Award+Winning+and+Honor+Books

=**Award Winning and Honor Books**=

=**__ Newbery Medal and Honor Books: __**=



The Newbery Medal shall be awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceding year. There are no limitations as to the character of the book considered except that it be original work. Honor books may be named. These shall be books that are also truly distinguished.

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// Splendors and Glooms //** by Laura Amy Schlitz (Candlewick Press) ======
 * ======**// Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon //** by Steve Sheinkin (Flash Point/Roaring Brook Press) ======
 * ======**// Three Times Lucky //** by Sheila Turnage (Dial/Penguin Young Readers Group) ======

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// Inside Out & Back Again //** by Thanhha Lai (HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers) ======
 * ======**// Breaking Stalin's Nose //** by Eugene Yelchin (Henry Holt and Company, LLC) ======

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// Turtle in Paradise //** by Jennifer L. Holm (Random House Children's Books) ======
 * ======**// Heart of a Samurai //** by Margi Preus (Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams) ======
 * ======**// Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night //** by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Rick Allen (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ======
 * ======**// One Crazy Summer //** by Rita Williams-Garcia (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins) ======

** Honor Books ** :

 * ======**// Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice //** by Phillip Hoose (Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) ======
 * ======**// The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate //** by Jacqueline Kelly (Henry Holt) ======
 * ======**// Where the Mountain Meets the Moon //** by Grace Lin (Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers) ======
 * ======**// The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg //** by Rodman Philbrick (The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.) ======

** Honor Books ** :

 * ======**// The Underneath //** by Kathi Appelt, illus. by David Small (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster) ======
 * ======**// The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom //** by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt) ======
 * ======**// Savvy //** by Ingrid Law (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group in partnership with Walden Media) ======
 * ======**// After Tupac & D Foster //** by Jacqueline Woodson (G.P. Putnam's Sons, a division of Penguin Books for Young Readers) ======

** Honor Books ** :

 * ======**// Elijah of Buxton //** by Christopher Paul Curtis (Scholastic) ======
 * ======**// The Wednesday Wars //** by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion) ======
 * ======**// Feathers //** by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam) ======

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[|2007 Medal Winner:] **//The Higher Power of Lucky//** by **Susan Patron**, illus. by Matt Phelan (Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson) ======

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// Penny from Heaven //** by **Jennifer L. Holm**, (Random House) ======
 * ======**// Hattie Big Sky //** by **Kirby Larson** (Delacorte Press) ======
 * ======**// Rules //** by **Cynthia Lord** (Scholastic) ======

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[|2006 Medal Winner:] **//Criss Cross//** by **Lynne Rae Perkins** (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins) ======

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// Whittington //** by **Alan Armstrong**, illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Random House) ======
 * ======**// Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow //** by **Susan Campbell Bartoletti** (Scholastic) ======
 * ======**// Princess Academy //** by **Shannon Hale** (Bloomsbury Children's Books) ======
 * ======**// Show Way //** by **Jacqueline Woodson,** illustrated by Hudson Talbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons) ======

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[|2005 Medal Winner:] **Kira-Kira** by **Cynthia Kadohata** (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Al Capone Does My Shirts //** by **Gennifer Choldenko** (G.P. Putnam's Sons/a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) ======
 * ======**// The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" //** by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin) ======
 * ======**// Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy //** by Gary D. Schmidt (Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin) ======

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[|2004 Medal Winner:] **//The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread//** by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering, (Candlewick Press) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Olive's Ocean //** by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books) ======
 * ======**// An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 //** by Jim Murphy (Clarion Books) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// The House of the Scorpion //** by Nancy Farmer (Atheneum) ======
 * ======**// Pictures of Hollis Woods //** by Patricia Reilly Giff (Random House/Wendy Lamb Books) ======
 * ======**// Hoot //** by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf) ======
 * ======**// A Corner of The Universe //** by Ann M. Martin (Scholastic) ======
 * ======**// Surviving the Applewhites //** by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Everything on a Waffle //** by Polly Horvath (Farrar Straus Giroux) ======
 * ======**// Carver: A Life In Poems //** by Marilyn Nelson (Front Street) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Hope Was Here //** by Joan Bauer (G.P. Putnam’s Sons) ======
 * ======**// Because of Winn-Dixie //** by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) ======
 * ======**// Joey Pigza Loses Control //** by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) ======
 * ======**// The Wanderer //** by Sharon Creech (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Getting Near to Baby //** by by Audrey Couloumbis (Putnam) ======
 * ======**// Our Only May Amelia //** by Jennifer L. Holm (HarperCollins) ======
 * ======**// 26 Fairmount Avenue //** by Tomie dePaola (Putnam) ======

