Mark Twain Award Winners by the Year

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2013 Winner Mark Twain Award

Out Of My Mind

by Sharon M Draper

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole schoolbut no one knows it. Most peopleher teachers and doctors inclu… read more

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Runaway Twin

2012 Winner Mark Twain Award

Runaway Twin

by Peg Kehret

Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, she'll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dog- and the fact that her sister may not be who Su… read more

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Stolen Children

2011 Winner Mark Twain Award

Stolen Children

by Peg Kehret

When Amy agreed to baby-sit Kendra Edgerton, she had no idea she was stepping into a kidnapping plot. Two men force the girls out of the house and into a cabin in the woods, where they create DVDs to send to the families, in hopes of a large ransom … read more

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Deep and Dark and Dangerous

2010 Winner Mark Twain Award

Deep and Dark and Dangerous

by Mary Downing Hahn

Just before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie. But who’s the third person, the one who’s been torn out of the picture? … read more

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Percy Jackson and The Sea Of Monsters

2009 Winner Mark Twain Award

Percy Jackson and The Sea Of Monsters

by Rick Riordan

You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. You mortals can't even see the monsters we have to fight all the time. So when a game of dodgeball turned into a death match against… read more

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2008 Winner Mark Twain Award

Lightning Thief

by Riordan

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Abduction!

2007 Winner Mark Twain Award

Abduction!

by Peg Kehret

Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom —and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear… read more

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The City Of Ember

2006 Winner Mark Twain Award

The City Of Ember

by Jeanne Duprau

City of Ember is a 2008 science fiction-fantasy film based on the 2003 novel by Jeanne DuPrau. It was directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay by Caroline Thompson, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau,… read more

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Zach's Lie

2004 Winner Mark Twain Award

Zach's Lie

by Roland Smith

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Because Of Winn-Dixie

2003 Winner Mark Twain Award

Because Of Winn-Dixie

by Kate Dicamillo

Because of Winn-Dixie is a children's novel by Kate DiCamillo published in 2000 and winner of a Newbery Honor distinction the following year. It also won the 2000 Josette Frank Award, and 2003 Mark Twain Award. It has been adapted as a 2005 famil… read more

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Holes

2001 Winner Mark Twain Award

Holes

by Louis Sachar

"Frances Foster Books." Newbery Medal, 1999.

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Small Steps

1999 Winner Mark Twain Award

Small Steps

by Peg Kehret

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Man Who Loved Clowns

1995 Winner Mark Twain Award

Man Who Loved Clowns

by June Rae Wood

The Man Who Loved Clowns is a book by June Rae Wood about a girl named Delrita who wants to be "invisible" at her new school. She lives with her parents and uncle, who has Down syndrome. The book ties in with A Corner of the Universe by Ann… read more

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Shiloh

1994 Winner Mark Twain Award

Shiloh

by Phyllis Naylor

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Maniac Magee

1993 Winner Mark Twain Award

Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

Maniac Magee is a young adult fiction novel written by American author Jerry Spinelli and published in 1990. Exploring themes of racism and homelessness, it follows the story of an orphaned boy looking for a home in the fictional Pennsylvania town of… read more

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The Doll In the Garden

1992 Winner Mark Twain Award

The Doll In the Garden

by Mary Downing Hahn

When Ashley discovers a turn-of-the-century doll it is just the first of several puzzling events that lead her through the hedge and into a twilight past where she meets Louise, an ailing child whose beloved doll has mysteriously disappeared.

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All About Sam

1991 Winner Mark Twain Award

All About Sam

by Lois Lowry

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There's a Boy In the Girls' Bathroom

1990 Winner Mark Twain Award

There's a Boy In the Girls' Bathroom

by Louis Sachar

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War With Grandpa

1987 Winner Mark Twain Award

War With Grandpa

by Robert Kimmel Smith

"A Yearling book."

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The Pinballs

1980 Winner Mark Twain Award

The Pinballs

by Betsy Byars

The Pinballs is a 1976 young adult novel by American author Betsy Byars. The story is about three foster children, Carlie, Harvey and Thomas J. , who have been taken in by the Masons, a couple who have cared for many other foster children in the past… read more

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Ramona the Brave

1978 Winner Mark Twain Award

Ramona the Brave

by Beverly Cleary

Ramona the Brave is a juvenile novel written by Beverly Cleary and illustrated by Alan Tiegreen. The book was first published in 1975, seven years after the previous installment in the Ramona series, Ramona the Pest.

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How To Eat Fried Worms

1975 Winner Mark Twain Award

How To Eat Fried Worms

by Thomas Rockwell

How to Eat Fried Worms is the title of a children's book written by Thomas Rockwell, first published in 1973. It was later turned into a CBS Storybreak episode in the mid-1980s, and a movie of the same name in 2006. Because the novel's conten… read more

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Sounder

1972 Winner Mark Twain Award

Sounder

by William H Armstrong

Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family in Depression-era Louisiana. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stea… read more

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