Philemon: Cast Away on the Letter A
(*)
Fred

Pick and Roll
(*)
Kelsey Blair

Pirates of the Silver Coast
(*)
Scott Chantler

Quest
(*)
Aaron Becker

Salt & Storm
(*)
Kendall Kulper

A Simple Case of Angels
(*)
Caroline Adderson

Skink -- No Surrender
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

The Turtle of Oman
(*)
Naomi Shihab Nye

The Whispering Skull
(*)
Jonathan Stroud

Wildlife
(*)
Fiona Wood

Winterfrost
(*)
Michelle Houts

The Witch's Boy
(*)
Kelly Barnhill

The Zoo at the Edge of the World
(*)
Eric Kahn Gale

The Accidental Highwayman
(*)
Ben Tripp

The Adventure of the Thimblewitch
(*)
Eric Orchard

The Calling
(*)
James Frey; Nils Johnson-Shelton

Crazy
(*)
Linda Vigen Phillips

The Doubt Factory
(*)
Paolo Bacigalupi

Emma and the Blue Genie
(*)
Cornelia Funke

The Eye of Zoltar
(*)
Jasper Fforde

Gabriel's Clock
(*)
Hilton Pashley

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
(*)
A.S. King

The Great Escape
(*)
Kate Egan; Mike Lane

How It Went Down
(*)
Kekla Magoon

Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads
(*)
Bob Shea

Lion, Lion
(*)
Miriam Busch

Love Is the Drug
(*)
Alaya Dawn Johnson

The Madman of Piney Woods
(*)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Mikis and the Donkey
(*)
Bibi Dumon Tak

Once Upon an Alphabet
(*)
Oliver Jeffers

Rain Reign
(*)
Ann M. Martin

The Rookie Bookie
(*)
Tobias J. Moskowitz; L. Jon Wertheim

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
(*)
Mac Barnett

Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914
(*)
John Hendrix

Shouldn't You Be in School?
(*)
Lemony Snicket

Snake Bite
(*)
Andrew Lane

Vango: Between Sky and Earth
(*)
Timothee de Fombelle

Atlantia
(*)
Ally Condie

Blizzard
(*)
John Rocco

Bow-Wow's Nightmare Neighbors
(*)
Mark Newgarden; Megan Montague Cash

Hansel and Gretel
(*)
Neil Gaiman

Jim's Lion
(*)
Russell Hoban

Lowriders in Space
(*)
Cathy Camper

The Map to Everywhere
(*)
Carrie Ryan; John Parke Davis

Mr. Ball Is Sad
(*)
Michael Townsend

Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn the Page
(*)
Cynthia Rylant

On the Edge
(*)
Allison van Diepen

Press Play
(*)
Eric Devine

Strongheart
(*)
Emily Arnold McCully

Bo at Iditarod Creek
(*)
Kirkpatrick Hill

Diamond Boy
(*)
Michael Williams

The Last Changeling
(*)
Jane Yolen; Adam Stemple

Skateboard Party
(*)
Karen English

3, 2, 1, Go!
(*)
Emily Arnold McCully

Apocalypse Bow Wow
(*)
James Proimos

The Boy in the Black Suit
(*)
Jason Reynolds

The Darkest Part of the Forest
(*)
Holly Black

Dear Mr. Washington
(*)
Lynn Cullen

Escape from the Lizzarks
(*)
Doug TenNapel

Ghosts of Heaven
(*)
Marcus Sedgwick

Juna's Jar
(*)
Jane Bahk; Felicia Hoshino

Last Stop on Market Street
(*)
Matt De La Pena

Monkey Wars
(*)
Richard Kurti

Snowboard Hero
(*)
Jake Maddox

Stella by Starlight
(*)
Sharon M. Draper

The Terrible Two
(*)
Jory John; Mac Barnett

There Will Be Lies
(*)
Nick Lake

Twisted Fate
(*)
Norah Olson

Unleashed
(*)
Gordon Korman

Vivian Apple at the End of the World
(*)
Katie Coyle

The War That Saved My Life
(*)
Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

