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Iowa Teen Choice Award Winner: The Lightning Thief by
Rick Riordan 2008 -
2009 Nominees: The Perfect Shot, Alphin Code Talker, Bruchac Runner, Deuker The People of Sparks, DuPrau Stumptown Kid, Gorman Flush, Hiaasen Travel
Team, Lupica Airborn, Oppel Eragon Paolini Small Steps, Sachar Drums,
Girls and Dangerous Pie, Sonneblick Milkweed, Spinelli So B. It, Weeks Uglies,
Westerfield Elsewhere, Zevin
2007 Sonya
Sones: One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies 2006 Sonya Sones: What My Mother Doesn't Know
2005 Anthony Horowitz: Stormbreaker
2004 Ann Brashares: The Sisterhood
of the Traveling Pants
2003 Jerry Spinelli: Stargirl
Iowa Children's Choice Award Winners
Click here for ready-made bookmarks with the 2009 Children's Choice Book nominees. (Pdf form)
2008 - 2009 Winner: Abduction! by Peg Kehret
Iowa Children's Choice Awards Link
Edgar Awards for mysteries
2009: Best Young Adult MysteryPaper Towns by John Greene
2009: Best Juvenile MysteryThe
Postcard by Tony Abbott

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(Started counter over 9/21/09)
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