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2024 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “Acorn Was a Little Wild” written by Jen Arena and illustrated by Jessica Gibson (Honor: "Stella Keeps the Sun Up" written by Clothilde Ewing and illustrated by Lynn Gaines)
  • Grades 3-5: "Haven: A Small Cat's Big Adventure" written by Megan Warner Lloyd (Honor: "The Night Ride" written by J. Anderson Coats)
  • Grades 6-8: "Alone" written by Megan E. Freeman (Honor: "The Lucky Ones" written by Linda Williams Jackson)
  • Grades 9-12: "Four for the Road" written by K.J. Reilly (Honor: "Six Crimson Cranes" written by Elizabeth Lim)

2023 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “The True Story of Zippy Chippy: The Little Horse that Couldn’t” written by Artie Bennett illustrated by Dave Szalay
  • Grades 3-5: “Ground Zero” written by Alan Gratz
  • Grades 6-8: “City of Secrets” written & illustrated by Victoria Ying
  • Grades 9-12: “House of Hollow” written by Krystal Sutherland

2022 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “Hat Tricks” Written and Illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura
  • Grades 3-5: “Becoming Muhammad Ali“ Written by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile
  • Grades 6-8: “96 Miles” Written by J.L. Esplin
  • Grades 9-12: “The Inheritance Games” Written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and “This is My America” Written by Kim Johnson

2021 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “This is MY Room! (No Tigers Allowed)” Written by Jennifer Jacobson and illustrated by Alexandria Neonakis
  • Grades 3-5: “The Dog Who Lost His Bark” Written by Eoin Colfer and illustrated by P.J. Lynch
  • Grades 6-8: “Young, Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present” Written by Jamia Wilson and illustrated by Andrea Pippins
  • Grades 9-12: “SHOUT” Written by Laurie Halse Anderson

2020 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “What Do They Do with All That Poo?” Written by Jane Kurtz and illustrated by Allison Black
  • Grades 3-5: "Real Friends” by Shannon Hale and illustrated by LeUyen Pham
  • Grades 6-8: “The Doughnut Fix” Written by Jessie Janowitz
  • Grades 9-12: “A Heart in a Body in the World” by Deb Caletti

2019 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “Give Me Back My Book!” by Travis Foster
  • Grades 3-5: “Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability” by Shane Burcaw
  • Grades 6-8: “The Road to Ever After” by Moira Youngs
  • Grades 9-12: “You Bring the Distant Near” by Mitali Perkins

2018 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “Hey, That’s My Monster!” by Amanda Noll
  • Grades 3-5: “Crenshaw” by Katherine Applegate
  • Grades 6-8: “Pax” by Sara Pennypacker
  • Grades 9-12: “An Ember in the Ashes” by Sabaa Tahir

2017 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “The Book with No Pictures” by B.J. Novak
  • Grades 3-5: “Jars of Hope: How One Woman Saved 2,500 Children During the Holocaust” by Jennifer Roy
  • Grades 6-8: “House Arrest” by K.A. Holt
  • Grades 9-12: “Cuckoo Song” by Frances Hardinge

2016 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “The Princess and the Presents” by Caryl Hart
  • Grades 3-5: “Wolf” by Valerie Hobbs
  • Grades 6-8: “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library” by Chris Grabenstein
  • Grades 9-12: “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart

2015 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades Pre-K-2: “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt
  • Grades 3-5: “Tales from a Not-so-happy Heartbreaker” by Rachel Renée Russell
  • Grades 6-8: “Bad Girls: Sirens, Jezebels, Murderesses, Thieves, & Other Female Villains“ by Jane Yolen & Heidi Stemple
  • Grades 9-12: “Eleanor & Park” by Rainbow Rowell

2014 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades K-2: “Big Mean Mike” by Michelle Knudsen, Illustrated by Scott Magoon
  • Grades 3-5: “The Book of Blood” by H.P Newquist
  • Grades 6-8: “Divergent” by Veronica Roth

2013 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • Grades K-2: “Hot Rod Hamster” by Cynthia Lord, Illustrated by Derek Anderson
  • Grades 3-5: “Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading” by Tommy Greenwald
  • Grades 6-8: “Countdown” by Deborah Wiles

2012 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • “43 Cemetery Road: Dying to Meet You” by Kate Klise, Illustrated by Sara Klise

2011 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • “Knucklehead” by Jon Scieszka

2010 MAGNOLIA BOOK AWARDS

  • “The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane” by Kate DiCamillo
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