2011 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens

Awards List

Audiobook

The Prince of Mist
(Recommended)
Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Incarceron
(Recommended)
Catherine Fisher

Woods Runner
(Recommended)
Gary Paulsen

Numbers
(Recommended)
Rachel Ward

The Cardturner
(Recommended)
Louis Sachar

Turtle in Paradise
(Recommended)
Jennifer L. Holm

Fourteen and Up

Incarceron
(Recommended)
Catherine Fisher

Finnikin of the Rock
(Recommended)
Melina Marchetta

Nothing
(Recommended)
Janne Teller

Before I Fall
(Recommended)
Lauren Oliver

The Six Rules of Maybe
(Recommended)
Deb Caletti

The Sky is Everywhere
(Recommended)
Jandy Nelson

Birthmarked
(Recommended)
Caragh M. O'Brien

Will Grayson, Will Grayson
(Recommended)
John Green; David Levithan

Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
(Recommended)
Morgan Matson

The Cardturner
(Recommended)
Louis Sachar

Ship Breaker
(Recommended)
Paolo Bacigalupi

Stolen
(Recommended)
Lucy Christopher

Bruiser
(Recommended)
Neal Shusterman

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
(Recommended)
Lish McBride

I Shall Wear Midnight
(Recommended)
Terry Pratchett

Revolution
(Recommended)
Jennifer Donnelly

Matched
(Recommended)
Ally Condie

Seven to Ten

The "Extraordinary" Mark Twain
(Recommended)
Barbara Kerley

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
(Recommended)
Andrea Davis Pinkney / Andrea Pinkney

Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
(Recommended)
Marilyn Singer

The Night Fairy
(Recommended)
Laura Amy Schlitz

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
(Recommended)
Tom Angleberger

School, Drool and Other Daily Disasters
(Recommended)
Rachel Vail

As Simple As It Seems
(Recommended)
Sarah Weeks

Ruth And The Green Book
(Recommended)
Calvin A. Ramsey

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

GUYKU
(Recommended)
Bob Raczka

Mirror
(Recommended)
Jeannie Baker

Ten to Fourteen

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
(Recommended)
Geraldine McCaughrean

After Ever After
(Recommended)
Jordan Sonnenblick

One Crazy Summer
(Recommended)
Rita Williams-Garcia

Smile
(Recommended)
Raina Telgemeier

A Conspiracy of Kings
(Recommended)
Megan Whalen Turner

Out of My Mind
(Recommended)
Sharon M. Draper

The Dreamer
(Recommended)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Mockingbird
(Recommended)
Kathryn Erskine

Turtle in Paradise
(Recommended)
Jennifer L. Holm

Heart of a Samurai
(Recommended)
Margi Preus

Plain Kate
(Recommended)
Erin Bow

Up to Seven

Henry in Love
(Recommended)
Peter McCarty

My Heart Is Like a Zoo
(Recommended)
Michael Hall

I Am Going!
(Recommended)
Mo Willems

Big Red Lollipop
(Recommended)
Rukhsana Khan

Chalk
(Recommended)
Bill Thomson

My Garden
(Recommended)
Kevin Henkes

LMNO Peas
(Recommended)
Keith Baker

The Quiet Book
(Recommended)
Deborah Underwood

The Chicken Thief
(Recommended)
Beatrice Rodriguez

City Dog, Country Frog
(Recommended)
Mo Willems

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
(Recommended)
Philip Christian Stead

How Rocket Learned to Read
(Recommended)
Tad Hills

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!
(Recommended)
Marie-Louise Gay

Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy
(Recommended)
Denise Fleming

Clever Jack Takes the Cake
(Recommended)
Candace Fleming

Shadow
(Recommended)
Suzy Lee

Art & Max
(Recommended)
David Wiesner

There's Going to Be a Baby
(Recommended)
John Burningham

Me and You
(Recommended)
Anthony Browne

Flora's Very Windy Day
(Recommended)
Jeanne Birdsall

Award Categories

Audiobk Too Good to Miss

Audiobook

Children/Young Adult

Fourteen and Up

Seven to Ten

Ten to Fourteen

Up to Seven

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