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Indian Paintbrush Book Award 2000-2009

Winners & Nominees
1986-1999
Winners & Nominees
2000-2009
Winners & Nominees
2010-2019
Winners & Nominees
2020-2024

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Winners & Nominees (2000-2009)

2009
 

Winner
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney


First runner-up
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick


Second runner-up
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan

Other Nominees
Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
The Fairy-Tale Detectives
by Michael Buckley
Getting Air
by Dan Gutman
Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson
Heat
by Mike Lupica
The Legend of Bass Reeves
by Gary Paulsen
The Legend of the Wandering King
by Laura Gallego Garcia
No Talking
by Andrew Clements
Rules
by Cynthia Lord
Swindle
by Gordon Korman
Toby Wheeler, Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer
by Thatcher Heldring
Weedflower
by Cynthia Kadohata

2008

 

Winner
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
by Kate DiCamillo


First runner-up
A Dog's Life
by Ann M. Martin


Second runner-up
Cracker!
by Cynthia Kadohata

Other Nominees
Beyond the Deepwoods
by Paul Stewart
The Fire Within
by Chris D’Lacey
The Frog Princess
by E. D. Baker
The Homework Machine
by Dan Gutman
Midnight Rider
by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Miracle on 49th Street
by Mike Lupica
Mud City
by Deborah Ellis
Niagara Falls, or Does It?
by Henry Winkler
Peter and the Starcatchers
by Dave Barry
Room One
by Andrew Clements
Takini
by Kenneth Thomasma
Wenny Has Wings
by Janet Lee Carey

2007

 

Winner
Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Caroline Funke


First runner-up
Toad Rage
by Morris Gleitzman


Second runner-up
Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism
by Georgia Byng

Other Nominees
The Amulet of Samarkand
by Jonathan Stroud
Buttermilk Hill
by Ruth White
The Heroic Adventure of Hercules Amsterdam
by Melissa Glenn Haber
LightLand
by Heather McCutchen
Maggie's Door
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maxx Comedy
by Gordon Korman
The Perils of Peppermints
by Barbara Brooks Wallace
The River Between Us
by Richard Peck
The Silent Boy
by Lois Lowry
Stranded in Boringsville
by Catherine Bateson
Survival in the Storm
by Katelan Janke
Worth
by A. LaFaye

2006


Winner
No Dogs Allowed!
by Bill Wallace


First runner-up
Once Upon a Marigold
by Jean Ferris


Second runner-up
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen

Other Nominees
Best Halloween Ever
by Barbara Robinson
Blue Fingers
by Cheryl Aylward Whitesel
Chasing Vermeer
by Blue Balliett
Circle of Doom
by Tim Kennemore
The Dark Hills Divide
by Patrick Carman
Ida B ... And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
by Katherine Hannigan
The Merchant of Death
by D. J. MacHale
The Ravenmaster’s Secret
by Elvira Woodruff
Rodzina
by Karen Cushman
The School Story
by Andrew Clements
Secret of the Black Widow
by Eugene M. Gagliano
TruckDogs
by Graeme Base

2005


Winner
The Tale of Despereaux
by Kate DiCamillo


First runner-up
Double Fudge
by Judy Blume


Second runner-up
Partners in the Wilderness
by Ed Kienzle

Other Nominees
The Capture
by Kathryn Lasky
Everything on a Waffle
by Polly Horvath
The Field Guide
by Toni DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
by Sharon Creech
Leon and the Spitting Image
by Allen Kurzweil
Midnight for Charlie Bone
by Jenny Nimmo
Parvana’s Journey
by Deborah Ellis
Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Saffy’s Angel
by Hilary McKay
Talon and the Dragons of Crinnelia
by Diana Metz
What Would Joey Do?
by Jack Gantos
Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs
by Betsy Gould Hearne

2004


Winner
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling


First runner-up
Loser
by Jerry Spinelli


Second runner-up
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Caroline Funke

Other Nominees
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
The Breadwinner
by Deborah Ellis
The Captain's Dog
by Roland Smith
The Carnivorous Carnival
by Lemony Snicket
The Contest
by Gordon Korman
Dread Mountain
by Emily Rodda
The Good Dog
by Avi
The Hideout
by Peg Kehret
Hope Was Here
by Joan Bauer
The Hunted
by Gloria Skurzynski
The Janitor's Boy
by Andrew Clements
Ruby Holler
by Sharon Creech

2003


Winner
Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix


First runner-up
The Reptile Room
by Lemony Snicket


Second runner-up
The Giggler Treatment
by Roddy Doyle

Other Nominees
Choosing Up Sides
by John H. Ritter
The Doll People
by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
Down the Yukon
by Will Hobbs
Ice Story
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Jaguar
by Roland Smith
The Lake of Tears
by Emily Rodda
A Mouse Called Wolf
by Dick King-Smith
My Life in Dog Years
by Gary Paulsen
Nory Ryan's Song
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Promises to the Dead
by Mary Downing Hahn
Pure Dead Magic
by Debi Gliori
Westward to Home
by Patricia Hermes

2002

 

Winner
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling


First runner-up
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket


Second runner-up
Because of Winn-Dixie
by Kate DiCamillo

Other Nominees
A Blizzard Year
by Gretel Ehrlich
Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Case of the Measled Cowboy
by John Erickson
Color Me Dark
by Patricia McKissack
Ella Enchanted
by Gail Carson Levine
Ghost Horses
by Gloria Skurzynski
Jason's Gold
by Will Hobbs
Lily's Crossing
by Patricia Reilly Giff
My Louisiana Sky
by Kimberly Willis Holt
Ramona’s World
by Beverly Cleary
The Truth about Sacajawea
by Kenneth Thomasma
The Wanderer
by Sharon Creech

2001

 

Winner
Holes
by Louis Sachar


First runner-up
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
by Dav Pilkey


Second runner-up
Sasquatch
by Roland Smith

Other Nominees
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Doe Sia
by Kenneth Thomasma
Eye of the Great Bear
by Bill Wallace
The Girls’ Revenge
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Landry News
by Andrew Clements
The Maze
by Will Hobbs
My Heart is on the Ground
by Ann Rinaldi
P. S. Longer Letter Later
by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Perloo the Bold
by Avi
Rosa Parks: My Story
by Rosa Parks
The Skull of Truth
by Bruce Coville
Soldier's Heart
by Gary Paulsen

2000

 

Winner
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling


First runner-up
Upchuck and the Rotten Willy
by Bill Wallace


Second runner-up
The Ghost of Fossil Glen
by Cynthia C. DeFelice

Other Nominees
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie by Kristiana Gregory
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech
Rage of Fire by Gloria Skurzynski
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
There’s an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Thunder Cave by Roland Smith
Wolf Shadows by Mary Casanova
The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

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