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Soaring Eagle Book Award 2000-2009

The Soaring Eagle Book Award provides the opportunity for Wyoming youth in grades 7-12 to select a favorite book and honor its author. Its purpose is to help Wyoming students in grades 7-12:

  • Become acquainted with the best contemporary authors.
  • Become aware of the qualities that make a good book.
  • Choose the best rather than the mediocre.
  • Set a goal to read at least three good books.
  • To honor an author whose books Wyoming students have enjoyed.
The Soaring Eagle Book Award is sponsored by the Wyoming Library Association and the Wyoming State Literacy Association. 
Winners & Nominees
1989-1999
Winners & Nominees
2000-2009
Winners & Nominees
2010-2019
Winners & Nominees
2020-2024

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Winners & Nominees (2000-2009)

2008-2009


Winner
Crank
by Ellen Hopkins

First runner-up
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
 
Second runner-up
The Titan's Curse
by Rick Riordan

Other
Nominees

The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
Deadline
by Chris Crutcher
Demon Thief
by Darren Shan
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
by Jordan Sonnenblick
Epic
by Conor Kostick
The Field Guide
by Holly Black
The House of Power by Patrick Carman
Peak by Roland Smith
Perfect
by Natasha Friend
School’s Out – Forever
by James Patterson
Snakehead
by Anthony Horowitz
Specials
by Scott Westerfeld

2007-2008


Winner
New Moon
by Stephenie Meyer
 

First runner-up
Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld

Second runner-up
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
Other Nominees
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
Ark Angel
by Anthony Horowitz
Crash Course
by Matthew Reilly
Do You Know the Monkey Man?
by Dori Hillestad Butler
Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin
Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Lord Loss
by Darren Shan
Milkweed
by Jerry Spinelli
Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates
by Celia Rees
The Riddles of Epsilon
by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan

2006-2007


Winner
Eldest
by Christopher Paolini

First runner-up
Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer
 
Second runner-up
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling

Other
Nominees

24 Girls in 7 Days
by Alex Bradley
Brian’s Hunt
by Gary Paulsen
Double Dutch
by Sharon M. Draper
Double Identity
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Hollywood Hustle by Gordon Korman
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Inkspell
by Cornelia Caroline Funke
Jack's Run
by Roland Smith
Scorpia by Anthony Horowitz
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares
Thief, Liar, Gentleman? by Eleanor Updale
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld

2005-2006


Winner
Touching Spirit Bear
by Ben Mikaelsen

First runner-up
Tunnels of Blood
by Darren Shan

  Second runner-up
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom

Other
Nominees

Away Laughing on a Fast Camel by Louise Rennison
The Boy Who Couldn’t Die
by William Sleator
Escape from Memory
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Esperanza Rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Gingerbread
by Rachel Cohn
Girls in Pants
by Ann Brashares
Nightmare Academy
by Frank E. Peretti
Olive’s Ocean
by Kevin Henkes
Skeleton Key
by Anthony Horowitz
The Slippery Slope
by Lemony Snicket
Son of the Mob
by Gordon Korman
The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer

2005


Winner
Eragon
by Christopher Paolini

First runner-up
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
 
Second runner-up
The Vampire’s Assistant
by Darren Shan

Other
Nominees

Among the Barons
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants
by Louise Rennison
The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Hangman’s Curse
by Frank E. Peretti
The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
Inkheart
by Cornelia Caroline Funke
Point Blank
by Anthony Horowitz
The Reptile Room
by Lemony Snicket
Shattered Mirror
by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Surviving Hitler
by Andrea Warren

2004


Winner
A Living Nightmare
by Darren Shan

First runner-up
Cut
by Patricia McCormick
 
Second runner-up
What My Mother Doesn't Know
by Sonya Sones

2003


Winner
Holes
by Louis Sachar

First runner-up
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling

Second runner-up
A Walk to Remember
by Nicholas Sparks

2002


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

First runner-up
The Lost Boy
by Dave Pelzer

Second runner-up
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
by Louise Rennison


2001


Winner
She Said Yes
by Misty Bernall

First runner-up
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling

  Second runner-up
Raptor
by Paul Zindel


2000


Winner
A Child Called "It"
by Dave Pelzer

First runner-up
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling

Second runner-up
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II
by Jack Canfield

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