Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2007-2008 Nominee List
The following books were 2007-2008 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award sponsored by the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards.
A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer
Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The Magician’s Boy by Susan Cooper
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (WINNER!)
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Blackwater Ben by William Durbin
The Last Dog on Earth by Daniel Ehrenhaft
Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery by John Feinstein
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
Made You Look by Diane Roberts
The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman
Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick (WINNER!)
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Draanen Van
Emako Blue by Brenda Woods
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee
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.
