Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Grades 3-5

Awards List

2016

Nerd Camp
(Nominee)
Elissa Brent Weissman

Eight Keys
(Nominee)
Suzanne LaFleur

Pie
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Freaky Fast Frankie Joe
(Nominee)
Lutricia Clifton

Olivia Bean, Trivia Queen
(Nominee)
Donna Gephart

The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
(Nominee)
Christopher Healy

Three Times Lucky
(Nominee)
Sheila Turnage

Kizzy Ann Stamps
(Nominee)
Jeri Watts

Athlete vs. Mathlete
(Nominee)
W.C. Mack

White Fur Flying
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

The Hypnotists
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

Fortunately, the Milk
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

Blast Off!
(Nominee)
Nate Ball

A Snicker of Magic
(Nominee)
Natalie Lloyd

The Fourteenth Goldfish
(Nominee)
Jennifer L. Holm

2015

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Winner)
Chris Grabenstein

Abby Carnelia's One and Only Magical Power
(Nominee)
David Pogue

When Life Gives You O.J.
(Nominee)
Erica S. Perl

Hooper Finds a Family
(Nominee)
Jane Paley

8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel // 1 Dog = Chaos
(Nominee)
Vivian Vande Velde

The Adventures of Beanboy
(Nominee)
Lisa Harkrader

King of the Mound
(Nominee)
Wes Tooke

Capture the Flag
(Nominee)
Kate Messner

The Adventures of a South Pole Pig
(Nominee)
Chris Kurtz

Stranded
(Nominee)
Jeff Probst; Christopher Tebbetts

Dorko the Magnificent
(Nominee)
Andrea Beaty

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin
(Nominee)
Liesl Shurtliff

The Sasquatch Escape
(Nominee)
Suzanne Selfors

Elvis and the Underdogs
(Nominee)
Jenny Lee

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
(Nominee)
Chris Grabenstein

Magic Marks the Spot
(Nominee)
Caroline Carlson

2014

The Candymakers
(Winner)
Wendy Mass

Melonhead
(Nominee)
Katy Kelly

The Wish Stealers
(Nominee)
Tracy Trivas

Touch Blue
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Janitors
(Nominee)
Tyler Whitesides

Floors
(Nominee)
Patrick Carman

Waiting for the Magic
(Nominee)
Patricia MacLachlan

Glory Be
(Nominee)
Augusta Scattergood

The One and Only Ivan
(Nominee)
Katherine Applegate

Double Dog Dare
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Fake Mustache
(Nominee)
Tom Angleberger

The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
(Nominee)
Joanne Rocklin

The Year of the Book
(Nominee)
Andrea Cheng

2013

The Familiars
(Winner)
Adam Jay Epstein; Andrew Jacobson

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man Mcginty Told Me
(Nominee)
Nan Marino

Guinea Dog
(Nominee)
Patrick Jennings

Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies
(Nominee)
Andrea Beaty

The Shadows
(Nominee)
Jacqueline West

The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
(Nominee)
Barbara O'Connor

President of the Whole Fifth Grade
(Nominee)
Sherri Winston

Sophie Simon Solves Them All
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

The Trouble With Chickens
(Nominee)
Doreen Cronin

Edgar Allan's Official Crime Investigation Notebook
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

Tuesdays at the Castle
(Nominee)
Jessica Day George

2012

Out of My Mind
(Winner)
Sharon M. Draper

Dragon's Egg
(Nominee)
Sarah L. Thomson

Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
(Nominee)
Lenore Look

Dying to Meet You
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

How Oliver Olson Changed the World
(Nominee)
Claudia Mills

The Magic Half
(Nominee)
Annie Barrows

Umbrella Summer
(Nominee)
Lisa Graff

Captain Nobody
(Nominee)
Dean Pitchford

Extra Credit
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
(Nominee)
Grace Lin

Flight of the Phoenix
(Nominee)
R.L. LaFevers

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society
(Nominee)
Michael Buckley

The Secret of Zoom
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

The 100-year-old Secret
(Nominee)
Tracy Barrett

2011

Obi, Gerbil on the Loose!
(Winner)
Michael Delaney / M.C. Delaney

Piper Reed, Navy Brat
(Nominee)
Kimberly Willis Holt

The Seer of Shadows
(Nominee)
Avi

Bird Lake Moon
(Nominee)
Kevin Henkes

The Girl Who Could Fly
(Nominee)
Victoria Forester

Kenny & the Dragon
(Nominee)
Tony DiTerlizzi

Safe at Home
(Nominee)
Mike Lupica

Masterpiece
(Nominee)
Elise Broach

11 Birthdays
(Nominee)
Wendy Mass

2010

Found
(Winner)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

Punished!
(Nominee)
David Lubar

The Year of the Dog
(Nominee)
Grace Lin
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Lemonade War
(Nominee)
Jacqueline Davies

Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
(Nominee)
Lynne Jonell

The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
(Nominee)
Candace Fleming

Night of the Howling Dogs
(Nominee)
Graham Salisbury

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
(Nominee)
Linda Urban

The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
(Nominee)
Eric Berlin

Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It
(Nominee)
Sundee T. Frazier

Highway Cats
(Nominee)
Janet Taylor Lisle

The Middle of Somewhere
(Nominee)
J.B. Cheaney

Me and the Pumpkin Queen
(Nominee)
Marlane Kennedy

2009

The Ghost's Grave
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

Stumptown Kid
(Nominee)
Author Unknown

The Homework Machine
(Nominee)
Dan Gutman

Roxie and the Hooligans
(Nominee)
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Rules
(Nominee)
Cynthia Lord

Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!
(Nominee)
Frances O'Roark Dowell

Clementine
(Nominee)
Sara Pennypacker

No Talking
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

The Sloppy Copy Slipup
(Nominee)
Dyanne Disalvo-Ryan

The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco
(Nominee)
Janice Repka

2008

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
(Winner)
Kate DiCamillo

No Dogs Allowed!
(Nominee)
Bill Wallace

Christopher Mouse
(Nominee)
William Wise

Worth
(Nominee)
A. La Faye

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

2007

Cryptid Hunters
(Winner)
Roland Smith

The Boy Who Spoke Dog
(Nominee)
Clay Morgan
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Beloved Dearly
(Nominee)
Doug Cooney

Because of Anya
(Nominee)
Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Frog Princess
(Nominee)
E.D. Baker

My Brother's Hero
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

Runt
(Nominee)
Marion Dane Bauer

Colder Than Ice
(Nominee)
David Patneaude

Quake!
(Nominee)
Gail Langer Karwoski

Chasing the Falconers
(Nominee)
Gordon Korman

2006

How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay
(Nominee)
Julia Alvarez

Andy Russell, Not Wanted by the Police
(Nominee)
David A. Adler

Lewis and Clark and Me
(Nominee)
Laurie Myers

Gooney Bird Greene
(Nominee)
Lois Lowry

Seaward Born
(Nominee)
Lea Wait

Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
(Nominee)
Sharon Creech
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Gregor the Overlander
(Nominee)
Suzanne Collins

The World According To Humphrey
(Nominee)
Betty G. Birney

Young Man and the Sea
(Nominee)
Rodman Philbrick

Ida B
(Nominee)
Katherine Hannigan

2005

The City of Ember
(Winner)
Jeanne Duprau

The Elevator Family
(Nominee)
Douglas Evans

Esperanza Rising
(Nominee)
Pam Munoz Ryan

A Week in the Woods
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

The Ghost Sitter
(Nominee)
Peni R. Griffin

2004

Regular Guy
(Nominee)
Sarah Weeks

Haunting at Home Plate
(Nominee)
David Patneaude

The Word Eater
(Nominee)
Mary Amato

Anna Casey's Place in the World
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

Doing Time Online
(Nominee)
Jan Siebold

Saving Lilly
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

2003

Holes
(Winner)
Louis Sachar

Mister and Me
(Nominee)
Kimberly Willis Holt

Star in the Storm
(Nominee)
Joan Hiatt Harlow

My Brother Made Me Do It
(Nominee)
Peg Kehret

Crossing Jordan
(Nominee)
Adrian Fogelin

Williwaw!
(Nominee)
Tom Bodett

Not My Dog
(Nominee)
Colby Rodowsky

The School Story
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

2002

Eye of the Great Bear
(Nominee)
Bill Wallace

The Landry News
(Nominee)
Andrew Clements

Bud, Not Buddy
(Nominee)
Christopher Paul Curtis

The Spy Who Came in from the Sea
(Nominee)
Peggy Nolan

2001

The Ghost in Room 11
(Winner)
Betty Ren Wright

The Music Of Dolphins
(Nominee)
Karen Hesse

Gratefully Yours
(Nominee)
Jane Buchanan

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks
(Nominee)
Kate Klise

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
(Nominee)
Elvira Woodruff

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
(Nominee)
C. Coco De Young

2000

The Volcano Disaster
(Winner)
Peg Kehret

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