Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Young Adult

Awards List

2016

Unbroken
(Nominee)
Laura Hillenbrand

The Fault in Our Stars
(Nominee)
John Green

Throne of Glass
(Nominee)
Sarah J. Maas

Falling Kingdoms
(Nominee)
Morgan Rhodes

Eleanor & Park
(Nominee)
Rainbow Rowell

The Testing
(Nominee)
Joelle Charbonneau

The Impossible Knife of Memory
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

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

The Winner's Curse
(Nominee)
Marie Rutkoski

All the Light We Cannot See
(Nominee)
Anthony Doerr

City of Heavenly Fire
(Nominee)
Cassandra Clare

Big Little Lies
(Nominee)
Liane Moriarty

The Infinite Sea
(Nominee)
Rick Yancey

Belzhar
(Nominee)
Meg Wolitzer

Snow Like Ashes
(Nominee)
Sara Raasch

2015

Cinder
(Winner)
Marissa Meyer

I Am Number Four
(Nominee)
Pittacus Lore

Beautiful Darkness
(Nominee)
Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl

Matched
(Nominee)
Ally Condie

Delirium
(Nominee)
Lauren Oliver

Between Shades of Gray // Ashes in the Snow
(Nominee)
Ruta Sepetys

Blood Red Road
(Nominee)
Moira Young

The Girl of Fire and Thorns
(Nominee)
Rae Carson

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
(Nominee)
Michelle Hodkin

Legend
(Nominee)
Marie Lu

Shatter Me
(Nominee)
Tahereh Mafi

Cinder
(Nominee)
Marissa Meyer

Grave Mercy
(Nominee)
Robin LaFevers

The Selection
(Nominee)
Kiera Cass

The Paladin Prophecy
(Nominee)
Mark Frost

UnWholly
(Nominee)
Neal Shusterman

Truancy City
(Nominee)
Isamu Fukui

The Ambassador's Daughter
(Nominee)
Melanie Benjamin

The 5th Wave
(Nominee)
Rick Yancey

Proxy
(Nominee)
Alex London

Smoke
(Nominee)
Ellen Hopkins

The Eye of Minds
(Nominee)
James Dashner

2014

Divergent
(Winner)
Veronica Roth

The Help
(Nominee)
Kathryn Stockett

Slob
(Nominee)
Ellen Potter

Strange Angels
(Nominee)
Lili St. Crow

Beautiful Creatures
(Nominee)
Kami Garcia; Margaret Stohl

The Red Pyramid
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Fallout
(Nominee)
Ellen Hopkins

I'll Be There
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

The Death Cure
(Nominee)
James Dashner

The Lost Stories
(Nominee)
John Flanagan

The Fault in Our Stars
(Nominee)
John Green

Under the Never Sky
(Nominee)
Veronica Rossi

City of Lost Souls
(Nominee)
Cassandra Clare

Code Name Verity
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Wein

Every Day
(Nominee)
David Levithan

The Raven Boys
(Nominee)
Maggie Stiefvater

Son
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Reached
(Nominee)
Ally Condie

2013

The Lost Hero
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
(Second Place)
John Boyne

The Comet's Curse
(Nominee)
Dom Testa

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
(Nominee)
Rachel Renee Russell

Fallen
(Nominee)
Lauren Kate

Witch & Wizard
(Nominee)
James Patterson; Gabrielle Charbonnet

Chasing Brooklyn
(Nominee)
Lisa Schroeder

Crescendo
(Nominee)
Becca Fitzpatrick

Mission Unstoppable
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

City of Fallen Angels
(Nominee)
Cassandra Clare

What Happened to Goodbye
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

Blood Red Road
(Nominee)
Moira Young

The Scorpio Races
(Nominee)
Maggie Stiefvater

Matched
(Third Place)
Ally Condie

2012

The Last Straw
(Winner)
Jeff Kinney

Flipped
(Nominee)
Wendelin Van Draanen

Chosen
(Nominee)
Ted Dekker

Found
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Cracker!
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

The Time Paradox
(Nominee)
Eoin Colfer

Evermore
(Nominee)
Alyson Noel

Wintergirls
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

City of Glass
(Runner-Up)
Cassandra Clare

Tricks
(Nominee)
Ellen Hopkins

Fire
(Nominee)
Kristin Cashore

Hush, Hush
(Nominee)
Becca Fitzpatrick

Crocodile Tears
(Nominee)
Anthony Horowitz

Pretty Little Liars Box Set
(Nominee)
Sara Shepard

Fang
(Nominee)
James Patterson

House Rules
(Nominee)
Jodi Picoult

Burned
(Nominee)
P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Linger
(Nominee)
Maggie Stiefvater

2011

The Last Olympian
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Nineteen Minutes
(Nominee)
Jodi Picoult

Peak
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

Summer Ball
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Betrayed
(Nominee)
P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Rodrick Rules
(Nominee)
Jeff Kinney

City of Ashes
(Nominee)
Cassandra Clare

The Host
(Nominee)
Stephenie Meyer

Identical
(Nominee)
Ellen Hopkins

Graceling
(Nominee)
Kristin Cashore

Max
(Nominee)
James Patterson

Along for the Ride
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

Shiver
(Nominee)
Maggie Stiefvater

Syren
(Nominee)
Angie Sage

Under the Dome
(Nominee)
Stephen King

2010

The Hunger Games
(Winner)
Suzanne Collins

Burned
(Nominee)
Ellen Hopkins

Life As We Knew It
(Nominee)
Susan Beth Pfeffer

City of Bones
(Nominee)
Cassandra Clare

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(Nominee)
Jeff Kinney

Marked
(Nominee)
P.C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Snakehead
(Nominee)
Anthony Horowitz