X
(*)
Ilyasah Shabazz

Betty Bunny Loves Easter
(*)
Michael B. Kaplan

Bird & Diz
(*)
Gary Golio

Burning Nation
(*)
Trent Reedy

The Chosen Prince
(*)
Diane Stanley

The Cipher
(*)
John C. Ford

City of Savages
(*)
Lee Kelly

The Cottage in the Woods
(*)
Katherine Coville

Dance of the Banished
(*)
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Dinosaur Boy
(*)
Cory Putman Oakes

Echo
(*)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Edison's Alley
(*)
Neal Shusterman

The Forgetting
(*)
Nicole Maggi

The Forgotten Sisters
(*)
Shannon Hale

Glamourpuss
(*)
Sarah Weeks

Half a Man
(*)
Michael Morpurgo

Honey
(*)
Sarah Weeks

I Was Here
(*)
Gayle Forman

Kalahari
(*)
Jessica Khoury

Listen, Slowly
(*)
Thanhha Lai

Macbeth
(*)
Gareth Hinds

Masterminds
(*)
Gordon Korman

Monstrous
(*)
Marcykate Connolly

Moonpenny Island
(*)
Tricia Springstubb

The Oathbreaker's Shadow
(*)
Amy McCulloch

One Plastic Bag
(*)
Miranda Paul

The Only Game
(*)
Mike Lupica

A Plague of Bogles
(*)
Catherine Jinks

Prices! Prices! Prices!
(*)
David A. Adler

Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula
(*)
Andi Watson

Red Queen
(*)
Victoria Aveyard

Red: A Crayon's Story
(*)
Michael Hall

The Secret Cipher
(*)
Whitaker Ringwald

The Shadow Cabinet
(*)
Maureen Johnson

Smek for President!
(*)
Adam Rex

Smick
(*)
Doreen Cronin

And What If I Won't?
(*)
Maureen Fergus

The Astounding Broccoli Boy
(*)
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Blackbird Fly
(*)
Erin Entrada Kelly