**Honor Book:**

 * ======**// A Long Way from Chicago //** by Richard Peck (Dial) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Ella Enchanted //** by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins) ======
 * ======**// Lily's Crossing //** by Patricia Reilly Giff (Delacorte) ======
 * ======**// Wringer //** by Jerry Spinelli (HarperCollins) ======

** Honor Books: **

 * ======**// A Girl Named Disaster //** by Nancy Farmer (Richard Jackson/Orchard Books) ======
 * ======**// Moorchild //** by Eloise McGraw (Margaret McElderry/Simon & Schuster) ======
 * ======**// The Thief //** by Megan Whalen Turner (Greenwillow/Morrow) ======
 * ======**// Belle Prater's Boy //** by Ruth White (Farrar Straus Giroux) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// What Jamie Saw //** by Carolyn Coman (Front Street) ======
 * ======**// The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963 //** by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte) ======
 * ======**// Yolonda's Genius //** by Carol Fenner (Margaret K. McElderry/Simon & Schuster) ======
 * ======**// The Great Fire //** by Jim Murphy (Scholastic) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Catherine, Called Birdy //** by Karen Cushman (Clarion) ======
 * ======**// The Ear, the Eye and the Arm //** by Nancy Farmer (Jackson/Orchard) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Crazy Lady //** by Jane Leslie Conly (HarperCollins) ======
 * ======**// Dragon's Gate //** by Laurence Yep (HarperCollins) ======
 * ======**// Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery //** by Russell Freedman (Clarion Books) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// What Hearts //** by Bruce Brooks (A Laura Geringer Book, a HarperCollins imprint) ======
 * ======**// The Dark-thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural //** by Patricia McKissack (Knopf) ======
 * ======**// Somewhere in the Darkness //** by Walter Dean Myers (Scholastic Hardcover) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Nothing But The Truth: a Documentary Novel //** by Avi (Jackson/Orchard) ======
 * ======**// The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane //** by Russell Freedman (Holiday House) ======

**Honor Book:**

 * ======**// The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle //** by Avi (Jackson/Orchard) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Afternoon of the Elves //** by Janet Taylor Lisle (Jackson/Orchard) ======
 * ======**// Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind //** by Suzanne Fisher Staples (Knopf) ======
 * ======**// The Winter Room //** by Gary Paulsen (Jackson/Orchard) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// In The Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World //** by Virginia Hamilton (Harcourt) ======
 * ======**// Scorpions //** by Walter Dean Myers (Harper) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// After The Rain //** by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow) ======
 * ======**// Hatchet //** by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// A Fine White Dust //** by Cynthia Rylant (Bradbury) ======
 * ======**// On My Honor //** by Marion Dane Bauer (Clarion) ======
 * ======**// Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens //** by Patricia Lauber (Bradbury) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Commodore Perry In the Land of the Shogun //** by Rhoda Blumberg (Lothrop) ======
 * ======**// Dogsong //** by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury) ======

**Honor Books:**

 * ======**// Like Jake and Me //** by Mavis Jukes (Knopf) ======
 * ======**// The Moves Make the Man //** by Bruce Brooks (Harper) ======
 * ======**// One-Eyed Cat //** by Paula Fox (Bradbury) ======

= = = **__ The Printz Award and Honor Books: __** (**Note: These books are meant for teens, so they may not be appropriate for all 7th graders. Parents – please use your judgment.) =



The Michael L. Printz Award annually honors the best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit, each year. In addition, the Printz Committee names up to four honor books, which also represent the best writing in young adult literature.

