7 More Award-winning Books at the DLA Las Piñas LRC!

For the quick 101 on Book Medals and Awards, please see this first.

1. Scorpions (Walter Dean Myers)

Award/s:

• Newbery Honor Book
• Notable Children's Books (ALA)
• Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
• Recommended Books for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA)
• The USA Through Children's Books 1990 (ALA)
• Young Adult Choices for 1990 (IRA)
• Judy Lopez Children's Books Award, Honorable Mention
• Children's Books (Library of Congress)
• Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)

2. Rules (Cynthia Lord)

Award/s:

• Newbery Honor Medal
• Schneider Family Book Award
• Mitten Award (Michigan Library Association)
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan)
• Maine Student Book Award
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award (Vermont)
• Kentucky Bluegrass Award
• Great Stone Face Award (New Hampshire)
• Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio)

3. Feathers (Jacqueline Woodson)

Award/s:

• Newbery Honor Medal

4. Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Paterson)

Award/s:

• Janusz Korczak Medal (Poland)
• Silver Pencil Award (Netherlands)
• Newbery Medal
• ALA Notable Children's Books
• School Library Journal Best Book
• Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
• Le Grand Prix des Jeunes Lecturs (France)
• Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award

5. Strawberry Girl (Lois Lenski)

Award/s:

• Newbery Medal
• ALA Notable Children’s Book
• Horn Book Fanfare

6. Joey Pigza Loses Control (Jack Gantos)

Award/s:

• Newbery Honor Book
• ALA Notable Book
• Publishers Weekly Best Book
• School Library Journal Best Book
• NY Times Book Review Notable Book
• BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
• Booklist Editors' Choice
• Horn Book Fanfare Book
• Booklinks Lasting Choice Selection

7. The Midwife’s Apprentice (Karen Cushman)

Award/s:

• Newbery Medal
• ALA Best Book for Young Adults
• ALA Notable Book for Children
• Booklist Editors' Choice
• Horn Book Fanfare Selection
• School Library Journal, Best Books of the Year
• ALA Best Book for Young Adults
• Hungry Mind Review Book of Distinction
• Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts
• Not Just For Children Anymore! Selection (CBC)
• Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Awards
• Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award Short List
• Parents' Choice Gold Award
• American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"
• New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
• ABC Children's Booksellers Choice Award
• NYPL Books for the Teen Age List

All of these books are available at the LRC! :)