Bone Gap
(*)
Laura Ruby

The Bullet Catch: Murder by Misadventure
(*)
Amy Axelrod

The Bunker Diary
(*)
Kevin Brooks

Catch You Later, Traitor
(*)
Avi

Completely Clementine
(*)
Sara Pennypacker

The Door in the Moon
(*)
Catherine Fisher

Firstborn
(*)
Tor Seidler

Footer Davis Probably Is Crazy
(*)
Susan Vaught

Half Wild
(*)
Sally Green

Harrison Squared
(*)
Daryl Gregory

I, Fly
(*)
Bridget Heos

The Imaginary
(*)
A.F. Harrold

It's Only Stanley
(*)
Jon Agee

Just So Happens
(*)
Fumio Obata

Krakens and Lies
(*)
Tui T. Sutherland

Little Peach
(*)
Peggy Kern

Lost Boy
(*)
Tim Green

Marilyn's Monster
(*)
Michelle Knudsen

Meet the Dullards
(*)
Sara Pennypacker

Mesmerized
(*)
Mara Rockliff

The Missing Dog Is Spotted
(*)
Jessica Scott Kerrin

Mosquitoland
(*)
David Arnold

The Penderwicks in Spring
(*)
Jeanne Birdsall

Prairie Fire
(*)
E.K. Johnston

Public School Superhero
(*)
James Patterson; Chris Tebbetts

Razorhurst
(*)
Justine Larbalestier

Rodeo Red
(*)
Maripat Perkins

Roger Is Reading a Book
(*)
Koen Van Biesen

Roller Girl
(*)
Victoria Jamieson

Shadow Scale
(*)
Rachel Hartman

Sidewalk Flowers
(*)
JonArno Lawson

Sport-O-Rama
(*)
Benoit Tardif

Talkin' Guitar
(*)
Robbin Gourley

The Walls Around Us
(*)
Nova Ren Suma

We All Looked Up
(*)
Tommy Wallach

The Whisper
(*)
Aaron Starmer

The Winner's Crime
(*)
Marie Rutkoski

Written in the Stars
(*)
Aisha Saeed

The Year We Sailed the Sun
(*)
Theresa Nelson

99 Days
(*)
Katie Cotugno

All the Rage
(*)
Courtney Summers

Anastasia and Her Sisters
(*)
Carolyn Meyer

Ben Draws Trouble
(*)
Matt Davies

Benjamin Bear in Brain Storms
(*)
Philippe Coudray

Castle Hangnail
(*)
Ursula Vernon

Cody and the Fountain of Happiness
(*)
Tricia Springstubb

Dear Hank Williams
(*)
Kimberly Willis Holt

Eden West
(*)
Pete Hautman

Endangered
(*)
Lamar Giles

Findi Finding the Music
(*)
Jennifer Torres

Friends of a Feather
(*)
Lauren Myracle

Gone Crazy in Alabama
(*)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Grandma in Blue with Red Hat
(*)
Scott Menchin