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Fifteen-year-old Shorty awakens beneath the ruins of a crumbled hospital in Haiti, where his weakening mind begins flashing back through his own violent history, the loss of his twin sister, and his mystical connection to Toussaint Louverture, the nineteenth-century revolutionary who helped liberate his country. ======

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“This bold weaving of gritty contemporary drama, revolutionary history and magical realism tells a one-of-a-kind story as fiercely intelligent as it is heartbreakingly honest,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Sharon Grover. ======

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A self-described natural misanthrope, Aristotle finds himself changed when he meets precocious Dante, whose open and intense friendship over a fateful summer compels Ari to question love, art, adulthood and even the secrets of the universe. ======

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In this multifaceted tale of intrigue and loyalties, two young women find their friendship tested while fighting to save themselves and their secrets when caught behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II. ======

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In this wild historical adventure, 17-year-old Dodger rescues a young woman from an attack, is appointed assistant detective to Charlie Dickens, encounters the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, obtains his first tailored suit and learns from his mentor Solomon how to navigate a wide range of social and political circles. ======

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A summer spent as a “personal care assistant” in the French countryside turns into a journey of self-realization and independence as 19-year-old Taylor Jane, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, tells in her own distinctive voice how she has the skills and heart to live life on her own terms. ======

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Witty, sardonic Cullen Witter agonizes over the disappearance of his beloved brother, Gabriel, while everyone else in his stiflingly dull Arkansas town thrills to the apparent return of a long-extinct woodpecker. Kidnapping, bromance, arcane religious texts, and ornithology collide in this ground-breaking coming-of-age tale. ======

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In this beautiful piece of bookmaking, heartbroken movie obsessive Min Green dumps a box of relationship ephemera on ex-love Ed Slaterton’s porch, each item attached to a raging, loving, insecure and regretful letter explaining how each memento contributed to their breakup. ======

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A large cast of characters from two fictional kingdoms recover from a drawn-out, brutal war in a portrait both sweeping and specific as it explores the ramifications of the conflict on Cam, the only one who lives to return to his village. ======

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Spurred by the mysterious death of a schoolmate, Charlie confronts racism and his fears as he learns about family, friendship and love in the oppressive heat of small-town 1960s Australia. Silvey weaves themes of freedom and loyalty with moments of humor in this wrenching novel. ======

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“This taut, suspenseful novel is a relentless adventure story featuring nuanced characters in thought-provoking conflicts. Bacigalupi artfully intertwines themes of loyalty, family, friendship, trust and love,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Erin Downey Howerton. ======

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In // Going Bovine, // Cameron, a sixteen-year-old slacker, sets off on a madcap road trip along with a punk angel, a dwarf sidekick, a yard gnome and a mad scientist to save the world and perhaps his own life. ======

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“Wow. Backwards and forwards, this wildly imaginative modern day take on Don Quixote is complex, hilarious, and stunning,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Cheryl Karp Ward. “The hero’s journey will never be the same after ‘Going Bovine.’” ======

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Haunted by the past, Taylor Markham reluctantly leads the students of the Jellicoe School in their secret territory wars against the Townies and the Cadets. Marchetta’s lyrical writing evokes the Australian landscape in a suspenseful tale of raw emotion, romance, humor and tragedy. ======

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Melina Marchetta lives in Sydney, Australia, and is the award-winning author of two previous novels. A former high school teacher, she is recognized for the authenticity of her teen characters’ voices. ======

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“This roller coaster ride of a novel grabs you from the first sentence and doesn’t let go. You may not be sure where the ride will take you, but every detail—from the complexities of the dual narrative to the pangs of first love—is pitch perfect,” said Printz Award Committee Chair Mary Arnold. ======

=**__ The Batchelder Award: __**=



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The Batchelder Award is given to the most outstanding children’s book originally published in a language other than English in a country other than the United States, and subsequently translated into English for publication in the United States. ======

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Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., for // Moribito II: Guardian of the Darkness //, written by Nahoko Uehashi, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu, and translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano. ======

=**__ The Belpre Award: __**=

The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.

