March 2017

Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, 2017

Bardugo, Leigh.  SIX OF CROWS
Buxbaum, Julie.  TELL ME THREE THINGS
Fiore, Kelly.  THICKER THAN WATER
Forman, Gayle.  I WAS HERE
Heilig, Heidi.  THE GIRL FROM EVERYWHERE
Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue.  THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
King, A. S.  STILL LIFE WITH TORNADO
Lee, Stacey.  OUTRUN THE MOON
Nijkamp, Marleke.  THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS
Niven, Jennifer.  ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
Rowell, Rainbow.  CARRY ON
Young, Suzanne.  THE TREATMENT

Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award nominees

Children's Book Award

Auxier, Jonathan. THE NIGHT GARDENER.
Cox, Lynne.  ELIZABETH, QUEEN OF THE SEAS
Davis, Kathryn Gibbs.  MR. FERRIS AND HIS WHEEL
Holm, Jennifer.  THE FOURTEENTH GOLDFISH
Larson, Kirby.  DASH   
Lord, Cynthia.  HALF A CHANCE
Martin, Ann M.  RAIN REIGN
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. SUPER SNIFFERS
Philbrick, Rodman.  ZANE AND THE HURRICANE
Ruby, Lois.  THE DOLL GRAVEYARD
Schanen, Adriana Brad.  QUINNY & HOPPER
Schindler, Holly.  JUNCTION OF SUNSHIRE AND LUCKY
Van Vleet, Carmella.  ELIZA BING IS (NOT) A BIG, FAT QUITTER
Woods, Brenda.  THE BLOSSOMING UNIVERSE OF VIOLET DIAMOND
Yelchin, Eugene.  ARCADY'S GOAL


Sequoyah Intermediate Book Award

Alexander, Kwame. THE CROSSOVER.
Auxier, Jonathan.  THE NIGHT GARDENER
Bell, Cece. EL DEAFO.
Blankman, Anne. PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG.
Bond, Gwenda.GIRL ON A WIRE
Gebhart, Ryan.  THERE WILL BE BEARS
Hale, Nathan. TREATIES, TRENCHES, MUD, AND BLOOD.
Holczer, Tracy.THE SECRET HUM OF A DAISY 
Lewis, R.C.   STITCHING SNOW
McCahan, Erin.   LOVE AND OTHER FOREIGN WORDS
Polonsky, Ami.GRACEFULLY GRAYSON
De los Santos, Marisa.  SAVING LUCAS BIGGS.
Sheinkin, Steve. THE PORT CHICAGO 50
Venkatraman, Padma. A TIME TO DANCE
Ritter, William. JACKABY

Sequoyah High School nominees

Albertalli, Becky. SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA
Black, Holly.  THE DARKEST PART OF THE FOREST
Carson, Rae. WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER
Graudin, Ryan. WOLF BY WOLF
Hautman, Pete. EDEN WEST
Murphy, Julie.  DUMPLIN'
Niven, Jennifer. ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
Pérez, Ashley Hope. OUT OF THE DARKNESS
Reynolds, Jason. ALL AMERICAN BOYS
Reynolds, Jason. THE BOY IN THE BLACK SUIT
Ruby, Laura.  BONE GAP
Shusterman, Neal. CHALLENGER DEEP
Smith, Jennifer E.   HELLO, GOODBYE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
Wagner, Laura Rose.  HOLD TIGHT, DON'T LET GO
West, Carly Anne.  THE BARGAINING

Vermont DCF Book Award 2017

Barnett, Mac. THE TERRIBLE TWO
Beasley, Cassie. CIRCUS MIRANDUS
Benjamin,Ali. THE THING ABOUT JELLYFISH
Bond, Rebecca. ESCAPE FROM BAXTER’S BARN
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE
Brown, Don.  DROWNED CITY: HURRICANE KATRINA AND NEW ORLEANS
Chmakova, Svetlana.   AWKWARD
Draper, Sharon. STELLA BY STARLIGHT
Gannon, Nicholas.  THE DOLDRUMS
Gino, Alex.  GEORGE
Graff, Lisa.  LOST IN THE SUN
Gruenbaum, Michael.  SOMEWHERE THERE IS STILL A SUN
Hautala, Beth. WAITING FOR UNICORNS
Hilton, Marilyn.  FULL CICADA MOON
Hoose, Phillip.  THE BOYS WHO CHALLENGED HITLER
Jamieson, Victoria. ROLLER GIRL
Jones, Kelly.  UNUSUAL CHICKENS FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL POULTRY FARMER
Kidd, Ronald.  NIGHT ON FIRE
Maberry, Jonathan.  THE ORPHAN ARMY
Magoon, Kekla.  SHADOWS OF SHERWOOD: A ROBYN HOODLUM ADVENTURE
Nielsen, Jennifer A. A NIGHT DIVIDED
Oppel, Kenneth.  THE NEST
Pearsall, Shelley. THE SEVENTH MOST IMPORTANT THING
Priest,  Cherie. I AM PRINCESS X
Resau, Laura .  THE LIGHTNING QUEEN
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. ECHO
Sands, Kevin. THE BLACKTHORN KEY
Stead, Rebecca. GOODBYE STRANGER
Stevenson.  Noelle.  NIMONA
Weichman, Kathy Cannon.  LIKE A RIVER


Washington Evergreen Teen Award 2017
Alexander, Kwame.  THE CROSSOVER
Han, Jenny.  TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE
Johnston, E. K.  THE STORY OF OWEN : DRAGON SLAYER
Rawl, Paige. POSITIVE
Reedy, Trent.  DIVIDED WE FALL
Ritter, William.  JACKABY
Sheinkin, Steve. THE PORT CHICAGO 50
Walters, Eric.  THE RULE OF THREE
Whaley, John Corey. NOGGIN
Wilson, G. Willow.  MS. MARVEL. 1

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