2011 Crystal Kite Finalists Announced -
Friday, March 18, 2011
The SCBWI is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards. Final round voting is now underway.
The finalists, listed below by Regional Division, are the five books that received the highest number of votes from the pool of eligible publications entered in Round 1. In several divisions there was a two or three-way tie for the fifth position, and in those cases we have inlcuded those books as finalists as well. This is why you'll see several lists below with more than 5 titles.
Our congratulations to the finalists. Round 2 voting continues until Friday, April 15, 2011. Winners will be notified the following week, and formally announced on April 30th, 2011. To cast your vote, simply log in with your email address and password, then click the link on your member home page that says "See What's Going on in Your Region!"
For full details and rules visit the Crystal Kite Awards page.
2011 Crystal Kite Member Choice Award Finalists
Finalists llisted alphabetically by Regional Divisions & Book Title.
| AFRICA |
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| Title |
Author |
| A Kite's Flight |
Maja Sereda |
| The Queen of Green |
Jacqui Taylor |
| Zauberer Zettelwitz - Table Mountain Wizard |
Rosemarie Breuer |
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| AUSTRALIA |
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| Title |
Author |
| Always Jack |
Susanne Gervay |
| Arnie Avery |
Sue Walker |
| Last Tree in the City |
Peter Carnavas |
| Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam |
Juliette MacIver |
| There Was an Old Sailor |
Claire Saxby |
| Ned Kelly and the Green Sash |
Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac |
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| CALIFORNIA/HAWAII |
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| Title |
Author |
| Oh No!: Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World |
Dan Santat |
| Signed, Abiah Rose |
Diane Browning |
| The Boss Baby |
Marla Frazee |
| The Quiet Book |
Deborah Underwood |
| The Sky Is Everywhere |
Jandy Nelson |
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| FLORIDA/GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA/NORTH CAROLINA/ALABAMA/MISSISSIPPI |
| Title |
Author |
| How to Survive Middle School |
Donna Gephart |
| Leaving Gee's Bend |
Irene Latham |
| Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights |
Jo S. Kittinger |
| The Red Umbrella |
Christina Diaz Gonzalez |
| Windblowne |
Stephen Messer |
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| KANSAS/LOUISIANA/ARKANSAS/TENNESSEE/KENTUCKY/MISSOURI |
| Title |
Author |
| King of Ithaka |
Tracy Barrett |
| Nice and Mean |
Jessica Leader |
| Selling Hope |
Kristin Tubb |
| The Little Piano Girl |
Ann Ingalls |
| The Seventh Level |
Jody Feldman |
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| MIDDLE EAST/INDIA/ASIA |
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| Title |
Author |
| Anan's New Friends |
Hsin-Yu Sun |
| Blow A Kiss |
David Seow |
| Clever Rabbit and Pon Tiger |
Tsewang Gyalpo Arya |
| Hayley's Fruitastic Garden, Hayley's Vegemania Garden |
Mohana Gill |
| Saraswati's Way |
Monika Schröder |
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| MINNESOTA/IOWA/NEBRASKA/WISCONSIN/ILLINOIS/MICHIGAN/INDIANA/OHIO |
| Title |
Author |
| Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever |
Ruth McNally Barshaw |
| Fair Cow |
Leslie Helakoski |
| Janis Joplin Rise Up Singing |
Ann Angel |
| Nightshade City |
Hilary Wagner |
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| NEVADA/ARIZONA/UTAH/COLORADO/WYOMING/NEW MEXICO |
| Title |
Author |
| By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead |
Julie Anne Peters |
| Compromised |
Heidi Ayarbe |
| Swoon At Your Own Risk |
Sydney Salter |
| The Clockwork Three |
Matthew Kirby |
| The Healing Spell |
Kimberley Little |
| The Twelve Days of Christmas in Arizona |
Jennifer J. Stewart |
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| NEW ENGLAND (MAINE, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND) |
| Title |
Author |
| Bats at the Ballgame |
Brian Lies |
| Busing Brewster |
Richard Michelson |
| Captain Mac: the Life of Donald Baxter MacMillan, Arctic Explorer |
Mary Morton Cowan |
| Chalk |
Bill Thomson |
| Drum City |
Thea Guidone |
| Not All Princess Dress in Pink |
Jane Yolen |
| The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe |
Loree Griffin Burns |
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| NEW YORK |
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| Title |
Author |
| Big Red Lollipop |
Sophie Blackall |
| Cloaked in Red |
Vivian Vande Velde |
| I Wanna New Room |
Karen Orloff |
| Sugar and Ice |
Kate Messner |
| The Boneshaker |
Kate Milford |
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| PENNSYLVANIA/DELAWARE/NEW JERSEY/WASHINGTON DC/VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA/MARYLAND |
| Title |
Author |
| Freestyle |
Monica Baker |
| Mockingbird |
Kathryn Erskine |
| Service Dog Heroes |
Linda Bozzo |
| The Strange Case of Origami Yoda |
Tom Angleberger |
| The True Story of Sea Feather |
Lois Szymanski |
| This Tree Counts! |
Alison Ashley Formento |
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| TEXAS/OKLAHOMA |
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| Title |
Author |
| Keeper |
Kathi Appelt |
| Mostly Monsterly |
Tammi |
| Saving Maddie |
Varian Johnson |
| Shark Vs. Train |
Chris Barton |
| The Battle of the Snow Cones |
Lupe Ruiz-Flores |
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| THE AMERICAS (CANADA/MEXICO/CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA) |
| Title |
Author |
| Compost Stew: An A to Z Recipe for the Earth |
Mary McKenna Siddals |
| Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood |
Eileen Cook |
| Losing Faith |
Denise Jaden |
| Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings |
Helene Boudreau |
| Scars |
Cheryl Rainfield |
| Stolen Child |
Marsha Skrypuch |
| Up We Grow! A Year in the Life of a Small Local Farm |
Deborah Hodge |
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| UK/EUROPE |
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| Title |
Author |
| Castle of Shadows |
Ellen Renner |
| Gilbert the Hero |
Jane Clarke |
| Petit Escargot |
Bridget Strevens-Marzo |
| Prisoner of the Inquisition |
Theresa Breslin |
| Tall Story |
Candy Gourlay |
| The Boneshaker |
Andrea Offermann |
| The Crowfield Curse |
Pat Walsh |
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| WASHINGTON/OREGON/IDAHO/MONTANA/MORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA |
| Title |
Author |
| A Bedtime for Bear |
Bonny Becker |
| A Garden for Pig |
Kathryn Thurman |
| Moon Bear |
Brenda Z Guiberson |
| More Bears! |
Kenn Nesbitt |
| Tell Me A Secret |
Holly Cupala |
| The Timekeeper's Moon |
Joni Sensel |