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For "over a half-century since its inception, the National Book Awards continues to recognize the best of American literature, raising the cultural appreciation of great writing in the country while advancing the careers of both established and emerging writers. . ." The winner in each category receives a medallion and a cash award of $10,000.

The latest winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature is featured below along with a complete list of all previous recipients of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. We also provide links to National Book Award winners in other categories and a link to our index of all book awards featured on Happy Dead Trees. 

 

The latest winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

2007 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie [2008 winner will be announced fall 2008]

 

All past winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature

1969 - Jouney From Peppermint Street by Meindert De Jong

 

1970 - A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up In Warsaw by Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

1971 - The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian by Lloyd Alexander

 

1972 - The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine Or the Hithering Thithering Djinn by Donald Barthelme

1973 - The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin

 

1974 - The Court of the Stone Children by Eleanor Cameron

 

1975 - M. C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton

 

1976 - Bert Breen's Barn by Walter D. Edmonds

 

1977 - The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson

 

1978 - The View from the Oak by Judith Kohl and Herbert Kohl

 

1979 - The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

 

1980 - A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal by Joan W. Blos

 

1981 - The Night Swimmers by Betsy Byars

 

1982 - Westmark by Lloyd Alexander

 

1983 - Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz

 

1984-1995 - No Award

 

1996 - Parrot In the Oven: Mi Vida by Victor Martinez

 

1997 - Dancing On the Edge by Han Nolan

 

1998 - Holes by Louis Sachar

 

1999 - When Zachary Beaver Came To Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

 

2000 - Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

 

2001 - True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

 

2002 - The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

 

2003 - The Canning Season by Polly Horvath

 

2004 - Godless by Pete Hautman

 

2005 - The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

 

2006 - The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1.: The Pox Party by M. T. Anderson

 

2007 - The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

 

2008 - Will be announced fall 2008

 

 

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