2016-2017 William Allen White Children’s Book Awards
Grades 3 to 5
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Life on Mars by Jennifer Brown
The Map Trap by Andrew Clements
Absolutely Truly: A Pumpkin Falls Mystery by Heather Vogel Frederick
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash by G. Neri
Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with Great Whites of California Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
Grades 6 to 8
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
Courage for Beginners by Karen Harrington
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
The Time of the Fireflies by Kimberley Griffiths Little
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson
A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi
