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: Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn(WINNER!)
Second: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Third: Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Congrats to Mary Downing Hahn for writing the winning story in Division I!
Division II: ( grades 6 – 8 )
First: Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn(WINNER!)
Second: Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Third: Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Congrats to Mary Downing Hahn for writing the winning story in Division II!
Two years ago Flush by Carl Hiaasen won in both divisions but last year the race was wide open as there were no duplicates. This year the top two finishers were the same in both age divisions.
I hope everyone had a fun time this year reading all of these great, deserving books. Keep your eye out for the 2011-2012 nominees and think about getting an early start reading this summer. Have fun!
