Mark Twain Awards

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Below is a list of the Mark Twain Readers Award winners. This is a great place to find a new author or book to try out. This is an outstanding list of childrens books and authors.

Deep and Dark and Dangerous	Mary Downing Hahn	2010
The Sea of Monsters	Rick Riordan	2009
The Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan	2008
Abduction!	Peg Kehret	2007
The City of Ember	Jeanne DuPrau	2006
Wenny Has Wings	Janet Lee Carey	2005
Zach's Lie	Roland Smith	2004
Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate Dicamillo	2003
Dork In Disguise	Carol Gorman	2002
Holes	Louis Sachar	2001
Saving Shiloh	Phyllis Naylor	2000
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio	Peg Kehret	1999
Titanic Crossing	Barbara Williams	1998
Time for Andrew	Mary Hahn	1997
Ghosts of Mercy Manor	Betty Ren Wright	1996
The Man Who Loved Clowns	June Rae Wood	1995
Shiloh	Phyllis Naylor	1994
Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	1993
The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story	Mary Downing Hahn	1992
All about Sam	Lois Lowry	1991
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom	Louis Sachar	1990
Sixth-Grade Sleepover	Eve Bunting	1989
Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job	Willo Davis Roberts	1988
The War with Grandpa	Robert Kimmel Smith	1987
The Dollhouse Murders	Betty Ren Wright	1986
A Bundle of Sticks	Pat Rhoads Mauser	1985
The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ	Betty Miles	1984
The Girl with the Silver Eyes	Willo Davis Roberts	1983
The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot	Marian Place	1982
Soup for President	Robert Newton Peck	1981
Pinballs	Betsy Byars	1980
Champion of Merrimack County	Roger Drury	1979
Ramona the Brave	Beverly Cleary	1978
The Ghost of Saturday Night	Sid Fleischman	1977
The Home Run Trick	Scott Corbett	1976
How to Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell	1975
It's a Mile from Here to Glory	Robert C. Lee	1974
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH	Robert C. O'Brien	1973
Sounder	William H. Armstrong	1972

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