As is the tradition at the Maud Hart Lovelace Awards the winners were announced on the anniversary of the author’s birthday, April 25th. Over 20,000 Minnesota students between grades 3-8 chose among a list of great award nominees to narrow the field down to these winners:
Division I: ( grades 3 – 5 )
First: Champ by Marcia Thornton Jones (WINNER!)
Second: Home of the Brave by K. A. Applegate
Third: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Congrats to Marcia Thornton Jones for writing the winning story in Division I!
Division II: ( grades 6 – 8 )
First: I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You by Ally Carter (WINNER!)
Second: Peak by Roland Smith
Third: Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Congrats to Ally Carter for writing the winning story in Division II!
Last year Flush by Carl Hiaasen won in both divisions but the race was wide open this year – no duplicates!
I hope everyone had a fun time this year reading all of these great, deserving books. Keep your eye out for the 2010-2011 nominees and think about getting an early start reading this summer. Have fun!
