Announcing the 2013-2014 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees

Announcing the 2013-2014 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominees

Picture Book All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel by Dan Yaccarino

Intermediate 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy

Argus by Michelle Knudsen

America Under Attack: September 11, 2001: the Day the Towers Fell by Don Brown

Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet

Balarama: A Royal Elephant by Betsy and Ted Lewin

Blackout by John Rocco

The Case of the Diamond Dog Collar, by Martha Freeman

Cat Secrets by Jef Czekaj E-mergency! by Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems by Kristine O’Connell George Firehouse Light by Janet Nolan

Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World by Allan Drummond Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer Good Curses Evil by Stephanie Sanders

Middle Grades Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol The Berlin Boxing Club by Rob Sharenow Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917 by Sally Walker

Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s “Chocolate Pilot” by Michael Tunnell City of Orphans by Avi Close to Famous by Joan Bauer

Holler Loudly by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Heart of a Samurai: Based on the True Story of Nakahama Manjiro by Margi Preus

Dragon Castle by Joseph Bruchac

Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator by Mo Willems

Hound Dog True by Linda Urban

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha, Lai

Hidden by Helen Frost

The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel Me--Jane by Patrick McDonnell

Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin

Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age by Cheryl Bardoe

Perfect Square by Michael Hall

Mockingbird : Mok’ing-burd by Kathryn Erskine

Pig Kahuna by Jennifer Sattler Rosa’s Bus by Jo S. Kittinger Same, Same but Different by Jenny Kostecki-Shaw

Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace by Anna Grossnickle Hines Pie by Sarah Weeks Sidekicks by Dan Santat

Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman Three Hens and a Peacock by Lester Laminack Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku by Lee Wardlaw

Smile by Raina Telgemeier Star in the Forest by Laura Resau The Shadows by Jacqueline West The Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Jurmain

Legend by Marie Lu Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans Okay for Now: A Novel by Gary D Schmidt Outlaw by Stephen Davies Prisoners in the Palace: How Victoria Became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel: A Novel of Intrigue and Romance by Michaela MacColl The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen Titanic Sinks! by Barry Denenberg Trapped by Michael Northrop Witches! : The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer

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