2002-2003 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees

Grades 4-6

The Barn Burner by Patricia Willis

The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

The Boxes by William Sleator

The Captain’s Dog: My Journey With the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith

Dear Mrs. Ryan, You’re Ruining My Life by Jennifer Jones

The Ghost of Lizard Light by Elvira Woodruff

The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park

The Landry News by Andrew Clements

Missing in the Mountains by Terri Fields

Mister and Me by Kimberly Willis Holt

The Moonlight Man by Betty Ren Wright

The Riches of Oseola McCarty by Evelyn Coleman

Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

See the Stars by Ken Croswell

Suitcase by Mildred Pitts Walter

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

Winners Take All by Fred Bowen

The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill

Grades 6-8

Cecil in Space by Sid Hite

The Dark Side of Nowhere: A Novel by Neal Shusterman

Death at Devil’s Bridge by Cynthia DeFelice

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan

The Exchange Student by Kate Gilmore

Firegold by Dia Calhoun

Francie by Karen English

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy & Thomas Hoobler

Good Night, Maman by Norma Fox Mazer

Jazmin’s Notebook by Nikki Grimes

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Nose Pickers From Outer Space by Gordon Korman

Rats by Paul Zindel

Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen

Shipwreck Season by Donna Hill

Silent to the Bone by E. L. Konigsburg

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Stealing Freedom by Elisa Carbone

The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

 

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