Unwind
(Nominee)
Neal Shusterman

Queste
(Nominee)
Angie Sage

The Battle of the Labyrinth
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Lock and Key
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

Raven Rise
(Nominee)
D.J. MacHale

Inkdeath
(Nominee)
Cornelia Funke

2009

Eclipse
(Winner)
Stephenie Meyer

So B. It
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Scorpia
(Nominee)
Anthony Horowitz

Midnight
(Nominee)
Erin Hunter

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Flush
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

Just Listen
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

The Sea of Monsters
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Dairy Queen
(Nominee)
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

The Quillan Games
(Nominee)
D.J. MacHale

Physik
(Nominee)
Angie Sage

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
(Nominee)
Sherman Alexie

Playing For Pizza
(Nominee)
John Grisham

2008

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

Artemis Fowl
(Nominee)
Eoin Colfer

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

The Truth about Forever
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

Chasing Vermeer
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

Dragonspell
(Nominee)
Donita K. Paul

The Angel Experiment
(Nominee)
James Patterson

The Lightning Thief
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

The Rivers of Zadaa
(Nominee)
D.J. MacHale

Knife of Dreams
(Nominee)
Robert Jordan

Flyte
(Nominee)
Angie Sage

New Moon
(Nominee)
Stephenie Meyer

The End
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Summer of the Apocalypse
(Nominee)
James Van Pelt

2007

Eldest
(Winner)
Christopher Paolini

This Lullaby
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

The Da Vinci Code
(Nominee)
Dan Brown

The Tale of Despereaux
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

Kira-Kira
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

The Golem's Eye
(Nominee)
Jonathan Stroud

Magyk
(Nominee)
Angie Sage

The Last of the O-Forms & Other Stories
(Nominee)
James Van Pelt

Inkspell
(Nominee)
Cornelia Funke

The Penultimate Peril
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Twilight
(Nominee)
Stephenie Meyer

2006

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

2005

Eragon
(Winner)
Christopher Paolini

Life of Pi
(Nominee)
Yann Martel
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Gossip Girl
(Nominee)
Cecily von Ziegesar

House of the Scorpion
(Nominee)
Nancy Farmer

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(Nominee)
Mark Haddon

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(Nominee)
J.K. Rowling

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
(Nominee)
Carolyn Mackler

The Amulet of Samarkand
(Nominee)
Jonathan Stroud

The Slippery Slope
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

Inkheart
(Nominee)
Cornelia Funke

Among the Brave
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Clique
(Nominee)
Lisi Harrison

The Truth about Forever
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

The Amber Spyglass
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
(Nominee)
Ann Brashares

The Arctic Incident
(Nominee)
Eoin Colfer

Crispin: The Cross of Lead
(Nominee)
Avi

Eragon
(Nominee)
Christopher Paolini

The Lovely Bones
(Nominee)
Alice Sebold

Shadow Puppets
(Nominee)
Orson Scott Card

The Da Vinci Code
(Nominee)
Dan Brown

The Tale of Despereaux
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2003

A Walk to Remember
(Winner)
Nicholas Sparks

The Vanishing
(Nominee)
Tim LaHaye; Jerry B. Jenkins

Rainbow Six
(Nominee)
Tom Clancy

Among the Hidden
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Loves Me, Loves Me Not
(Nominee)
Anilu Bernardo

Shadow Spinner
(Nominee)
Susan Fletcher

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Nominee)
J.K. Rowling

The Reptile Room
(Nominee)
Lemony Snicket

The Amber Spyglass
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

A Year Down Yonder
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

2002

Memoirs of a Geisha
(Nominee)
Arthur Golden

Burning Up
(Nominee)
Caroline B. Cooney

Ender's Shadow
(Nominee)
Orson Scott Card

Jason's Gold
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Atlantis Found
(Nominee)
Clive Cussler

The River King
(Nominee)
Alice Hoffman

Feeling Sorry For Celia
(Nominee)
Jaclyn Moriarty

2001

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

The Green Mile
(Nominee)
Stephen King

Wringer
(Nominee)
Jerry Spinelli

The Adventures of Captain Underpants
(Nominee)
Dav Pilkey

Rainbow Six
(Nominee)
Tom Clancy

Ella Enchanted
(Nominee)
Gail Carson Levine

The Maze
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

The Testament
(Nominee)
John Grisham

Shadow Spinner
(Nominee)
Susan Fletcher

Stones in Water
(Nominee)
Donna Jo Napoli

2000

Holes
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

1997

Downriver
(Winner)
Will Hobbs

1996

The Face on the Milk Carton
(Winner)
Caroline B. Cooney

1995

The Client
(Winner)
John Grisham

1994

It
(Winner)
Stephen King

1993

Jurassic Park
(Winner)
Michael Crichton

1992

Changes in Latitudes
(Winner)
Will Hobbs

1991

Pet Sematary
(Winner)
Stephen King

1990

The Cradle Will Fall
(Winner)
Mary Higgins Clark

1989

The Eyes of the Dragon
(Winner)
Stephen King

1988

The Other Side of Dark
(Winner)
Joan Lowery Nixon

1987

The Third Eye
(Winner)
Lois Duncan

1986

Bridge to Terabithia
(Winner)
Katherine Paterson

1985

Tiger Eyes
(Winner)
Judy Blume

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