Beehive Award - Fiction (Awarded by Children's Literature Association of Utah)

Awards List

2022

The Great Pet Heist
(Winner)
Emily Ecton

The Boy Who Grew Dragons
(Nominee)
Andy Shepherd

Homerooms and Hall Passes
(Nominee)
Tom O'Donnell

The Blackbird Girls
(Nominee)
Anne Blankman

My Life as a Potato
(Nominee)
Arianne Costner

Willa and the Whale
(Nominee)
Chad Morris

How to Make Friends with the Sea
(Nominee)
Tanya Guerrero

Wink
(Nominee)
Rob Harrell

Ways to Make Sunshine
(Nominee)
Renee Watson

Fighting Words
(Nominee)
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

2021

A Wolf Called Wander
(Winner)
Rosanne Parry

Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure
(Nominee)
Alex T. Smith

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

Dragons in a Bag
(Nominee)
Zetta Elliott

Inkling
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

The Unteachables
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Over the Moon
(Nominee)
Natalie Lloyd

Other Words for Home
(Nominee)
Jasmine Warga

Shouting at the Rain
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories
(Nominee)
Max Brallier

2020

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
(Winner)
Dusti Bowling

Wishtree
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Fairy Mom and Me
(Nominee)
Sophie Kinsella

Checked
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

The Mad Wolf's Daughter
(Nominee)
Diane Magras

The Night Diary
(Nominee)
Veera Hiranandani

Aru Shah and the End of Time
(Nominee)
Roshani Chokshi

Rebound
(Nominee)
Kwame Alexander

You Go First
(Nominee)
Erin Entrada Kelly

Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School
(Nominee)
Julie Falatko

2019

Restart
(Winner)
Gordon Korman

Word of Mouse
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein

Wolfie and Fly
(Nominee)
Cary Fagan

Squirrel Meets World
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Amina's Voice
(Nominee)
Hena Khan

Beyond the Bright Sea
(Nominee)
Lauren Wolk

The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart
(Nominee)
Stephanie Burgis

Overboard!
(Nominee)
Terry Lynn Johnson

Refugee
(Nominee)
Alan M. Gratz

Wedgie & Gizmo
(Nominee)
Suzanne Selfors

2018

Some Kind of Courage
(Winner)
Dan Gemeinhart

Clover's Luck
(Nominee)
Kallie George

Adventures with Waffles
(Nominee)
Maria Parr

The Book Scavenger
(Nominee)
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Secrets of the Dragon Tomb
(Nominee)
Patrick Samphire

A Bandit's Tale
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

The Girl in the Tower
(Nominee)
Lisa Schroeder

Shadow Magic
(Nominee)
Joshua Khan

Wolf Hollow
(Nominee)
Lauren Wolk

Ghost
(Nominee)
Jason Reynolds

2017

Roller Girl
(Winner)
Victoria Jamieson

Zane and the Hurricane
(Nominee)
Rodman Philbrick

Beast Keeper
(Nominee)
Lucy Coats

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

Fish in a Tree
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The Honest Truth
(Nominee)
Dan Gemeinhart

Castle Hangnail
(Nominee)
Ursula Vernon

My Brother Is a Superhero
(Nominee)
David Solomons

Appleblossom the Possum
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Blackthorn Key
(Nominee)
Kevin Sands

2016

El Deafo
(Winner)
Cece Bell

The Great Trouble
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

Spell Robbers
(Nominee)
Matthew J. Kirby

The Blood Guard
(Nominee)
Carter Roy

Under the Egg
(Nominee)
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

The Vanishing Coin
(Nominee)
Kate Egan; Mike Lane

The Night Gardener
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

Loot: How to Steal a Fortune
(Nominee)
Jude Watson

Frostborn
(Nominee)
Lou Anders

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

2015

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
(Winner)
Lauren Tarshis

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
(Nominee)
Lauren Tarshis

Of Giants and Ice
(Nominee)
Shelby Bach

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
(Nominee)
Liesl Shurtliff

Paperboy
(Nominee)
Vince Vawter

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

Duke
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

Sky Jumpers
(Nominee)
Peggy Eddleman

Wild Born
(Nominee)
Brandon Mull

2014

Wonder
(Winner)
R.J. Palacio

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

Zita the Spacegirl
(Nominee)
Ben Hatke

Inside Out and Back Again
(Nominee)
Thanhha Lai

Icefall
(Nominee)
Matthew J. Kirby

Tuesdays at the Castle
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

The Humming Room
(Nominee)
Ellen Potter

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

The Brixen Witch
(Nominee)
Stacy DeKeyser

Malcolm at Midnight
(Nominee)
W.H. Beck

2013

Lulu and the Brontosaurus
(Winner)
Judith Viorst

Heart of a Samurai
(Nominee)
Margi Preus

The Familiars
(Nominee)
Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

A Dog's Way Home
(Nominee)
Bobbie Pyron

True (. . . Sort Of)
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

The Unwanteds
(Nominee)
Lisa McMann

2012

Out of My Mind
(Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Lincoln and His Boys
(Nominee)
Rosemary Wells

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
(Nominee)
Kristin Levine

Wild Girl
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

The Mysterious Howling
(Nominee)
Maryrose Wood

Because of Mr. Terupt
(Nominee)
Rob Buyea

The Clockwork Three
(Nominee)
Matthew J. Kirby

2011

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Winner)
Grace Lin

The Leanin' Dog
(Nominee)
K.A. Nuzum

The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones
(Nominee)
Helen Hemphill

11 Birthdays
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Kelly

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Binky the Space Cat
(Nominee)
Ashley Spires

2010

The Mysterious Benedict Society
(Nominee)
Trenton Lee Stewart

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

The Big Field
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

The Girl Who Could Fly
(Nominee)
Victoria Forester

2009

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Clementine
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

On the Wings of Heroes
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

Dragon Slippers
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

2008

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

The Fairy-Tale Detectives
(Nominee)
Michael Buckley

Our Hero
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Weedflower
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

2007

Princess Academy
(Winner)
Shannon Hale

The Forging of the Blade
(Nominee)
R.L. LaFevers

The Naked Mole-Rat Letters
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

The Ruins of Gorlan
(Nominee)
John Flanagan

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

Mercy Watson to the Rescue
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2005

The City of Ember
(Winner)
Jeanne Duprau

Award Categories

Fiction

Graphic Novel: Children

Graphic Novel: Young Adult

Informational

Picture Book

Poetry

Young Adult

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