Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners Books for Older Children

Awards List

2015

Revolution (Honor Book)
Deborah Wiles

Jun-2014
/ Historical

2014

Sugar (Winner)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

May-2013
/ Historical

Brotherhood (Honor Book)
Anne Westrick

Sep-2013
/ Historical

Seeing Red (Honor Book)
Kathryn Erskine

Sep-2013
/ Historical

2012

Sylvia & Aki (Winner)
Winifred Conkling

Jul-2011
/ Historical

Inside Out and Back Again (Honor Book)
Thanhha Lai

Mar-2011
/ General Fiction

2011

A Long Walk to Water (Winner)
Linda Sue Park

Nov-2010
/ General Fiction

Ninth Ward (Honor Book)
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Aug-2010
/ Science Fiction / Fantasy

2009

The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom (Winner)
Margarita Engle

2008
/ General Fiction

2008

Rickshaw Girl (Honor Book)
Mitali Perkins

Mar-2007
/ General Fiction

Elijah of Buxton (Honor Book)
Christopher Paul Curtis

Aug-2007
/ General Fiction

2007

Weedflower (Winner)
Cynthia Kadohata

Jul-2008
/ General Fiction

2006

Sweetgrass Basket (Honor Book)
Marlene Carvell

Oct-2005
/ General Fiction

2004

Parvana's Journey (Highly Commended)
Deborah Ellis

Jul-2003
/ General Fiction

2003

Parvana's Journey (Winner)
Deborah Ellis

Jul-2003
/ General Fiction

2002

True Believer (Honor Book)
Virginia Euwer Wolff

Oct-2002
/ General Fiction

2001

Esperanza Rising (Winner)
Pam Munoz Ryan

Oct-2000
/ Historical

The Color of My Words (Honor Book)
Lynn Joseph

Aug-2000
/ General Fiction

2000

The Birchbark House (Honor Book)
Louise Erdrich

Jun-1999
/ Historical

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Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Books for Older Children

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