The following books were 2002-2003 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards.
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Blackwater by Eve Bunting
Stealing Thunder by Mary Casanova
The Janitor’s Boy by Andrew Clements
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice (WINNER!)
Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark Dowell (WINNER!)
Cougar by Helen Griffith
Jason’s Gold by Will Hobbs
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt
The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss
Morgy Makes His Move by Maggie Lewis
Nothing Wrong with a Three-Legged Dog by Graham McNamee
The Dark Side of Nowhere by Neal Shusterman
Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
Smart Dog by Vivian Vande Velde
Eye of the Great Bear by Bill Wallace
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
The Maud Hart Lovelace Award is a children’s book award designed to encourage recreational reading among school age children. Click on the links to learn more about each book as well as information on where they can be easily purchased.
