Buckeye Children's Book Award - Grades 6-8 (Awarded by The Ohio Library Council)

Awards List

2015

The Neptune Project
(Nominee)
Polly Holyoke

Gilded
(Nominee)
Christina Farley

El Deafo
(Nominee)
Cece Bell

2014

Perfect Season
(Winner)
Tim Green

Sink or Swim
(Nominee)
Sarah Mlynowski

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Lord of Opium
(Nominee)
Nancy Farmer

The Extra
(Nominee)
Kathryn Lasky

2013

The Death Cure
(Winner)
James Dashner

Okay for Now
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
(Nominee)
Rachel Renee Russell

Beauty and the Beast, the Only One Who Didn't Run Away
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

2012

The Son of Neptune
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Dark Life
(Nominee)
Kat Falls

The Daughters
(Nominee)
Joanna Philbin

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja
(Nominee)
John Flanagan

2011

Out of My Mind
(Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Independence Hall
(Nominee)
Roland Smith; Michael P. Spradlin

Max
(Nominee)
James Patterson

Leviathan
(Nominee)
Scott Westerfeld

The Red Pyramid
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

2010

The Last Olympian
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

The Underneath
(Nominee)
Kathi Appelt

Ghost of Spirit Bear
(Nominee)
Ben Mikaelsen

A Templar's Apprentice
(Nominee)
Kat Black

2009

Cracker!
(Winner)
Cynthia Kadohata

Paintball Blast
(Nominee)
Jake Maddox

Bounce
(Nominee)
Natasha Friend

The Battle of the Labyrinth
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

2008

Rules
(Winner)
Cynthia Lord

2007

Eragon
(Winner)
Christopher Paolini

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

Runny Babbit
(Nominee)
Shel Silverstein

Among the Enemy
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

2005

Darkness Before Dawn
(Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Among the Impostors
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix
  • / Science Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Pictures of Hollis Woods
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

2001

Holes
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

Out of the Dust
(Nominee)
Karen Hesse
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Wringer
(Nominee)
Jerry Spinelli

Ella Enchanted
(Nominee)
Gail Carson Levine

Brian's Return
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

1999

Seedfolks
(Winner)
Paul Fleischman

1993

Maniac Magee
(Winner)
Jerry Spinelli

Award Categories

Grades 3-5

Grades 4-8

Grades 6-8

Grades K-2

Grades K-3

Teen

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