2009-2012 Truman Award Master List
1. Award Winners
2011 - 2012 Truman Award Winners
1st Place: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and
realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to
escape.
2nd Place: The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Kiavan High school student
Charlie West awakens bloody and bruised in a concrete bunker, only to discover that
he has lost a year of his life and remembers nothing about escaping from prison after
being convicted of murdering his former best friend, or why he is being pursued by
both the law and a group of terrorists trying to bring down the government of the
United States.
3rd Place: Jane in Bloom by Deborah Lytton Devastated when her beautiful, older
sister dies from anorexia, twelve-year-old Jane recovers slowly from the tragedy,
with help from unexpected sources.
2010 - 2011 Truman Award Winners
1st Place: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins In a future North America, where
the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival
competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one
another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily
takes her younger sister's place.
2nd Place: Gone by Michael Grant In a small town on the coast of California,
everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between
the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as
those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those
who do not.
3rd Place: Jump the Cracks by Stacy DeKeyser On the way to visit her father in New
York City, fifteen-year-old Victoria finds an apparently abused child in the train's
bathroom and soon finds herself branded a kidnapper and on the run while trying to fulfill her
promise to protect the boy at all costs.
2009 - 2010 Truman Award Winners
1st Place: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer
For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is
half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he
learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could
have guessed.
2nd Place: Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata A young soldier
in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing dog.
3rd Place: Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell Sixteen-year-old Vassar Spore's
detailed plans for the next twenty years of her life are derailed when her bohemian
grandmother insists that she join her in Southeast Asia for the summer, but as she
writes a novel about her experiences, Vassar discovers new possibilities.
2. Award Nominees
2012-2013 Nominees
Author
Title
Sonnenblick, Jordan After Ever After
Publisher
Scholastic
Shusterman, Neil
Bruiser
HarperTeen
Falls, Kat
Dark Life (Dark Life #1)
Scholastic
Henry, April
Girl, Stolen
Henry Holt
Carter, Ally
Heist Society (Heist Society #1)
Hyperion
White, Kiersten
Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy #1)
HarperTeen
Shulman, Mark
Scrawl
Roaring Book Press
Choat, Beth
Soccerland
Marshall Cavendish
Bodeen, S.A.
The Gardener
Feiwel and Friends
Shulman, Polly
The Grimm Legacy
Putnam Juvenile
Riordan, Rick
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus #1) Hyperion
Reichs, Kathy
Virals
Razorbill
2011-2012 Nominees
Amato, Mary. Invisible Lines. EgmontUSA.
Collard III, Sneed B. Double Eagle. Peachtree Publishers.
Cooney, Caroline. If the Witness Lied. Delacorte Books for Young Readers.
Dashner, James. The Maze Runner. Delacorte Books for Young Readers.
Forman, M.L. Adventurers Wanted: Slathbog's Gold. Shadow Mountain.
Hardy, Janice. The Shifter. Balzer + Bray.
Hepler, Heather. The Cupcake Queen. Dutton Juvenile.
Klavan, Andrew. The Last Thing I Remember. Thomas Nelson.
Korman, Gordon. Pop. Balzer + Bray.
Lytton, Deborah. Jane in Bloom. Dutton Juvenile.
Sensel, Joni. The Farwalker's Quest. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books.
Williams, Suzanne Morgan. Bull Rider. Margaret K. McElderry.
2010-2011 Nominees
Anderson, Laurie. Chains. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Bodeen, Stephanie. Compound. Feiwel and Friends.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic Press.
DeKeyser, Stacy. Jump The Cracks. Flux.
Goodman, Allegra. Other Side of the Island. Razorbill.
Grant, Michael. Gone. HarperTeen.
Kogler, Jennifer. Otherworldlies. HarperTeen.
Mackel, Kathryn. Boost. Dial Books.
Meehl, Brian. Suck it Up. Delacorte Press.
Pearson, Mary. Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt.
Ramthun, Bonnie. White Gates. Random House.
Spradlin, Michael. Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail. Putnam's.
2009-2010 Nominees
Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl. Candlewick Press.
Brewer, Heather. Eighth Grade Bites: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. Vol. 1. Penguin Group
(USA).
Carman, Patrick. Atherton: The House of Power. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Cooney, Caroline. Diamonds in the Shadow. Random House Children's Books.
Cornwell, Autumn. Carpe Diem. Square Fish.
Durst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild. Penguin Group (USA).
Gorman, Carol. Games: A Tale of Two Bullies. HarperCollins Publishers.
Hershey, Mary. The One Where the Kid Nearly Jumps to his Death and Lands in California.
Penguin Group (USA).
Kadohata, Cynthia. Cracker. Simon & Schuster.
Neff, Henry. Tapestry: Hound of Rowan. Ransom House.
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen and the Art of Faking It. Scholastic, Inc.
Stead, Rebecca. First Light. Random House Children's Books.
2008-2009 Nominees
Carey, Janet Lee. Beast of Noor. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Hautman, Pete. Rash. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Jones, Kimberly K. Sand Dollar Summer. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon. Square Fish.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. Penguin Group (USA).
Lupica, Mike. Heat. Penguin Group (USA).
Miller, Kirsten. Kiki Strikes Inside the Shadow City. Bloomsbury USA.
Nolan, Han. A Summer of Kings. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Pearsall, Shelly. All of the Above. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Pfeffer, Susan Beth. Life as We Knew It. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Rorby, Ginny. Hurt Go Happy. Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Runaway. Random House Children's Books.