Sasquatch Book Award

Given by WLA School Library Division

Other Names: Washington Sasquatch Award, Washington Sasquatch Book Award
328 Works 454,880 Books 14,841 Reviews 4.1

The Sasquatch Award

Novels for grades 4-6, open nominations, committee selected, student voted.

Twelve great books are nominees. But only one will win. Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders can participate

show more in the voting process by reading at least two of the nominees. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (26), Nominee (328)
Years:
All, 2024 (12), 2023 (12), 2022 (12), 2021 (12), 2020 (12), 2019 (12), 2018 (12), 2017 (12), 2016 (12), 2015 (12), 2014 (12), 2013 (12), 2012 (12), 2011 (12), 2010 (12), 2009 (12), 2008 (12), 2007 (12), 2006 (12), 2005 (12), 2004 (12), 2003 (14), 2002 (12), 2001 (12), 2000 (14), 1999 (12), 1998 (12)

Winner 26

Nominee 328

WorkYear
The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton2024
Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing2024
Starfish by Lisa Fipps2024
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez2024
Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson2024
The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung2024
City of Thieves by Alex London2024
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll2024
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro2024
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera2024
Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui2024
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson2024
Twins by Varian Johnson2023
One Last Shot by John David Anderson2023
Curse of the Night Witch by Alex Aster2023
Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist2023
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley2023
Cleo Porter and the Body Electric by Jake Burt2023
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera2023
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim2023
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte2023
Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian2023
Ana on the Edge by A. J. Sass2023
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone2023
Stargazing by Jen Wang2022
The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown2022
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day2022
Journey of the Pale Bear by Susan Fletcher2022
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez2022
Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano2022
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes2022
We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey2022
Good Dog, McTavish by Meg Rosoff2022
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt2022
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan2022
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga2022
Front Desk by Kelly Yang2021
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden2021
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome2021
Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech2021
Thisby Thestoop and the Black Mountain by Zac Gorman2021
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz2021
Junior Ninja Champion: The Competition Begins by Catherine Hapka2021
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon2021
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh2021
Bob by Wendy Mass2021
Chester and Gus by Cammie McGovern2021
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit2021
Real Friends by Shannon Hale2020
Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley2020
Bailey's Story by W. Bruce Cameron2020
Forever, or a Long, Long Time by Caela Carter2020
The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming by J. Anderson Coats2020
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz2020
Refugee by Alan Gratz2020
The Song from Somewhere Else by A. F. Harrold2020
The Mighty Odds by Amy Ignatow2020
Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls by Beth Mcmullen2020
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh2020
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson2020
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen2019
Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger2019
Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth by Frank Cottrell Boyce2019
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas2019
The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence2019
Wish by Barbara O'Connor2019
Ghost by Jason Reynolds2019
The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by Geoff Rodkey2019
The Evil Wizard Smallbone by Delia Sherman2019
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks2019
Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk2019
The Midnight War of Mateo Martinez by Robin Yardi2019
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart2018
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett2018
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman2018
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley2018
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova2018
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper2018
Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn2018
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt2018
Masterminds by Gordon Korman2018
Shadows of Sherwood (A Robyn Hoodlum Adventure) by Kekla Magoon2018
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands2018
The Way Home Looks Now by Wendy Wan Long Shang2018
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth2017
The Iron Trial by Holly Black2017
Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes2017
Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle2017
A Song for Bijou by Josh Farrar2017
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs2017
Dash (Dogs of World War II) by Kirby Larson2017
The Vine Basket by Josanne La Valley2017
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy2017
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick2017
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells2017
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler2017
Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown2016
Jinx by Sage Blackwood2016
Serafina's Promise by Ann E. Burg2016
Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell2016
The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson2016
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt2016
The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata2016
The Adventures of a South Pole Pig: A novel of snow and courage by Chris Kurtz2016
The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. by Greg Pincus2016
Rump: The True Story of Rumplestiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff2016
The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud2016
The Prairie Thief by Melissa Wiley2016
Wonder by R. J. Palacio2015
Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger2015
The Puzzler's Mansion: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin2015
The Adventures of Beanboy by Lisa Harkrader2015
Have a Hot Time, Hades! by Kate McMullan2015
Something to Hold by Katherine Schlick Noe2015
Red Thread Sisters by Carol Antoinette Peacock2015
Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus2015
Deadweather and Sunrise by Geoff Rodkey2015
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin2015
The Grave Robber's Apprentice by Allan Stratton2015
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage2015
The Dead Boys by Royce Buckingham2014
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine2014
The Midnight Tunnel: A Suzanna Snow Mystery by Angie Frazier2014
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald2014
Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke2014
Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings2014
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại2014
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver2014
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan Long Shang2014
Boys without Names by Kashmira Sheth2014
Aliens of Vacation by Clete Barrett Smith2014
The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout2014
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper2013
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger2013
The PS Brothers by Maribeth Boelts2013
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce2013
Crunch by Leslie Connor2013
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm2013
Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang by Amy Ignatow2013
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur2013
The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone2013
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park2013
Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen2013
The Shadows by Jacqueline West2013
NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society by Michael Buckley2012
Tango by Eileen Beha2012
Moving Day by Meg Cabot2012
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements2012
The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman2012
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise2012
Flight of the Phoenix (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist, Book I) by R. L. LaFevers2012
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look2012
Long Shot by Mike Lupica2012
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass2012
Wild River by P.J. Petersen2012
Dragonbreath by Ursula Vernon2012
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix2011
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows2011
Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in School by Ruth McNally Barshaw2011
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies2011
Diamond Willow by Helen Frost2011
The Truth About Horses, Friends, & My Life As a Coward by Sarah P. Gibson2011
A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. Mckissack2011
Simon Bloom, the Gravity Keeper by Michael Reisman2011
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka2011
First Light by Rebecca Stead2011
Leepike Ridge by N. D. Wilson2011
42 Miles by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer2011
Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn2010
The Return of the Killer Cat by Anne Fine2010
Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It by Sundee T. Frazier2010
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford2010
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell2010
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy2010
Heat by Mike Lupica2010
Ten Ways To Make My Sister Disappear by Norma Fox Mazer2010
The Mutiny on the Bounty by Patrick O'Brien2010
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor2010
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen2010
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy2010
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman2009
Looking for Bapu by Anjali Banerjee2009
Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell2009
Mr. Chickee's Funny Money by Christopher Paul Curtis2009
The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes2009
Tales from the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures that May or May Not Exist by Kelly Milner Halls2009
The World's Greatest Elephant by Ralph Helfer2009
The Beasts of Clawstone Castle by Eva Ibbotson2009
Archer's Quest by Linda Sue Park2009
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker2009
Magyk by Angie Sage2009
My name is Sally Little Song by Brenda Woods2009
The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret2008
Whittington by Alan W. Armstrong2008
The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley2008
The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer2008
The Misadventures of Maude March by Audrey Couloumbis2008
Chicken Boy by Frances O'Roark Dowell2008
The Giant Rat of Sumatra: or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman2008
Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman2008
Owen Foote, Mighty Scientist by Stephanie Greene2008
Airball: My Life in Briefs by Lisa Harkrader2008
Defiance by Valerie Hobbs2008
Abby Takes a Stand (Scraps of Time) by Patricia C. Mckissack2008
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney2007
Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Secret of Life: The Riot Brothers Tell All by Mary Amato2007
Sing a Song of Tuna Fish: A Memoir of My Fifth-Grade Year by Esme Raji Codell2007
