South Carolina Children’s Book Award
2018-19 South Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominees
Allie, First at Last by Angela Cervantes
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Garvey’s Choice by Nikki Grimes
Hamstersaurus Rex by Tom O’Donnell
Isabel Feeney Star Reporter by Beth Fantaskey
A Long Pitch Home by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
The Lost Cipher by Michael Oechsle
The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee by Erin Petti
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Weekends with Max and His Dad by Linda Urban
Welcome to Wonderland: Home Sweet Motel by Chris Grabenstein
2017-18 South Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominees
Winner:
The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Nominees:
All the Answers by Kate Messner
Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Circus Mirandus by Cassine Beasley
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
The Enchanted Files: Cursed (originally published as Diary of a Mad Brownie) by Bruce Coville
Escape from Baxter’s Barn by Rebecca Bond
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game by John Coy
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
I Fly: The Buzz about Flies and How Awesome They Are by Bridget Heos
Moving Target by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Nooks & Crannies by Jessica Lawson
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The Safest Lie by Angela Cerrito
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Tucky Jo and Little Heart by Patricia Polacco
2016-17 South Carolina Children’s Book Award
Winner:
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Nominees:
A Million Ways Home by Dianna Dorisi Winget
Always, Abigail by Nancy Cavanaugh
Anybody Shining by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter by Carmella Van Vleet
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen
The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage
The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California’s Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy
Pack of Dorks by Beth Vrabel
Rescue on the Oregon Trail by Kate Messner
The Rookie Bookie by L. Jon Wertheim
Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai
Ship of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
Shooting at the Stars by John Hendrix