Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award - Grades 6-8

Awards List

2016

Camo Girl
(Nominee)
Kekla Magoon

The Fourth Stall
(Nominee)
Chris Rylander

The Lions of Little Rock
(Nominee)
Kristin Levine

One for the Murphys
(Nominee)
Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Summer of the Wolves
(Nominee)
Polly Carlson-Voiles

Buddy
(Nominee)
M.H. Herlong

Fourmile
(Nominee)
Watt Key

One Came Home
(Nominee)
Amy Timberlake

Perfect Game
(Nominee)
Fred Bowen

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

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Zombie Baseball Beatdown
(Nominee)
Paolo Bacigalupi

2015

Breathing Room
(Winner)
Marsha Hayles

Belly Up
(Nominee)
Stuart Gibbs

My Life As a Book
(Nominee)
Janet Tashjian

Heart of a Samurai
(Nominee)
Margi Preus

Ghost Dog Secrets
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Words in the Dust
(Nominee)
Trent Reedy

Wild Life
(Nominee)
Cynthia DeFelice

Icefall
(Nominee)
Matthew J. Kirby

Cinder
(Nominee)
Marissa Meyer

Cinder
(Second Place)
Marissa Meyer

Chomp
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

The False Prince
(Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Liar & Spy
(Nominee)
Rebecca Stead

The False Prince
(Third Place)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

2014

Out of My Mind
(Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

The Adoration of Jenna Fox
(Nominee)
Mary E. Pearson

Heart of a Shepherd
(Nominee)
Rosanne Parry

Alibi Junior High
(Nominee)
Greg Logsted

One Crazy Summer
(Nominee)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
(Nominee)
Alan Silberberg

Close to Famous
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

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

Okay for Now
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Escape Under the Forever Sky
(Nominee)
Eve Yohalem

2013

Matched
(Winner)
Ally Condie

Go Big or Go Home
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

The Beef Princess of Practical County
(Nominee)
Michelle Houts

Bad Girls Don't Die
(Second Place)
Katie Alender

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

Woods Runner
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

After Ever After
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

A Long Walk to Water
(Nominee)
Linda Sue Park

Dark Life
(Third Place)
Kat Falls

2012

Stolen Children
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

Getting Air
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

The Wednesday Wars
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Football Genius
(Nominee)
Tim Green

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
(Nominee)
Eric Berlin

Listen!
(Nominee)
Stephanie S. Tolan

Anything But Typical
(Nominee)
Nora Raleigh Baskin

Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
(Third Place)
Jessica Day George

2011

Deep and Dark and Dangerous
(Winner)
Mary Downing Hahn

Black Duck
(Nominee)
Janet Taylor Lisle

All of the Above
(Nominee)
Shelley Pearsall

Found
(Second Place)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Every Soul a Star
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

How to Steal a Dog
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

2010

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
(Winner)
Ally Carter

La Linea
(Nominee)
Ann Jaramillo

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Life As We Knew It
(Nominee)
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Notes from the Midnight Driver
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

Princess Academy
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Peak
(Second Place)
Roland Smith

Leepike Ridge
(Nominee)
N.D. Wilson

Fire From the Rock
(Nominee)
Sharon M. Draper

Schooled
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Home of the Brave
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Cracker!
(Third Place)
Cynthia Kadohata

2009

The Lightning Thief
(Winner)
Rick Riordan

Soldier Boys
(Nominee)
Dean Hughes

So B. It
(Second Place)
Sarah Weeks

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Heat
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Gossamer
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

The Mirror's Tale
(Nominee)
P.W. Catanese

Flush
(Third Place)
Carl Hiaasen

2008

Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
(Winner)
Jordan Sonnenblick

Ruby Holler
(Second Place)
Sharon Creech

The Goose Girl
(Nominee)
Shannon Hale

Al Capone Does My Shirts
(Nominee)
Gennifer Choldenko

Code Talker
(Nominee)
Joseph Bruchac

The Last Dog on Earth
(Third Place)
Daniel Ehrenhaft

2007

Things Not Seen
(Winner)
Andrew Clements

Bronx Masquerade
(Nominee)
Nikki Grimes

The Boy Who Saved Baseball
(Nominee)
John H. Ritter

Gregor the Overlander
(Nominee)
Suzanne Collins

Becoming Naomi Leon
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Airborn
(Third Place)
Kenneth Oppel

2006

Hoot
(Winner)
Carl Hiaasen

2005

Zach's Lie
(Winner)
Roland Smith

2004

Touching Spirit Bear
(Winner)
Ben Mikaelsen

2003

Dovey Coe
(Winner)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

2001

Among the Hidden
(Winner)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

2000

Tangerine
(Winner)
Edward Bloor
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