Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners Older Readers

Awards List

2022

How to Find What You're Not Looking For (Winner)
Veera Hiranandani

Sep-2021
/ General Fiction

2021

Turtle Boy (Winner)
M. Evan Wolkenstein

May-2020
/ General Fiction

2016

Adam and Thomas (Winner)
Aharon Appelfeld

Oct-2015
/ Historical

The Wren and the Sparrow (Notable)
J. Patrick Lewis

Mar-2015
/ General Fiction

The Girl in the Torch (Notable)
Robert Sharenow

Jun-2015
/ Historical

The Safest Lie (Notable)
Angela Cerrito

Oct-2015
/ Historical

Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish (Honor Book)
Barry Deutsch

Nov-2015
/ Graphic Novel

2015

Hidden: A Child's View of the Holocaust (Winner)
Loic Dauvillier

Apr-2014
/ Historical

The Whispering Town (Honor Book)
Jennifer Riesmeyer Elvgren

Feb-2014
/ General Fiction

I Lived on Butterfly Hill (Notable)
Marjorie Agosin

Mar-2014
/ Historical

Under the Egg (Notable)
Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Mar-2014
/ Mystery

Death by Toilet Paper (Honor Book)
Donna Gephart

Aug-2014
/ General Fiction

Fleabrain Loves Franny (Notable)
Joanne Rocklin

Aug-2014
/ General Fiction

2014

The Blessing Cup (Winner)
Patricia Polacco

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

Odette's Secrets (Notable)
Maryann Macdonald

Mar-2013
/ General Fiction

When Hurricane Katrina Hit Home (Notable)
Gail Langer Karwoski

Jun-2013
/ Historical

The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales [With 2 CDs] (Notable)
Shoshana Boyd Gelfand

Sep-2013
/ General Fiction

Touched by Fire (Notable)
Irene N. Watts

Sep-2013
/ Historical

2013

How Mirka Got Her Sword (Notable)
Barry Deutsch

Nov-2010
/ Fantasy

The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan (Honor Book)
Ann Redisch Stampler

Mar-2012
/ General Fiction

Looking for Me (Notable)
Betsy R. Rosenthal

Apr-2012
/ Historical

Sami's Sleepaway Summer (Notable)
Jenny Meyerhoff

Apr-2012
/ General Fiction

Small Medium at Large (Notable)
Joanne Levy

Jul-2012
/ Horror

2012

Irena's Jars of Secrets (Honor Book)
Marcia Vaughan

Nov-2011
/ Historical

2011

How Mirka Got Her Sword (Winner)
Barry Deutsch

Nov-2010
/ Fantasy

Hot Pursuit (Notable)
Stacia Deutsch

Jan-2010
/ General Fiction

Is It Night or Day? (Notable)
Fern Schumer Chapman

Mar-2010
/ General Fiction

The Year of Goodbyes (Notable)
Debbie Levy

Mar-2010
/ General Fiction

Resistance (Honor Book)
Carla Jablonski

May-2010
/ General Fiction

Mitzvah the Mutt (Notable)
Sylvia Rouss

Jun-2010
/ General Fiction

One Is Not a Lonely Number (Honor Book)
Evelyn Krieger

Jun-2010
/ General Fiction

The Orphan Rescue (Notable)
Anne Dublin

Sep-2010
/ Historical

2010

The Importance of Wings (Winner)
Robin Friedman

Jul-2009
/ General Fiction

Elvina's Mirror (Notable)
Sylvie Weil

Mar-2009
/ General Fiction

Guardian Angel House (Notable)
Kathy Clark

Apr-2009
/ General Fiction

2009

The Mozart Question (Notable)
Michael Morpurgo

Nov-2007
/ General Fiction

The Boy Who Dared (Notable)
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Feb-2008
/ Historical

My Chocolate Year (Notable)
Charlotte Herman

Feb-2008
/ General Fiction

Walls of Cartagena (Notable)
Julia Durango

Aug-2008
/ General Fiction

2008

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk (Winner)
Sid Fleischman

Sep-2007
/ Historical

The Whirlwind (Notable)
Carol Matas

Mar-2007
/ General Fiction

2007

Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales (Honor Book)
Sheldon Oberman

Feb-2006
/ General Fiction

Stealing Home (Notable)
Ellen Schwartz

May-2006
/ General Fiction

Hiding Edith (Notable)
Kathy Kacer

Sep-2006
/ General Fiction

2006

Confessions of a Closet Catholic (Winner)
Sarah Littman

May-2006
/ General Fiction

2004

Real Time (Winner)
Pnina Moed Kass

Oct-2004
/ General Fiction

Rosie in Los Angeles: Action! (Notable)
Carol Matas

Feb-2004
/ Historical

Quake! (Notable)
Gail Langer Karwoski

May-2004
/ Action Adventure

Cats in Krasinski Square (Honor Book)
Karen Hesse

Sep-2004
/ Historical

2003

Rosie in New York City: Gotcha! (Notable)
Carol Matas

Jun-2003
/ General Fiction

Brundibar (Notable)
Tony Kushner

Oct-2003
/ General Fiction

2002

Too Young for Yiddish (Notable)
Richard Michelson

Feb-2002
/ General Fiction

Finding Sophie (Notable)
Irene N. Watts

Aug-2002
/ Historical

2001

Clara's War (Notable)
Kathy Kacer

Jan-2000
/ Historical

Friend or Foe (Notable)
Eva Vogiel

Jan-2001
/ Thriller

Death on Sacred Ground (Notable)
Harriet K. Feder

Mar-2001
/ Mystery

2000

Faraway Home (Notable)
Marilyn Taylor

Oct-1999
/ Historical

The Butterfly (Notable)
Patricia Polacco

May-2000
/ Historical

Remember Me: A Search for Refuge in Wartime Britain (Notable)
Irene N. Watts

Sep-2000
/ Historical

The Yellow Star (Notable)
Carmen Agra Deedy

Oct-2000
/ Fantasy

1999

Speed of Light (Winner)
Sybil Rosen

Jul-1999
/ General Fiction

1998

Stones in Water (Winner)
Donna Jo Napoli

Oct-1999
/ General Fiction

1997

The Mysterious Visitor (Winner)
Nina Jaffe

Mar-1997
/ General Fiction

1996

When I Left My Village (Winner)
Maxine Rose Schur

Jan-1996
/ General Fiction

1995

Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon (Winner)
Ida Vos

Nov-1995
/ General Fiction

1994

Shadow Children (Winner)
Steven Schnur

Oct-1994
/ General Fiction

1993

Sworn Enemies (Winner)
Carol Matas

Mar-2014
/ Historical

1992

Letters from Rifka (Winner)
Karen Hesse

Jul-1992
/ Historical

1990

My Grandmother's Stories (Winner)
Adele Geras

Jul-1990
/ General Fiction

1989

Number the Stars (Winner)
Lois Lowry

May-1989
/ Historical

1988

The Devil's Arithmetic (Winner)
Jane Yolen

Oct-1990
/ Horror

1987

The Return (Winner)
Sonia Levitin

Apr-1987
/ General Fiction

1986

Beyond the High White Wall (Winner)
Nancy Pitt

Apr-1986
/ Mystery

1981

The Night Journey (Winner)
Kathryn Lasky

Jan-1981
/ General Fiction

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