Maine Student Book Award
The Maine Student Book Award is designed to expand literary horizons of students in grades 4-8 by encouraging them to read, evaluate, and enjoy a selection of new books. Award winners are chosen by written ballot, a favorite statewide activity. To see the list of books being considered this year or learn more about the program click here.
| 2012 | Smile by Raina Telgemeier |
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| 2011 | Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle by Brian Dennis |
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| 2010 | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins |
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| 2009 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeffrey Kinney |
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| 2008 | Rules by Cynthia Lord |
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| 2007 | The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan |
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| 2006 | The End of the Beginning by Avi |
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| 2005 | The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo |
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| 2004 | Loser by Jerry Spinelli |
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| 2003 | Love That Dog by Sharon Creech |
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| 2002 | Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo |
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| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling |
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| 2000 | Holes by Louis Sachar |
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| 1999 | Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine |
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| 1998 | Falling Up: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein |
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| 1997 | Math Curse by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith |
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| 1996 | Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco |
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| 1995 | The Giver by Lois Lowry |
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| 1994 | The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith |
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| 1993 | Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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| 1992 | Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume |
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| 1991 | Number the Stars by Lois Lowry |
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