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National Book Award for Young People's Literature

The National Book Award is awarded by the National Book Foundation. Categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Young People's Literature, and the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Awards for 2012

1. National Book Award for Young People's Literature

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      Goblin Secrets

      William AlexanderWilliam Alexander 9781442427266
   Publisher Comments: A boy joins a theatrical troupe of goblins to find his missing brother.In the town of Zombay, there is a witch named Graba who has clockwork chicken legs and moves her house around, much like the fairy tale figure of Baba Yaga. Graba takes in stray... (read more)

Past Winners

1. 2011

   
   Inside Out and Back Again Thanhha Lai Used Hardcover $10.95
   

2. 2010

   
   Mockingbird Kathryn Erskine

   

   Used Hardcover $10.50
   

3. 2009

   
   Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose Used Hardcover $11.00
   

4. 2008

   
   What I Saw and How I Lied Judy Blundell Used Hardcover $7.95
   

5. 2007

   
   The Absolutely True Diary of a... Sherman Alexie

   

   Used Hardcover $10.00
   

6. 2006

   
   The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life... M. T. Anderson

   

   Used Hardcover $10.00
   

7. 2005

   
   The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of... Jeanne Birdsall

   

   Used Hardcover $6.50
   

8. 2004

   
   Godless Pete Hautman

   

   Used Hardcover $5.50
   

9. 2003

   
   The Canning Season Polly Horvath

   

   Used Hardcover $10.95
   

10. 2001

    
    True Believer Virginia Euwer Wolff

    

    Used Trade Paper $2.95
    

11. 2000

    
    Homeless Bird Gloria Whelan

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.50
    

12. 1999

    
    When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Kimberly Willi Holt Used Trade Paper $1.95
    

13. 1997

    
    Dancing on the Edge Han Nolan

    

    Used Trade Paper $1.95
    

14. 1996

    
    Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida Victor Martinez

    

    Used Mass Market $2.95
    

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