Recommended Reading Lists For Teens > Award Winners and "Best of" Lists > Thumbs Up! Award Winners
Recommended Reading
The Thumbs Up Book Award was established in 1986 to recognize the excellence, and to celebrate the uniqueness of, Teen Literature.
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
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Suzanne Collins
SF TEEN COLLINS
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Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature
Robin Brande
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Robin Brande
2008 Winner
TEEN BRANDE
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Rash
Pete Hautman
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Pete Hautman
2007 Winner
TEEN HAUTMAN
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
David Lubar
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David Lubar
2006 Winner
TEEN LUBAR
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Airborn
Kenneth Oppel
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Kenneth Oppel
2005 Winner
SF TEEN OPPEL
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Pirates!
Celia Rees
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Celia Rees
2004 Winner
HIST TEEN REES
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America
E. R. Frank
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E. R. Frank
2003 Winner
TEEN THOMAS
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You Don't Know Me
David Klass
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David Klass
2002 Winner
TEEN KLASS
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Hope Was Here
Joan Bauer
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Joan Bauer
2001 Winner
TEEN BAUER
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Hard Love
Ellen Wittlinger
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Ellen Wittlinger
2000 Winner
TEEN WITTLINGER
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A Door Near Here
Heather Quarles
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Heather Quarles
1999 Winner
TEEN QUARLES
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Doing Time
Rob Thomas
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Rob Thomas
1998 Winner
TEEN THOMAS
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Mr. Was
Pete Hautman
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Pete Hautman
1997 Winner
TEEN HAUTMAN
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The Only Alien on the Planet
Kristen D. Randle
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Kristen D. Randle
1996 Winner
TEEN RANDLE
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The Ramsay Scallop
Frances Temple
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Frances Temple
1995 Winner
TEEN TEMPLE
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Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff
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Virginia Euwer Wolff
1994 Winner
TEEN WOLFF
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Somewhere In The Darkness
Walter Dean Myers
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Walter Dean Myers
1993 Winner
TEEN MYERS
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Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories
Chris Crutcher
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Chris Crutcher
1992 Winner
TEEN CRUTCHER
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The Road to Memphis
Mildred D. Taylor
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Mildred D. Taylor
1991 Winner
TEEN TAYLOR
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