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen2007
Eager by Helen Fox2007
Troll Fell by Katherine Langrish2007
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery2007
Thin Wood Walls by David Patneaude2007
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver2007
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Muñoz Ryan2007
The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda2007
Cabin on Trouble Creek by Jean Van Leeuwen2007
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau2006
The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker2006
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins2006
Mummy's Mother by Tony Johnston2006
The Capture by Kathryn Lasky2006
The Puppeteer's Apprentice by D. Anne Love2006
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo2006
Colder Than Ice (Albert Whitman Prairie Books) by David Patneaude2006
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert2006
Tadpole by Ruth White2006
Minn and Jake (Sunburst Books) by Janet S. Wong2006
When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep2006
Loser by Jerry Spinelli2005
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng2005
Gloria Rising by Ann Cameron2005
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements2005
United Tates of America by Paula Danziger2005
Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson2005
The Stranger Next Door by Peg Kehret2005
George Speaks by Dick King-Smith2005
The Great Chicken Debacle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor2005
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo2005
Doing Time Online by Jan Siebold2005
Goosed! by Bill Wallace2005
The Monsters of Morley Manor by Bruce Coville2004
How Tía Lola Came to [Visit] Stay by Julia Alvarez2004
Shipwrecked!: The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg2004
Storm Warriors by Elisa Carbone2004
Love That Dog by Sharon Creech2004
Back in Time with Thomas Edison (Qwerty Stevens Adventures) by Dan Gutman2004
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye2004
One Small Dog by Johanna Hurwitz2004
Judy Moody Gets Famous! by Megan McDonald2004
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda2004
Some Kind of Pride by Maria Testa2004
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles2004
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo2003
The Word Eater by Mary Amato2003
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges2003
Me Tarzan by Betsy Byars2003
Cody Unplugged by Betsy Duffey2003
Star in the Storm by Joan Hiatt Harlow2003
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill2003
The Trolls by Polly Horvath2003
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson2003
Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays by Peg Kehret2003
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine2003
Haunting at Home Plate by David Patneaude2003
I Was a Rat by Philip Pullman2003
Little Wolf's Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow2003
Dork in Disguise (Harper Trophy Books) by Carol Gorman2002
Ragweed by Avi2002
The Landry News by Andrew Clements2002
Diary of a Monster's Son by Ellen Conford2002
Jackie & Me by Dan Gutman2002
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler2002
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise2002
The Princess Test by Gail Carson Levine2002
The T.F. Letters by Karen Ray2002
The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe by Roland Smith2002
Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli2002
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt by C. Coco De Young2002
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos2001
The Flimflam Man (Sunburst Book) by Darleen Bailey Beard2001
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice2001
Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman2001
Just Juice by Karen Hesse2001
The Volcano Disaster by Peg Kehret2001
Mr. Ape by Dick King-Smith2001
P.S. Longer Letter Later by Ann M. Martin2001
Petey by Ben Mikaelsen2001
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule by Harriette Gillem Robinet2001
Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan2001
Summer Reading Is Killing Me! by Jon Scieszka2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling2000
Tornado by Betsy Byars2000
Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit by Paula Danziger2000
The Tarantula in My Purse by Jean Craighead George2000
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff2000
Honus & Me by Dan Gutman2000
A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith2000
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine2000
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki2000
Basher Five-two: The True Story Of F-16 Fighter Pilot Captain Scott O'grady by Scott O'Grady2000
Of Heroes, Hooks, and Heirlooms by Faye Silton2000
Jaguar by Roland Smith2000
A Ballad of the Civil War by Mary Stolz2000
Danger Along the Ohio by Patricia Willis2000
Frindle by Andrew Clements1999
Dead Letter by Betsy Byars1999
Robin's Country by Monica Furlong1999
Wagon Train 911 by Jamie Gilson1999
The Kid Who Ran For President by Dan Gutman1999
The Gentleman Outlaw and Me - Eli by Mary Downing Hahn1999
Shoebag Returns by Mary James1999
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret1999
Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor1999
The Last Man's Reward (Albert Whitman Prairie Books) by David Patneaude1999
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen1999
Tut, Tut by Jon Scieszka1999
Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park1998
Poppy by Avi1998
Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye1998
The Mystery of the Several Sevens by Bill Brittain1998
Yolonda's Genius by Carol Fenner1998
Danger at the Fair by Peg Kehret1998
Anastasia Absolutely by Lois Lowry1998
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family by Lensey Namioka1998
The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor1998
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson1998
Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder1998
Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer by G. Clifton Wisler1998

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