The Great War
(*)
Candlewick Press

I Don't Like Koala
(*)
Sean Ferrell

Like a River
(*)
Kathy Canon Wiechman

The Loch Ness Punster
(*)
Kate Klise

Lost in NYC
(*)
Nadja Spiegelman

Mark of the Thief
(*)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

The Monkey and the Bee
(*)
C.P. Bloom

Pieces and Players
(*)
Blue Balliett

Playing a Part
(*)
Daria Wilke; Marian Schwartz

The Potato King
(*)
Christoph Neimann

Rutabaga the Adventure Chef
(*)
Eric Colossal

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
(*)
Becky Albertalli

Skandal
(*)
Lindsay Smith

The Skunk
(*)
Mac Barnett

Still Waters
(*)
Ash Parsons

Surviving Bear Island
(*)
Paul Greci

Tiger Boy
(*)
Mitali Perkins

The Trap
(*)
Steven Arntson

Watch the Sky
(*)
Kirsten Hubbard

The World Within
(*)
Jane Eagland

The Year of the Three Sisters
(*)
Andrea Cheng

Zeroboxer
(*)
Fonda Lee

Adventures with Waffles
(*)
Maria Parr

Butterfly Park
(*)
Elly MacKay

Conviction
(*)
Kelly Loy Gilbert

Ellray Jakes the Recess King!
(*)
Sally Warner

Fort
(*)
Cynthia DeFelice

Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat
(*)
Deborah Underwood

Hit Count
(*)
Chris Lynch

The Hunted
(*)
Matt De La Pena

Izzy Barr, Running Star
(*)
Claudia Mills

The Jumbies
(*)
Tracey Baptiste

Making Pretty
(*)
Corey Ann Haydu

Pool
(*)
Jihyeon Lee

The Revelation of Louisa May
(*)
Michaela MacColl

The Runaway's Gold
(*)
Emilie Christie Burack

Saint Anything
(*)
Sarah Dessen

Scarlett Undercover
(*)
Jennifer Latham

A School for Unusual Girls
(*)
Kathleen Baldwin

Seriously Wicked
(*)
Tina Connolly

Six
(*)
M.M. Vaughan

The Sound of Life and Everything
(*)
Krista Van Dolzer

Sunday Shopping
(*)
Sally Derby

True Son
(*)
Lana Krumwiede

The Way Home Looks Now
(*)
Wendy Wan-Long Shang

William & the Missing Masterpiece
(*)
Helen Hancocks

The Worst Class Trip Ever
(*)
Dave Barry

The Wrath and the Dawn
(*)
Renee Ahdieh

Attack of the Alien Horde
(*)
Robert Venditti

Binny in Secret
(*)
Hilary McKay

Blackout
(*)
Peter Jay Black

Blood Will Tell
(*)
April Henry

Circus Mirandus
(*)
Cassie Beasley

Close to the Wind
(*)
Jon Walter

The Disappearing Magician
(*)
Kate Egan; Mike Lane

The Education of Ivy Blake
(*)
Ellen Airgood

Float
(*)
Daniel Miyares

Goblins on the Prowl
(*)
Bruce Coville

A Handful of Stars
(*)
Cynthia Lord

I Am Princess X
(*)
Cherie Priest

Ink and Ashes
(*)
Valynne E. Maetani

Kissing in America
(*)
Margo Rabb

The Land of Lines
(*)
Victor Hussenot

Lost in the Sun
(*)
Lisa Graff

More Happy Than Not
(*)
Adam Silvera

The Mothman's Curse
(*)
Christine Hayes

My Cousin Momo
(*)
Zachariah OHora

Nimona
(*)
Noelle Stevenson

Nooks & Crannies
(*)
Jessica Lawson

Orpheus in the Underworld
(*)
Yvan Pommaux

P.S. I Still Love You
(*)
Jenny Han

The Sign of the Cat
(*)
Lynne Jonell

Sweet
(*)
Emmy Laybourne

Tiny Pretty Things
(*)
Sona Charaipotra; Dhonielle Clayton

To Hold the Bridge
(*)
Garth Nix

Village by the Sea
(*)
Muon Van

The Witch Hunter
(*)
Virginia Boecker

Ask Me
(*)
Bernard Waber

Boats for Papa
(*)
Jessixa Bagley

The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate
(*)
Jacqueline Kelly

Dory and the Real True Friend
(*)
Abby Hanlon

Escape from Baxter's Barn
(*)
Rebecca Bond (1)