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// Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe // by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division ======

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Francisco X. Alarcón. // From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems/ Del Ombligo de la Luna y Otro Poemas de Verano //. Illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez. (Children's Book Press, 1998). ======


 * __ The Coretta Scott King Book Award: __**



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 * The Coretta Scott King Book Awards ** are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values. The award commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his wife, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, for her courage and determination to continue the work for peace and world brotherhood. ======

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 * Andrea Davis Pinkney **, author of // Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America //, published by Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, an imprint of Disney Book Group. // Hand in Hand // is a collective biography of ten well-known African American men who dramatically changed history. Each acted with fervor and rose to greatness through education and how they chose to live their lives. Pinkney’s focus on that point makes this a unique and refreshing collection. ======

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 * Vaunda Micheaux Nelson **, author of // No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Micheaux, Harlem Bookseller //, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, and published by Carolrhoda Lab, an imprint of Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Kadir Nelson **, author and illustrator of // Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans // (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Eloise Greenfield **, author of // The Great Migration: Journey to the North //, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ======
 * ======** Patricia C. McKissack **, // Never Forgotten //, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.) ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Rita Williams-Garcia **, author of One Crazy Summer (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Walter Dean Myers **, author of // Lockdown //(Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ======
 * ======** Jewell Parker Rhodes **, author of // Ninth Ward // (Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc.) ======
 * ======** G. Neri **, author of // Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty //, illustrated by Randy DuBurke (Lee & Low Books, Inc.) ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Vaunda Micheaux Nelson **, author of // Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal //, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda Books, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.). ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Tanita S. Davis **, author of // Mare’s War // (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc.) ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Kadir Nelson **, author and illustrator of // We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball // (Disney-Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Disney Book Group) ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Hope Anita Smith **, author of // Keeping the Night Watch // (Henry Holt and Company) ======
 * ======** Joyce Carol Thomas **, author of // The Blacker the Berry //, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers) ======
 * ======** Carole Boston Weatherford **, author of // Becoming Billie Holiday // (Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.) ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Christopher Paul Curtis **, author of // Elijah of Buxton //(Scholastic) ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Sharon M. Draper **, author of // November Blues // (Atheneum Books for Young Adults) ======
 * ======** Charles R. Smith, Jr. **, author of // Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali //, illustrated by Bryan Collier (Candlewick Press) ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Sharon Draper **, author of // Copper Sun // (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books for Young Readers) ======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Nikki Grimes **, author of // The Road to Paris //(G.P. Putnum’s Sons, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group) ======
 * ======** Demetria Tucker, ** Family and youth services librarian for the Pearl Bailey Library, a branch of the Newport News (Va.) Public Library System ======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Julius Lester **, author of // Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue //(Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Tonya Bolden **, author of // Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl //(Harry N. Abrams, Inc.)======
 * ======** Nikki Grimes **, author of // Dark Sons //(Jump at the Sun, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children)======
 * ======** Marilyn Nelson **, author of // A Wreath for Emmett Till //, illustrated by Philippe Lardy (Houghton Mifflin Company)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Toni Morrison **, author of // Remember: The Journey to School Integration // (Houghton Mifflin)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Shelia P. Moses **, author of // The Legend of Buddy Bush // (Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster)======
 * ======** Sharon G. Flake **, author of // Who Am I without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Lives // (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)======
 * ======** Marilyn Nelson **, author of // Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem // (Front Street)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Angela Johnson **, author of // The First Part Last // (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack **, authors of // Days of Jubilee: The End of Slavery in the United States // (Scholastic)======
 * ======** Jacqueline Woodson **, author of // Locomotion //(Grosset & Dunlap)======
 * ======** Sharon Draper **, author of // The Battle of Jericho // (Atheneum Books for Young Readers)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Nikki Grimes **, author of // Bronx Masquerade // (Dial Books for Young Readers)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Brenda Woods **, author of // The Red Rose Box // (G. P. Putnam’s Sons)======
 * ======** Nikki Grimes **, author of // Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman //, illustrated by E.B. Lewis (Orchard Books/Scholastic)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Mildred Taylor **, author of // The Land // (Phyllis Fogelman Books/Penguin Putnam)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Sharon G. Flake **, author of // Money-Hungry // (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion)======
 * ======** Marilyn Nelson **, author of // Carver: A Life in Poems // (Front Street)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Jacqueline Woodso **n, author of // Miracle’s Boys // (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Andrea Davis Pinkney **, author of // Let It Shine! Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters //, illustrated by Stephen Alcorn (Gulliver Books, Harcourt)======

** Author Award Winner **

 * ======** Christopher Paul Curtis **, author of // Bud, Not Buddy // (Delacorte)======

** Author Honor **

 * ======** Karen English **, author of // Francie // (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)======
 * ======** Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack **, authors of // Black Hands, White Sails: The Story of African-American Whalers // (Scholastic Press)======
 * ======** Walter Dean Myers **, author of // Monster // (HarperCollins)======