Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award - Children's

Awards List

2015

May B.
(Nominee)
Caroline Starr Rose

King of the Mound
(Nominee)
Wes Tooke

The Homemade Stuffing Caper
(Nominee)
John Madormo

Libby of High Hopes
(Nominee)
Elise Primavera

Capture the Flag
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

Rebel McKenzie
(Nominee)
Candice Ransom

Kizzy Ann Stamps
(Nominee)
Jeri Watts

Almost Home
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

A Mutiny in Time
(Nominee)
James Dashner

Ginger
(Nominee)
Kate Klimo

A Tangle of Knots
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Force Out
(Nominee)
Tim Green

White Fur Flying
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Doll Bones
(Nominee)
Holly Black

Listening for Lucca
(Nominee)
Suzanne LaFleur

Duke
(Nominee)
Kirby Larson

The Great Trouble
(Nominee)
Deborah Hopkinson

The Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya
(Nominee)
Jane Kelley

Half a Chance
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

The Blood Guard
(Nominee)
Carter Roy

2014

The Ghost of Graylock
(Winner)
Dan Poblocki

Ninth Ward
(Nominee)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

The PS Brothers
(Nominee)
Maribeth Boelts

Saving Zasha
(Nominee)
Randi Barrow

Inside Out and Back Again
(Nominee)
Thanhha Lai

Eight Keys
(Nominee)
Suzanne LaFleur

Underdogs
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Waiting for the Magic
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Pie
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

The Summer of the Gypsy Moths
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

Little Dog, Lost
(Nominee)
Marion Dane Bauer

The Year of the Book
(Nominee)
Andrea Cheng

The Ghost of Graylock
(Nominee)
Dan Poblocki

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

Hiss-S-S-S!
(Nominee)
Eric A. Kimmel

Athlete vs. Mathlete
(Nominee)
W.C. Mack

Hold Fast
(Nominee)
Blue Balliett

2013

Because of Mr. Terupt
(Winner)
Rob Buyea

Lincoln and His Boys
(Nominee)
Rosemary Wells

Love, Aubrey
(Nominee)
Suzanne LaFleur

The Wish Stealers
(Nominee)
Tracy Trivas

Willowood
(Nominee)
Cecilia Galante

Mallory Goes Green!
(Nominee)
Laurie B. Friedman

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power
(Nominee)
David Pogue

Belly Up
(Nominee)
Stuart Gibbs

My Life As a Book
(Nominee)
Janet Tashjian

SPHDZ
(Nominee)
Jon Scieszka

Touch Blue
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

The Familiars
(Nominee)
Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

A Long Walk to Water
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

A Dog's Way Home
(Nominee)
Bobbie Pyron

The Trouble With Chickens
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

The Luck of the Buttons
(Nominee)
Anne Ylvisaker

Here Lies Linc
(Nominee)
Delia Ray

The Unwanteds
(Nominee)
Lisa McMann

With the Might of Angels
(Nominee)
Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

Plunked
(Nominee)
Michael Northrop

2012

Runaway Twin
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

Getting Air
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
(Nominee)
R.L. LaFevers

The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Kelly

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man Mcginty Told Me
(Nominee)
Nan Marino

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Strawberry Hill
(Nominee)
Mary Ann Hoberman

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

Zoobreak
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
(Nominee)
Mac Barnett

Million-Dollar Throw
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

The Clone Codes
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

The Thirteenth Princess
(Nominee)
Diane Zahler

Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Kathryn Erskine

Word After Word After Word
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall
(Nominee)
Mary Downing Hahn

The Candymakers
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

Like the Willow Tree: The Diary of Lydia Amelia Pierce, Portland, Maine, 1918
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
(Nominee)
Lauren Tarshis

2011

Smile
(Winner)
Raina Telgemeier

Schooled
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

100 Cupboards
(Nominee)
N.D. Wilson

The Gollywhopper Games
(Nominee)
Jody Feldman

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
(Nominee)
Lauren Tarshis

Savvy
(Nominee)
Ingrid Law

The Girl Who Could Fly
(Nominee)
Victoria Forester

Masterpiece
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

The Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes
(Nominee)
Marlane Kennedy

Melonhead
(Nominee)
Katy Kelly

Franny Parker
(Nominee)
Hannah Roberts McKinnon

Umbrella Summer
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Liberty Porter, First Daughter
(Nominee)
Julia DeVillers

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
(Nominee)
Michael Buckley

Tentacles
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

Powerless
(Nominee)
Matthew Cody

2010

Stolen Children
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

The Mysterious Benedict Society
(Nominee)
Trenton Lee Stewart

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
(Nominee)
Mary Downing Hahn

