Young Hoosier Book Awards Nominees
2003-2004

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Kindergarten through 3rd

Bedhead by Margie Palatini
Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
A Bus of Our Own by Freddi Williams Evans
Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell
A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by J. Stevens & S. Crummel
A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech
Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting
The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
Jubal’s Wish by Audrey Wood

Legend of the Teddy Bear by Frank Murphy
Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton L. Taulbert
Locust Pocus! A Book to Bug You by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
Milo’s Hat Trick by Jon Agee
The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein
Shrinking Violet by Cari Best
Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City by Carole Boston Weatherford
The Tale of Tricky Fox retold by Jim Aylesworth
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
The Worrywarts by Pamela Duncan Edwards

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4th - 6th Grade

All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
Dancing in Cadillac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt
A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Story of the Colossal Fossil by Pat Relf
Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin
The Girl with 500 Middle Names by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park
The Janitor’s Boy by Andrew Clements
Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
My Brother Made Me Do It by Peg Kehret
No More Nasty by Amy MacDonald
Odysseus in the Serpent Maze by J. Yolen and R. J. Harris
Puzzle in the Portrait by Eleanor Florence Rosellini
The Secret School by Avi
Shooting For The Moon: ...Life and Times of Annie Oakley by S. Krensky
The Time Bike by Jane Langston
Truth About Great White Sharks by Mary M. Cerullo
When Mack Came Back by Brad Strickland
The Word Eater by Mary Amato

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6th - 8th Grade

The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
Battle Dress by Amy Efaw
Blizzard! by Jim Murphy
The Boxer by Kathleen Karr
Burning Up by Caroline B. Cooney
Fever: 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Guts by Gary Paulsen
Haunting at Home Plate by David Patneaude
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin
Memories of Summer by Ruth White
Midnight Magic by Avi
Night Hoops by Carl Deuker
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Songs of Power by Hilari Bell
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
Zach’s Lie by Roland Smith

 

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