First Grade Dropout
(*)
Audrey Vernick

The Golden Specific
(*)
S.E. Grove

I'm Trying to Love Spiders
(*)
Bethany Barton

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!
(*)
Elise Parsley

Into the Killing Seas
(*)
Michael P. Spradlin

Lillian's Right to Vote
(*)
Jonah Winter; Shane Evans

Mummy Cat
(*)
Marcus Ewert

Over in the Wetlands
(*)
Caroline Starr Rose

Rampage at Waterloo
(*)
Brian Falkner

Shadowshaper
(*)
Daniel Jose Older

Silver in the Blood
(*)
Jessica Day George

Speak
(*)
Louisa Hall

Weightless
(*)
Sarah Bannan

The Accident Season
(*)
Moira Fowley-Doyle

Adrift
(*)
Paul Griffin

Baba Yaga's Assistant
(*)
Marika McCoola

Buddy and Earl
(*)
Maureen Fergus

Con Academy
(*)
Joe Schreiber

Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon
(*)
Kate DiCamillo

Frank Einstein and the Brainturbo
(*)
Jon Scieszka

Fright Club
(*)
Ethan Long

The Fun Book of Scary Stuff
(*)
Emily Jenkins

Fuzzy Mud
(*)
Louis Sachar

The Girl Who Slept with God
(*)
Val Brelinski

The Girl at the Center of the World
(*)
Austin Aslan

Goodbye Stranger
(*)
Rebecca Stead

The Heartbreakers
(*)
Ali Novak

Icebreaker
(*)
Lian Tanner

In the Canyon
(*)
Liz Garton Scanlon

The Inker's Shadow
(*)
Allen Say

Into the Dangerous World
(*)
Julie Chibbaro

Lair of Dreams
(*)
Libba Bray

Leo: A Ghost Story
(*)
Mac Barnett

Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
(*)
Phil Bildner

Maya's Blanket
(*)
Monica Brown

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
(*)
Ellen Potter

A Prince Without a Kingdom
(*)
Timothee de Fombelle

Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook
(*)
Anne Vittur Kennedy

School for Sidekicks
(*)
Kelly McCullough

Six Impossible Things
(*)
Fiona Wood

The Stranded Whale
(*)
Jane Yolen

The Suffering
(*)
Rin Chupeco

Sunny Side Up
(*)
Jennifer L. Holm

This Broken Wondrous World
(*)
Jon Skovron

Too Much Good Luck
(*)
Ellen Potter

Tree of Wonder
(*)
Kate Messner

Trouble Is a Friend of Mine
(*)
Stephanie Tromly

A Whole New Ballgame
(*)
Phil Bildner

The Wild Ones
(*)
C. Alexander London

The Wolf Wilder
(*)
Katherine Rundell

Yard War
(*)
Taylor Kitchings

The Art of Scorpions
(*)
Erin Bow

Beastly Bones
(*)
William Ritter

The Blackthorn Key
(*)
Kevin Sands

Charlie Bumpers vs. the Perfect Little Turkey
(*)
Bill Harley

Fable Comics
(*)
Multiple Authors

Fans of the Impossible Life
(*)
Kate Scelsa

The Fox Chase
(*)
Sven Nordqvist

The Foxglove Killings
(*)
Tara Kelly

Full Cicada Moon
(*)
Marilyn Hilton

The Hired Girl
(*)
Laura Amy Schlitz

How the Sun Got to Coco's House
(*)
Bob Graham

Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph
(*)
Lucy Margaret Rozier; Leo Espinosa

Last Night at the Circle Cinema
(*)
Emily Franklin

Little Nemo's Big New Dreams
(*)
Josh O'Neill

Little Robot
(*)
Ben Hatke

The Marvels
(*)
Brian Selznick

McToad Mows Tiny Island
(*)
Tom Angleberger

Mr. Putter & Tabby Smell the Roses
(*)
Cynthia Rylant

My Dog, Bob
(*)
Richard Torrey

My Leaf Book
(*)
Monica Wellington

My Two Blankets
(*)
Irena Kobald

Oskar and the Eight Blessings
(*)
Tanya Simon; Simon Richard

The Parakeet Named Dreidel
(*)
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Redeemed
(*)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Serpentine
(*)
Cindy Pon

The Seventh Most Important Thing
(*)
Shelley Pearsall

A Shiloh Christmas
(*)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Stand-Off
(*)
Andrew Smith

The Thing About Jellyfish
(*)
Ali Benjamin

Time for Cranberries
(*)
Lisl Detlefsen

The Trouble in Me
(*)
Jack Gantos

Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle
(*)
Katie Coyle

When I Am Happiest
(*)
Rose Lagercrantz

Windmill Dragons
(*)
David Nytra

The Bear Report
(*)
Thyra Heder

Beatrix Potter
(*)
David McPhail

Carry On
(*)
Rainbow Rowell

A Dog Wearing Shoes
(*)
Sangmi Ko

The Edge
(*)
Roland Smith

Juba!
(*)
Walter Dean Myers

Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
(*)
Leslea Newman

Ling & Ting: Twice as Silly
(*)
Grace Lin

Losers Take All
(*)
David Klass

Monster: The Graphic Novel
(*)
Walter Dean Myers; Guy A. Sims

The Rest of Us Just Live Here
(*)
Patrick Ness

Six of Crows
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

A Step Toward Falling
(*)
Cammie McGovern

The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet
(*)
Ian Lendler

The Sword of Summer
(*)
Rick Riordan

Tell the Story to Its End
(*)
Simon P. Clark

Very in Pieces
(*)
Megan Frazer Blakemore

What Makes Sports Gear Safer?
(*)
Kevin Kurtz

Written and Drawn by Henrietta
(*)
Liniers

Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People
(*)
S.D. Nelson

Stealing the Game
(*)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Raymond Obstfeld

Slasher Girls & Monster Boys
(*)
April Genevieve Tucholke

Honor Girl
(*)
Maggie Thrash

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