Georgia Children's Book Award - Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8)

Awards List

2018

The Seventh Most Important Thing
(Nominee)
Shelley Pearsall

House Arrest
(Nominee)
K.A. Holt

Pax
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
(Nominee)
Leslie Connor

Once Was a Time
(Nominee)
Leila Sales

As Brave as You
(Nominee)
Jason Reynolds

Lily and Dunkin
(Nominee)
Donna Gephart

Mayday
(Nominee)
Karen Harrington

Waiting for Augusta
(Nominee)
Jessica Lawson

What Elephants Know
(Nominee)
Eric Dinerstein

Wolf Hollow
(Nominee)
Lauren Wolk

When Friendship Followed Me Home
(Nominee)
Paul Griffin

The Best Man
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

Projekt 1065
(Nominee)
Alan M. Gratz

2017

Death by Toilet Paper
(Finalist)
Donna Gephart

Half a World Away
(Finalist)
Cynthia Kadohata

The Iron Trial
(Finalist)
Holly Black; Cassandra Clare

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

Rain Reign
(Finalist)
Ann M. Martin

Stella by Starlight
(Finalist)
Sharon M. Draper

The Terrible Two
(Finalist)
Jory John; Mac Barnett

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

Fish in a Tree
(Finalist)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Masterminds
(Finalist)
Gordon Korman

Roller Girl
(Finalist)
Victoria Jamieson

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
(Finalist)
Kelly Jones; Katie Kath

The Book Scavenger
(Finalist)
Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Circus Mirandus
(Finalist)
Cassie Beasley

Appleblossom the Possum
(Finalist)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fuzzy Mud
(Finalist)
Louis Sachar

Crenshaw
(Finalist)
Katherine Applegate

The Marvels
(Finalist)
Brian Selznick

The Thing About Jellyfish
(Finalist)
Ali Benjamin

2016

Prairie Evers
(Finalist)
Ellen Airgood

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
(Finalist)
Sonia Manzano

Prisoner B-3087
(Finalist)
Alan M. Gratz

This Journal Belongs to Ratchet
(Finalist)
Nancy Cavanaugh

The Vine Basket
(Finalist)
Josanne La Valley

The Girl from Felony Bay
(Finalist)
J.E. Thompson

Saturday Boy
(Finalist)
David Fleming

Sylo
(Finalist)
D.J. MacHale

Nickel Bay Nick
(Finalist)
Dean Pitchford

Half a Chance
(Finalist)
Cynthia Lord

A Snicker of Magic
(Finalist)
Natalie Lloyd

Hope Is a Ferris Wheel
(Finalist)
Robin Herrera

The Mark of the Dragonfly
(Finalist)
Jaleigh Johnson

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

A Bird on Water Street
(Finalist)
Elizabeth O. Dulemba

Absolutely Almost
(Finalist)
Lisa Graff

How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied
(Finalist)
Jess Keating

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

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(Finalist)
Jennifer L. Holm

2015

The Prisoner of Cell 25
(Winner)
Richard Paul Evans

Eight Keys
(Nominee)
Suzanne LaFleur

The Prisoner of Cell 25
(Nominee)
Richard Paul Evans

The Lions of Little Rock
(Nominee)
Kristin Levine

Chomp
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

The False Prince
(Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

One for the Murphys
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

Ungifted
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Navigating Early
(Nominee)
Clare Vanderpool

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

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

Twerp
(Nominee)
Mark Goldblatt

The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
(Nominee)
Kathi Appelt

Mountain Dog
(Nominee)
Margarita Engle

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Serafina's Promise
(Nominee)
Ann E. Burg

The Cheshire Cheese Cat
(Nominee)
Carmen Agra Deedy; Randall Wright

May B.
(Alternate)
Caroline Starr Rose

Almost Home
(Alternate)
Joan Bauer

Zebra Forest
(Alternate)
Adina Rishe Gewirtz

2014

Wonder
(Winner)
R.J. Palacio

Small as an Elephant
(Nominee)
Jennifer Richard Jacobson

The Boneshaker
(Nominee)
Kate Milford

The Familiars
(Nominee)
Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

Because of Mr. Terupt
(Nominee)
Rob Buyea

A Tale Dark and Grimm
(Nominee)
Adam Gidwitz

Camo Girl
(Nominee)
Kekla Magoon

Better Than Weird
(Nominee)
Anna Kerz

A Dog's Way Home
(Nominee)
Bobbie Pyron

Okay for Now
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Hidden
(Nominee)
Helen Frost

Dancing Home
(Nominee)
Alma Flor Ada

The Apothecary
(Nominee)
Maile Meloy

Breadcrumbs
(Nominee)
Anne Ursu

Maximilian & the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller
(Nominee)
Xavier Garza

A Monster Calls
(Nominee)
Patrick Ness

Pie
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Tuesdays at the Castle
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

Summer on the Moon
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

The Clockwork Three
(Alternate)
Matthew J. Kirby

Spy School
(Alternate)
Stuart Gibbs

Flying the Dragon
(Alternate)
Natalie Dias Lorenzi

2013

Hero
(Winner)
Mike Lupica

The Rock and the River
(Nominee)
Kekla Magoon

My Life in Pink & Green
(Nominee)
Lisa Greenwald

Wild Things
(Nominee)
Clay Carmichael

Ashes
(Nominee)
Kathryn Lasky

Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
(Nominee)
Eleanor Davis

Crunch
(Nominee)
Leslie Connor

Dark Life
(Nominee)
Kat Falls

Fish
(Nominee)
Gregory Mone

The Grimm Legacy
(Nominee)
Polly Shulman

Ninth Ward
(Nominee)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Limit
(Nominee)
Kristen Landon

Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
(Nominee)
Alan Silberberg

The Great Wall of Lucy Wu
(Nominee)
Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Words in the Dust
(Nominee)
Trent Reedy

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

Kick
(Nominee)
Walter Dean Myers; Ross Workman

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading
(Nominee)
Tommy Greenwald

Boys Without Names
(Alternate)
Kashmira Sheth

The Cardturner
(Alternate)
Louis Sachar

2012

The Hunger Games
(Winner)
Suzanne Collins

Waiting for Normal
(Nominee)
Leslie Connor

Chains
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
(Nominee)
Rodman Philbrick

Scat
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

All the Broken Pieces
(Nominee)
Ann E. Burg

Anything But Typical
(Nominee)
Nora Raleigh Baskin

Dying to Meet You
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

After Ever After
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

One Crazy Summer
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Out of My Mind
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Kathryn Erskine

Fall Out
(Nominee)
Deborah Wiles

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

2011

The Gollywhopper Games
(Winner)
Jody Feldman

Darkwing
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

Castle Corona
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech

Dragon's Egg
(Nominee)
Sarah L. Thomson

Child of Dandelions
(Nominee)
Shenaaz Nanji

Go Big or Go Home
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Bird Lake Moon
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

Savvy
(Nominee)
Ingrid Law

The Quest Begins
(Nominee)
Erin Hunter

Bringing the Boy Home
(Nominee)
N.A. Nelson

A Tugging String
(Nominee)
David Greenberg

The Year the Swallows Came Early
(Nominee)
Kathryn Fitzmaurice

The Name of this Book Is Secret
(Alternate)
Pseudonymous Bosch

2010

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

Feathers
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Saving the Griffin
(Nominee)
Kristen Wolden Nitz

Leepike Ridge
(Nominee)
N.D. Wilson

The Wednesday Wars
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Billy Creekmore
(Nominee)
Tracey Porter

Elijah of Buxton
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Football Genius
(Nominee)
Tim Green

The Sorta Sisters
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

Uprising
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Greetings from Nowhere
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

2009

The Lightning Thief
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

So B. It
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Heat
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Blood on the River: James Town, 1607
(Nominee)
Elisa Carbone

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Runaway Princess
(Nominee)
Kate Coombs

Journey to the Blue Moon
(Nominee)
Rebecca Rupp

Do Not Pass Go
(Nominee)
Kirkpatrick Hill

Peak
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

Truth and Salsa
(Nominee)
Linda Lowery

2008

Flush
(Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

Bronx Masquerade
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

The Misfits
(Nominee)
James Howe

The Report Card
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Crossing the Wire
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Princess Academy
(Alternate)
Shannon Hale

2007

Chasing Vermeer
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

2006

Double Dutch
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

The Red Rose Box
(Nominee)
Brenda Woods

Gorillas of Gill Park
(Nominee)
Amy Gordon

Who Is Stealing the Twelve Days of Christmas?
(Nominee)
Martha Freeman

Al Capone Does My Shirts
(Nominee)
Gennifer Choldenko

2005

Coraline
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

2004

Miracle's Boys
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Dovey Coe
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

The Word Eater
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
(Nominee)
Harriette Gillem Robinet

Flipped
(Nominee)
Wendelin Van Draanen

The Land
(Alternate)
Mildred D. Taylor

2003

The Landry News
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Jason's Gold
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

The Color of My Words
(Nominee)
Lynn Joseph

Fever 1793
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Coyote Autumn
(Nominee)
Bill Wallace

Esperanza Rising
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

The Last Book in the Universe
(Nominee)
Rodman Philbrick

2002

Danger in the Desert
(Winner)
T.S. Fields

Crossing Jordan
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

The Wild Kid
(Nominee)
Harry Mazer

Gypsy Rizka
(Nominee)
Lloyd Alexander

A Different Kind of Hero
(Nominee)
Ann R. Blakeslee

2001

My Life As a Fifth-Grade Comedian
(Winner)
Elizabeth Levy

Honus & Me
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Ghost Canoe
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Among the Hidden
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

SeaMan
(Nominee)
Gail Langer Karwoski

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
(Nominee)
Kimberly Willis Holt

The Wreck of the Ethie
(Nominee)
Hilary Hyland

2000

Seedfolks
(Nominee)
Paul Fleischman

Habibi
(Nominee)
Naomi Shihab Nye

Stay!: Keeper's Story
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Heaven
(Nominee)
Angela Johnson

1999

Frindle
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

1998

The Best School Year Ever
(Winner)
Barbara Robinson

1997

Mick Harte Was Here
(Winner)
Barbara Park

1996

Time for Andrew
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

1995

Mayfield Crossing
(Winner)
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

1992

All About Sam
(Winner)
Lois Lowry

1991

Hatchet
(Winner)
Gary Paulsen

1990

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

1989

The War With Grandpa
(Winner)
Robert Kimmel Smith

1988

Christina's Ghost
(Winner)
Betty Ren Wright

1987

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
(Winner)
Stephen Manes

1986

Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
(Winner)
Betty Miles

1985

Skinnybones
(Winner)
Barbara Park
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1983

Superfudge
(Winner)
Judy Blume

1982

Don't Hurt Laurie
(Winner)
Willo Davis Roberts

1981

The Great Gilly Hopkins
(Winner)
Katherine Paterson

1979

The Pinballs
(Winner)
Betsy Byars / Betsy Cromer Byars

1978

Freaky Friday
(Winner)
Mary Rodgers

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