Book Awards

GA Book Award Nominees
2011-2012Newbery 2011Caldecott 2011

Moon over Manifest

by Clare Vanderpool

The Newbery award was named after John Newbery, a 19th century bookseller and is awarded to the most distinguished contribution to American children’s literature.

Books Spanning the Grades 4-8

Connor, L. (2008). Waiting for normal. New York, NY: Katherine Tegen Books

Draper, S.  (2010). Out of my mind. New York, NY: Atheneum.

Williams-Garcia, R. (2010).One crazy summer. New York, NY: Amistad

Sonnenblick, J. (2010). After ever after. New York, NY: Scholastic

Erskine, C.  (2010). Mockingbird. New York, NY: Philomel.

Lin, G. (2009). Where the mountain meets the moon. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.

Alvarez, J. (2009). Return to sender. New York, NY: Alfred A, Knopf

Haissen, C. (2009). Scat. New York, NY: Alfred A, Knopf

Philbrick, R. (2009). The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg. New York, NY: Blue Sky Press

Baskin, N. R. (2009). Anything but typical.New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Wiles, D. (2010). Countdown. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

Pearsall, S. (2008). All shook up. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf,

Korman, G. 2008). Swindle. New York, NY: Scholastic Press

Books for Younger Audiences (Gr. 4-6)

Angleberger, T. (2010). Strange case of Origami Yoda. New York, NY: Amulet Books

Klise, K. (2009). 43 Old Cemetery Road:Dying to meet you. Orlando, FL: Harcourt

Clements, A. (2009). Extra credit.New York, NY: Atheneum

O’Conner, B. (2010).The fantastic secret of Owen Jester. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Books for Older Audiences (Gr. 6-8)

Collins, S. (2008). The Hunger Games. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

Berg, A. (2009). All the broken pieces. New York, NY: Scholastic Press

Anderson, L. H.(2008) Chains. New York, NY: Simon &Schuster Books

Alternates

Buckley, M. (2009). N.E.R.D.S.: National espionage, rescue, and defense society. New

 York, NY: Amulet Books   {Books for Younger Audiences (Gr. 4-6)}

Maas, W. (2009). 11 birthdays.New York, NY: Scholastic Press.

{Books for Younger Audiences (Gr. 4-6)}

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

by Philip Stead

Illustrated by Erin Stead

The Caldecott award was named after Randolph Caldecott and is awarded to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.