Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Ages 12 & Up

Awards List

2016

Dogs of War
(Nominee)
Sheila Keenan; Nathan Fox

Midwinterblood
(Nominee)
Marcus Sedgwick

In the Shadow of Blackbirds
(Nominee)
Cat Winters

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
(Nominee)
Meg Medina

Winger
(Nominee)
Andrew Smith

All Our Yesterdays
(Nominee)
Cristin Terrill

The Scar Boys
(Nominee)
Len Vlahos

And We Stay
(Nominee)
Jenny Hubbard

Better Off Friends
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Eulberg

The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim
(Nominee)
E.K. Johnston

Swim That Rock
(Nominee)
John Rocco; Jay Primiano

The Night Gardener
(Nominee)
Jonathan Auxier

The Secret Hum of a Daisy
(Nominee)
Tracy Holczer

We Were Liars
(Nominee)
E. Lockhart

Complicit
(Nominee)
Stephanie Kuehn

The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez
(Nominee)
Peter Johnson

Forget Me
(Nominee)
K.A. Harrington

Egg & Spoon
(Nominee)
Gregory Maguire

Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
(Nominee)
A.S. King

2015

Eleanor & Park
(Winner)
Rainbow Rowell

Steelheart
(Winner)
Brandon Sanderson

The Girls of No Return
(Nominee)
Erin Saldin

Second Chance Summer
(Nominee)
Morgan Matson

Shadow and Bone
(Nominee)
Leigh Bardugo

Insignia
(Nominee)
S.J. Kincaid

Tiger Lily
(Runner-Up)
Jodi Lynn Anderson

Tiger Lily
(Nominee)
Jodi Lynn Anderson

The Raven Boys
(Nominee)
Maggie Stiefvater

Out of Nowhere
(Nominee)
Maria Padian

Out of The Easy
(Nominee)
Ruta Sepetys

Eleanor & Park
(Nominee)
Rainbow Rowell

If You Find Me
(Nominee)
Emily Murdoch (1)

Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
(Nominee)
Prudence Shen

Belle Epoque
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Ross

The Weight of Water
(Nominee)
Sarah Crossan

Life in Outer Space
(Nominee)
Melissa Keil

Counting by 7s
(Nominee)
Holly Goldberg Sloan

Steelheart
(Nominee)
Brandon Sanderson

This Song Will Save Your Life
(Nominee)
Leila Sales

All the Truth That's in Me
(Nominee)
Julie Berry

2014

The Fault in Our Stars
(Winner)
John Green

Seraphina
(Nominee)
Rachel Hartman

The Dead of Winter
(Nominee)
Chris Priestley

How to Save a Life
(Nominee)
Sara Zarr

A Monster Calls
(Nominee)
Patrick Ness

Cinder
(Nominee)
Marissa Meyer

Croak
(Nominee)
Gina Damico

Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

The Final Four
(Nominee)
Paul Volponi

The False Prince
(Nominee)
Jennifer A. Nielsen

Code Name Verity
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Wein

Never Fall Down
(Nominee)
Patricia McCormick

See You at Harry's
(Nominee)
Jo Knowles

This Is Not a Test
(Nominee)
Courtney Summers

Drama
(Nominee)
Raina Telgemeier

Every Day
(Nominee)
David Levithan

Ask the Passengers
(Nominee)
A.S. King

Endangered
(Nominee)
Eliot Schrefer

2013

Divergent
(Winner)
Veronica Roth

The Sky is Everywhere
(Nominee)
Jandy Nelson

The Grimm Legacy
(Nominee)
Polly Shulman

Across the Universe
(Nominee)
Beth Revis

The False Princess
(Nominee)
Eilis O'Neal

Take Me to the River
(Nominee)
Will Hobbs

Strings Attached
(Nominee)
Judy Blundell

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

Okay for Now
(Nominee)
Gary D. Schmidt

Stay
(Nominee)
Deb Caletti

Wither
(Nominee)
Lauren DeStefano

The Berlin Boxing Club
(Nominee)
Robert Sharenow

Wonderstruck
(Nominee)
Brian Selznick

Daughter of Smoke and Bone
(Nominee)
Laini Taylor

The Name of the Star
(Nominee)
Maureen Johnson

Legend
(Nominee)
Marie Lu

2012

Matched
(Winner)
Ally Condie

Woods Runner
(Nominee)
Gary Paulsen

After Ever After
(Nominee)
Jordan Sonnenblick

Numbers
(Nominee)
Rachel Ward

Before I Fall
(Nominee)
Lauren Oliver

Borderline
(Nominee)
Allan Stratton

Split
(Nominee)
Swati Avasthi

Birthmarked
(Nominee)
Caragh M. O'Brien

Teenage Love Affair
(Nominee)
Ni-Ni Simone

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
(Nominee)
Morgan Matson

Ship Breaker
(Nominee)
Paolo Bacigalupi

Ghostopolis
(Nominee)
Doug TenNapel

Touch Blue
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

2011

Graceling
(Winner)
Kristin Cashore

The Truth About Truman School
(Nominee)
Dori Hillestad Butler

Word Nerd
(Nominee)
Susin Nielsen

Chains
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Project Sweet Life
(Nominee)
Brent Hartinger

Scat
(Nominee)
Carl Hiaasen

The September Sisters
(Nominee)
Jillian Cantor

Wintergirls
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

All the Broken Pieces
(Nominee)
Ann E. Burg

The Chosen One
(Runner-Up)
Carol Lynch Williams

Flash Burnout
(Nominee)
L.K. Madigan

Leviathan
(Runner-Up)
Scott Westerfeld

2010

The Hunger Games
(Winner)
Suzanne Collins

Keeping Corner
(Nominee)
Kashmira Sheth

Schooled
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Unwind
(Nominee)
Neal Shusterman

Three Little Words
(Nominee)
Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Child of Dandelions
(Nominee)
Shenaaz Nanji

My Most Excellent Year
(Nominee)
Steve Kluger

Audrey, Wait!
(Nominee)
Robin Benway

The Patron Saint of Butterflies
(Nominee)
Cecilia Galante

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

Shift
(Nominee)
Jennifer Bradbury

Pemba's Song
(Nominee)
Marilyn Nelson; Tonya C. Hegamin

Freeze Frame
(Nominee)
Heidi Ayarbe

Paper Towns
(Nominee)
John Green

Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about The Grapes of Wrath
(Nominee)
Steven Goldman

2009

The Alchemyst
(Winner)
Michael Scott

Just Listen
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

Dairy Queen
(Nominee)
Catherine Gilbert Murdock

The Green Glass Sea
(Nominee)
Ellen Klages

Beige
(Nominee)
Cecil Castellucci

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

Darkwing
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

The Arrival
(Nominee)
Shaun Tan

Trigger
(Nominee)
Susan Vaught

Home of the Brave
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

2008

Lush
(Winner)
Natasha Friend

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
(Nominee)
David Lubar

Peeps
(Nominee)
Scott Westerfeld

The Book Thief
(Nominee)
Markus Zusak

Larklight
(Nominee)
Philip Reeve

Life As We Knew It
(Nominee)
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Breathe: A Ghost Story
(Nominee)
Cliff McNish

2007

Twilight
(Winner)
Stephenie Meyer

Looking for Alaska
(Nominee)
John Green

The Lightning Thief
(Nominee)
Rick Riordan

Seeing Emily
(Nominee)
Joyce Lee Wong

Inexcusable
(Nominee)
Chris Lynch

2006

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
(Winner)
Sonya Sones

The Wish List
(Nominee)
Eoin Colfer

Can't Get There from Here
(Nominee)
Todd Strasser

Airborn
(Nominee)
Kenneth Oppel

So Yesterday
(Nominee)
Scott Westerfeld

The Sea of Trolls
(Nominee)
Nancy Farmer

2005

Eragon
(Winner)
Christopher Paolini

The City of Ember
(Nominee)
Jeanne Duprau

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

Parvana's Journey
(Nominee)
Deborah Ellis

Pirates!
(Nominee)
Celia Rees

The First Part Last
(Nominee)
Angela Johnson

2004

House of the Scorpion
(Winner)
Nancy Farmer

In Spite of Killer Bees
(Nominee)
Julie Johnston

The Misfits
(Nominee)
James Howe

Jinx
(Nominee)
Margaret Wild

2002

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
(Winner)
Ann Brashares

Hope Was Here
(Nominee)
Joan Bauer

Artemis Fowl
(Nominee)
Eoin Colfer

True Believer
(Nominee)
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Love & Sex
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Zach's Lie
(Nominee)
Roland Smith

2001

Give a Boy a Gun
(Winner)
Todd Strasser

A Long Way from Chicago
(Nominee)
Richard Peck

If You Come Softly
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Woodson

Hard Love
(Nominee)
Ellen Wittlinger

Speak
(Nominee)
Laurie Halse Anderson

Dreamland
(Nominee)
Sarah Dessen

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