Maud Hart Lovelace Awards – Complete 2008-2009 Nominee List
Congratulations to the following books for being awarded as 2008-2009 nominees for the Maud Hart Lovelace Award!
Division I: ( grades 3 – 5 )
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Mirror’s Tale by P. W. Catanese
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Flush by Carl Hiaasen (WINNER!)
Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Punished by David Lubar
Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia McKissack
Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde
Princess for a Week by Betty Ren Wright
Division II: ( grades 6 – 8 )
Mirror’s Tale by P. W. Catanese
Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs
Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue by Julius Lester
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
Heat by Mike Lupica
Shackleton’s Stowaway by Victoria McKernan
Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (WINNER!)
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
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.
