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Indian Paintbrush Book Award 2010-2019

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

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Winners & Nominees (2010-2019)

2018-2019


Winner
The War That Saved My Life
by Kimberly Bradley

First runner-up
Restart
by Gordon Korman


Second runner-up
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
by Dusti Bowling
Other Nominees
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel Brown
Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

2017-2018

 

Winner
The Crossover
by Kwame Alexander


First runner-up
Pax
by Sara Pennypacker

Second runner-up
Wish
by Barbara O'Connor

Other Nominees
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Last in a Long Line of Rebels by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Old Wolf by Avi
Raymie Nightingale
by Kate DiCamillo
Roller Girl
by Victoria Jamieson
Swing Sideways
by Nanci Turner Steveson

2016-2017


Winner
A Night Divided
by Jennifer A. Nielsen


First runner-up
El Deafo
by Cece Bell


Second runner-up
The Skeleton Tree
by Iain Lawrence

Other Nominees
Beneath
by Roland Smith
Full Cicada Moon
by Marilyn Hilton
Masterminds
by Gordon Korman
The Menagerie
by Tui and Kari Sutherland
Soar
by Joan Bauer
The Thing about Jellyfish
by Ali Benjamin
Woof
by Spencer Quinn

2015-2016

Winner
The Iron Trial
by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare


First runner-up
My Friend the Enemy
by Dan Smith


Second runner-up
Beholding Bee
by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Other Nominees
Dash
by Kirby Larson
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Lincoln's Grave Robbers
by Steve Sheinkin
The Mark of the Dragonfly
by Jaleigh Johnson
One Came Home
by Amy Timberlake
Plunked
by Michael Northrop
The Rookie Bookie
by L. Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz
The Secret of Midway
by Steve Watkins
Sugar
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A Tangle of Knots
by Lisa Graff
Tracing Stars
by Erin E. Moulton
The Wednesdays
by Julie Bourbeau

2014-2015

 

Winner
Unstoppable
by Tim Green


First runner-up
Fake Mustache
by Tom Angleberger


Second runner-up
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson

Other Nominees
Anything but Typical
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The Boy on Cinnamon Street
by Phoebe Stone
A Dog Called Homeless
by Sarah Lean
Fourmile
by Watt Key
Icefall
by Matthew Kirby
Legend of the Ghost Dog
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Liesl & Po
by Lauren Oliver
Prairie Evers
by Ellen Airgood
The Search for Wondla
by Tony DiTerlizzi
Small as an Elephant
by Jennifer Jacobson
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp
by Kathi Appelt
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin

2013-2014


Winner
Wonder
by R. J. Palacio


First runner-up
The One and Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate


Second runner-up
Wild Life
by Cynthia DeFelice

Other Nominees
Bliss
by Kathryn Littlewood
Bulu
by Dick Houston
Eight Keys
by Suzanne LaFleur
Game Changers
by Mike Lupica
Grounded
by Kate Klise
Ninth Ward
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Pie
by Sarah Weeks
Sophia's War
by Avi
Turtle in Paradise
by Jennifer Holm
Wolf Storm
by Dee Garretson
Woods Runner
by Gary Paulsen
Zero to Hero
by Henry Winkler

2012-2013


Winner
Saving Zasha
by Randi G. Barrow


First runner-up
Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper


Second runner-up
Because of Mr. Terupt
by Rob Buyea

Other Nominees
13 Treasures
by Michelle Harrison
Bull Rider
by Suzanne Williams
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
Dog Lost
by Ingrid Lee
Drizzle
by Kathleen Van Cleve
The Flint Heart
by Katherine Paterson
The Fourth Stall
by Chris Rylander
A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park
Love, Aubrey
by Suzanne LaFleur
Okay for Now
by Gary D. Schmidt
Powerless
by Matthew Cody
Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick

2012


Winner
The Red Pyramid
by Rick Riordan


First runner-up
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger


Second runner-up
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912
by Lauren Tarshis

Other Nominees
11 Birthdays
by Wendy Mass
The Clockwork Three
by Matthew Kirby
Extra Credit
by Andrew Clements
Flawed Dogs
by Berkeley Breathed
Hero
by Mike Lupica
Lone Wolf
by Kathryn Lasky
Masters of Disaster
by Gary Paulsen
Secret of the Night Ponies
by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Storm Runners
by Roland Smith
Storyteller
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Tango
by Eileen Beha
Touch Blue
by Cynthia Lord

2011

 

Winner
The Candy Shop War
by Brandon Mull


First runner-up
The Name of This Book is Secret
by Pseudonymous Bosch


Second runner-up
Savvy
by Ingrid Law

Other Nominees
Everything for a Dog
by Ann M. Martin
Found
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Heart of a Shepherd
by Rosanne Parry
How to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O’Connor
Kickoff!
by Tiki and Ronde Barber
Lost and Found
by Andrew Clements
Mudshark
by Gary Paulsen
The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan
Schooled
by Gordon Korman
The Valley of the Wolves
by Laura Gallego Garcia
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
Wild Girl
by Patricia Reilly Giff

2010

 

Winner
Deep and Dark and Dangerous
by Mary Downing Hahn


First runner-up
The Battle of the Labyrinth
by Rick Riordan


Second runner-up
Football Hero
by Tim Green

Other Nominees
Elephant Run
by Roland Smith
Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Gossamer
by Lois Lowry
Jackie's Wild Seattle
by Will Hobbs
Kenny and the Dragon
by Tony Diterlizzi
Lawn Boy
by Gary Paulsen
Listen!
by Stephanie S. Tolan
The Magic Thief
by Sarah Prineas
The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
War Horse
by Michael Morpurgo
The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt

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