National Book Awards - Young People’s Literature
Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.
The National Book Awards have been awarded every November by the National Book Foundation in the United States since 1950. The Awards were established to enhance the public’s awareness of exceptional books written by Americans, and to increase the popularity of reading in general. The winners, selected by five-member, independent judging panels for each genre, receive a US$10,000 cash award and a crystal sculpture.
2011
Inside out & back again Thanhha Lai Winner- Chime Franny Billingsley
- My name is not Easy Debby Dahl Edwardson
- Flesh & blood so cheap: the triangle fire and its legacy Albert Marrin
- Okay for now Gary D. Schmidt
2010
- Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine Winner
- Ship breaker Paolo Bacigalupi
- Dark water Laura McNeal
- Lockdown Walter Dean Myers
- One crazy summer Rita Williams-Garcia
2009
Claudette Colvin: twice toward justice Phillip Hoose Winner- Charles and Emma: the Darwins’ leap of faith Deborah Heiligman
- Stitches David Small
- Lips touch: three times Laini Taylor
- Jumped Rita Williams-Garcia
2008
- What I saw and how I lied Judy Blundell Winner
- Chains Laurie Halse Anderson
- The underneath Kathi Appelt
- The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks E. Lockhart
- The spectacular now Tim Tharp
2007
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian Sherman Alexie Winner- Skin hunger: a resurrection of magic, book one Kathleen Duey
- Touching snow M. Sindy Felin
- The invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick
- Story of a girl Sara Zarr
2006
- The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation, vol. 1: the pox party M. T. Anderson Winner
- Keturah and Lord Death Martine Leavitt
- Sold Patricia McCormick
- The rules of survival Nancy Werlin
- American born Chinese Gene Luen Yang
2005
The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall Winner- Where I want to be Adele Griffin
- Inexcusable Chris Lynch
- Autobiography of my dead brother Walter Dean Myers
- Each little bird that sings Deborah Wiles
2004
- Godless Pete Hautman Winner
- Honey, baby, sweetheart Deb Caletti
- Harlem Stomp!: a cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance Laban Carrick Hill
- The legend of Buddy Bush Sheila P. Moses
- Luna: a novel Julie Anne Peters
2003
The canning season Polly Horvath Winner- Breakout Paul Fleischman
- An American plague: the time and terrifying story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 Jim Murphy
- The river between us Richard Peck
- Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson
2002
- The house of the scorpion Nancy Farmer Winner
- Feed M. T. Anderson
- 19 varieties of gazelle: poems of the Middle East Naomi Shihab Nye
- This land was made for you and me: the life and songs of Woody Guthrie Elizabeth Partridge
- Hush Jacqueline Woodson
2001
True believer: a novel in the Make Lemonade Trilogy Virginia Euwer Wolff Winner- The tiger rising Kate DiCamillo
- We were there too! Young people in U.S. History Phillip Hoose
- A step from Heaven An Na
- Carver: a life in poems Marylin Nelson
2000
- Homeless bird Gloria Whelan Winner
- Forgotten fire Adam Bagdasarian
- Book of the lion Michael Cadnum
- Many stones Carolyn Coman
- Hurry freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California Jerry Stanley
1999
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When Zachary Beaver came to town Kimberly Willis Holt Winner - Speak Laurie Halse Anderson
- The birchbark house Louise Erdrich
- The trolls Polly Horvath
- Monster Walter Dean Myers
1998
- Holes Louis Sachar Winner
- The secret life of Amanda K. Woods Ann Cameron
- Joey Pigza swallowed the key Jack Gantos
- No pretty pictures: a child of war Anita Lobel
- A long way from Chicago: a novel in stories Richard Peck
1997
- Dancing on the edge Han Nolan Winner
- The facts speak for themselves Brock Cole
- Sons of Liberty Adele Griffin
- Where you belong Mary Ann McGuigan
- Mean Margaret Tor Seidler
1996
- Parrot in the oven Victor Martinez Winner
- What Jamie saw Carolyn Coman
- A girl named Disaster Nancy Farmer
- The long season of rain Helen Kim
- Send me down a miracle Han Nolan