Miss Spitfire
(Nominee)
Sarah Miller

Iron Thunder
(Nominee)
Avi

Two-Minute Drill
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

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

The True Meaning of Smekday
(Nominee)
Adam Rex

The Willoughbys
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Found
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Lost and Found
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Hate That Cat
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech

Trading Faces
(Nominee)
Julia DeVillers; Jennifer Roy

Yes, I Know the Monkey Man
(Nominee)
Dori Hillestad Butler

The 100-year-old Secret
(Nominee)
Tracy Barrett

2009

The Invention of Hugo Cabret
(Winner)
Brian Selznick

The Homework Machine
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

The Black Tower
(Nominee)
Betsy Byars / Betsy Cromer Byars

A Friendship for Today
(Nominee)
Patricia C. McKissack / Pat McKissack

Being Teddy Roosevelt
(Nominee)
Claudia Mills

Double Identity
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Lemonade War
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Davies

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

Surprises According to Humphrey
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

2008

Abduction!
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

No Dogs Allowed!
(Nominee)
Bill Wallace

Friendship According to Humphrey
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

Do You Know the Monkey Man?
(Nominee)
Dori Hillestad Butler

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass
(Nominee)
Dorothy Hoobler; Thomas Hoobler

Roxie and the Hooligans
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Stolen Sapphire
(Nominee)
Sarah Masters Buckey

Tiger
(Nominee)
Jeff Stone

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Penny from Heaven
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

Victory
(Nominee)
Susan Cooper

A Drowned Maiden's Hair
(Nominee)
Laura Amy Schlitz

Weedflower
(Nominee)
Cynthia Kadohata

2007

The Old Willis Place
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

Jackie's Wild Seattle
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Lumber Camp Library
(Nominee)
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Trading Places with Tank Talbott
(Nominee)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Lunch Money
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

The Ghost's Grave
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
(Nominee)
Kate DiCamillo

2006

The World According To Humphrey
(Winner)
Betty G. Birney

Meow Means Mischief
(Nominee)
Ann Whitehead Nagda

The House on the Gulf
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Thunder From The Sea
(Nominee)
Joan Hiatt Harlow

2005

Escaping the Giant Wave
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

The Ghost Sitter
(Nominee)
Peni R. Griffin

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

2004

A Week in the Woods
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

Doing Time Online
(Nominee)
Jan Siebold

Because of Anya
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Saving Lilly
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Pictures of Hollis Woods
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

2003

Among the Hidden
(Winner)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
(Nominee)
Jack Gantos

Esperanza Rising
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

The School Story
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

2002

Because of Winn-Dixie
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

The Janitor's Boy
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Coyote Autumn
(Nominee)
Bill Wallace

2001

The Ghost of Fossil Glen
(Winner)
Cynthia DeFelice

A Long Way from Chicago
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

The Volcano Disaster
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Class President
(Nominee)
Louis Sachar

The Landry News
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

I, Amber Brown
(Nominee)
Paula Danziger

Tucket's Gold
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
(Nominee)
Elvira Woodruff

2000

The Million Dollar Shot
(Winner)
Dan Gutman

Lily's Crossing
(Nominee)
Patricia Reilly Giff

The Healing of Texas Jake
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Amber Brown is Feeling Blue
(Nominee)
Paula Danziger

1999

Saving Shiloh
(Winner)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The 13th Floor
(Nominee)
Sid Fleischman

The Last Man's Reward
(Nominee)
David Patneaude

Frindle
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Ella Enchanted
(Nominee)
Gail Carson Levine

1998

Shiloh Season
(Winner)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1997

Mick Harte Was Here
(Winner)
Barbara Park

1996

The Best School Year Ever
(Winner)
Barbara Robinson

1995

Terror at the Zoo
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

1994

Attaboy, Sam!
(Winner)
Lois Lowry

1993

Nightmare Mountain
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

1992

Fudge-A-Mania
(Winner)
Judy Blume

1991

Fudge
(Winner)
Charlotte Graeber

1990

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

1989

Wait Till Helen Comes
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

1988

Night of the Twisters
(Winner)
Ivy Ruckman

1987

The Dollhouse Murders
(Winner)
Betty Ren Wright

1986

Ramona Forever
(Winner)
Beverly Cleary

1985

When the Boys Ran the House
(Winner)
Joan Carris

1984

Ralph S. Mouse
(Winner)
Beverly Cleary

1983

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
(Winner)
Barthe DeClements

1982

Superfudge
(Winner)
Judy Blume

1981

Bunnicula
(Winner)
James Howe

1980

The Great Gilly Hopkins
(Winner)
Katherine Paterson

1979

How to Eat Fried Worms
(Winner)
Thomas Rockwell
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