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Michigan City Public Library
Michigan City, Indiana
Youth Services Department
Young Hoosier Book Award

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2009-2010 YOUNG HOOSIER BOOK 
AWARD NOMINEES

Picture Book (K-3) ~ Intermediate (4-6) ~ Middle Grades (6-8) 

Past Winners ~ Next Year's Nominees

2009 - 2010 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees

Picture (Kdg. - 3rd Grade)
 (Blue Tape Books)

Barnum Brown: Dinosaur Hunter
David Sheldon

Chickerella
Mary Jane Auch

Do Unto Otters
Laurie Keller

Dogku
Andrew Clements

Fred Stays With Me 
Nancy Coffelt 

Grandpa For Sale
Dottie Enderle 

Ivan The Terrier
Peter Catalanotto

John, Paul, George & Ben
Lane Smith

Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach 
Carmen Agra Deedy

Nothing to Do
Douglas Wood

Once I Ate a Pie
Patricia & Emily MacLachlan

A Place for Butterflies
Melissa Stewart

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tint Lie
Laura Rankin

Stick
Steve Breen

The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
Janice N. Harrington

The Orange Shoes
Tricia Hakes Noble

The Perfect Nest
Catherine Friend

Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly
Alan Madison

Where In the Wild?
David M. Schwartz

Wolf's Coming!
Joe Kukla 


2009 - 2010  YOUNG HOOSIER BOOK AWARD

INTERMEDIATE NOMINEES (4th-6th grade)

(Orange Tape Books)

Archer's Quest
Linda Sue Park

Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars
Douglas Florian

Counting on Grace
Elizabeth Winthrop 

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
Linda Urban

A Dog's Life
Ann M. Martin

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Lynne Jonnell

Gabriel's Horses
Alison Hart

Hey There, Stink Bug!
Leslie Bulion

The Journey That Saved Curious George
Louise Borden

Julia's Kitchen
Brenda Ferber

The Lemonade War
Jacqueline Davies

Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt
Judith St. George

The Many Rides of Paul Revere
James Cross Giblin

Night Boat to Freedom 
Margot Theis Raven

On the Wings of Heroes
Richard Peck

Paint the Wind
Pam Muņoz Ryan

Punished 
David Lauber

Quest for the Tree Kangaroo
Sy Montgomery 

The Society of Secret Superheroes
Phyllis Shalant 



 
                    2009 - 2010  YOUNG HOOSIER BOOK AWARD

MIDDLE GRADES NOMINEES (6th-8th grade)

(Red Tape Books)

 

The Aurora County All-Stars
Deborah Wiles

All of the Above
Shelley Pearsall

Bella At Midnight
Diane Stanley

Confessions From the Principal's Chair
Anna Myers

The Cryptid Hunters
Roland Smith

Dark Water Rising
Marion Hale

Double Identity
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Firegirl
Tony Abbott

Giving Up the Ghost
Sheri Sinykin

Home of the Brave
Katherine Applegate

Hurt Go Happy
Ginny Rorby

If A Tree Falls At Lunch Period
Jennifer Choldenko

Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen

Listen!
Stephanie Tolan

The Mailbox
Audrey Shafer

Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf
Jennifer L. Holm

Night of the Howling Dog
Graham Salisbury

One-Handed Catch
Mary Jane Auch

This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness
Joyce Sidman

Throwing Stones
Kristi Collier

The Ultimate Weapon, the Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb
Edward T. Sullivan

 

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