Book awards: Michigan Library Association's Thumbs Up! AwardWorks (82)| Titles | Order | | Flight of the Cassowary by John LeVert | Winner, 1987 | | Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey | Honor, 1988 | | The YEAR OF THE GOPHER by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Winner, 1988 | | Sex Education by Jenny Davis | Winner, 1989 | | Children of the River by Linda Crew | Honor, 1990 | | Phoenix Rising or How to Survive Your Life by Cynthia D. Grant | Winner, 1990 | | The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause | Honor, 1991 | | The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor | Winner, 1991 | | Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher | Winner, 1992 | | Somewhere In The Darkness by Walter Dean Myers | Winner, 1993 | | Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff | Winner, 1994 | | The Ramsay Scallop by Frances Temple | Winner, 1995 | | The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen D. Randle | Winner, 1996 | | Mr. Was by Pete Hautman | Winner, 1997 | | Tangerine by Edward Bloor | Honor, 1998 | | Doing Time Notes from the Undergrad by Rob Thomas | Winner, 1998 | | Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen | Honor, 1999 | | Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer | Honor, 1999 | | Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen | Honor, 1999 | | A Door Near Here by Heather Quarles | Winner, 1999 | | The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe | Honor, 2000 | | Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen | Honor, 2000 | | Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger | Winner, 2000 | | Battle Dress by Amy Efaw | Honor, 2001 | | Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan | Honor, 2001 | | Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli | Honor, 2001 | | Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer | Winner, 2001 | | The Misfits by James Howe | Honor, 2002 | | What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones | Honor, 2002 | | You Don't Know Me by David Klass | Winner, 2002 | | Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch | Honor, 2003 | | The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer | Honor, 2003 | | Stoner & Spaz by Ron Koertge | Honor, 2003 | | This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen | Honor, 2003 | | America by E. R. Frank | Winner, 2003 | | Acceleration by Graham McNamee | Honor, 2004 | | The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler | Honor, 2004 | | East by Edith Pattou | Honor, 2004 | | Green Angel by Alice Hoffman | Honor, 2004 | | Pirates! by Celia Rees | Winner, 2004 | | The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint | Honor, 2005 | | Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt | Honor, 2005 | | The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer | Honor, 2005 | | Airborn by Kenneth Oppel | Winner, 2005 | | Looking for Alaska by John Green | Honor, 2006 | | Peeps by Scott Westerfeld | Honor, 2006 | | Twilight by Stephenie Meyer | Honor, 2006 | | Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar | Winner, 2006 | | An Abundance of Katherines by John Green | Honor, 2007 | | The Book Thief by Markus Zusak | Honor, 2007 | | Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock | Honor, 2007 | | Notes From The Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick | Honor, 2007 | | Rash by Pete Hautman | Winner, 2007 | | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie | Honor, 2008 | | Freak Show by James St. James | Honor, 2008 | | Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson | Honor, 2008 | | Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande | Winner, 2008 | | The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | Honor, 2009 | | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins | Winner, 2009 | | The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon | Honor, 2009 | | Venomous by Christopher Krovatin | Honor, 2009 | | Fat Cat by Robin Brande | Honor, 2010 | | Hate List by Jennifer Brown | Winner, 2010 | | The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey | Honor, 2010 | | Swim the Fly by Don Calame | Honor, 2010 | | Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson | Honor, 2010 | | After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick | Honor, 2011 | | Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn | Honor, 2011 | | Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly | Honor, 2011 | | Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick | Winner, 2011 | | Divergent by Veronica Roth | Honor, 2012 | | The Fault in Our Stars by John Green | Winner, 2012 | | A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness | Honor, 2012 | | This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel | Honor, 2012 | | Every Day by David Levithan | Honor, 2013 | | How to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten Miller | Honor, 2013 | | The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde | Honor, 2013 | | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen | Winner, 2013 | | Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell | Winner, 2014 | | Far Far Away by Tom McNeal | Honor, 2014 | | Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick | Honor, 2014 | | Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys | Honor, 2014 |
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Award descriptionThe Thumbs Up! Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence, and to celebrate the uniqueness of Teen/Young Adult literature. A committee, consisting of Young Adult and Teen Librarians, meets several times during the year to determine the winner. Beginning in 2001, the Thumbs Up! Committee has included a teen vote. Winners and Honor Books The Thumbs Up! Award is given annually by the Teen Services Division to an author for an outstanding contribution to teen literature having both literary quality and teen appeal. "Teen" for the award's purpose is someone between 12-18 years of age. The book must appeal to this age group, both in respect to its characters and setting, as well as in terms of subject and theme. To be eligible for the 2008 Thumbs Up! Award, books must be original works commercially published in the U.S. during 2008, from January 1st to December 31st. Books may be hardcover or original paperback. Books may be either fiction or nonfiction. Authors may include co-authors or editor(s).  | |
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