Massachusetts Children's Book Award
Winners

Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Section Title: Winners
Table Section Text: None

Title	Author	Publ.	Note

2014	Out of My Mind	Sharon Draper	2010

2013	Because of Mr. Terupt	Rob Buyea	2010

2012	When You Reach Me	Rebecca Stead	2009

2011	11 Birthdays	Wendy Mass	2009

2010	Found	Margaret Peterson Haddix	2008

2009	The Mysterious Benedict Society	Trenton Lee Stewart	2007	ill. Carson Ellis

2008	The Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan	2005	ill. John Rocco

2007	The Tale of Despereaux	Kate DiCamillo	2006	ill. Timothy B. Ering

2006	Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism	Georgia Byng	2002

2005	The Thief Lord	Cornelia Funke	2002	illustrated by Funke; orig. German, 2000

2004	Jackie & Me	Dan Gutman	1999	photo illustrations

2003	Artemis Fowl	Eoin Colfer	2001

2002	Because of Winn-Dixie	Kate DiCamillo	2000

2001	Holes	Louis Sachar	1998

2000	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	J. K. Rowling	1997	ill. Mary GrandPré, 1998 (US)

1999	Frindle	Andrew Clements	1996	ill. Brian Selznick

1998	Crash	Jerry Spinelli	1996

1997	Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger	Louis Sachar	1995

1996	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	Avi	1990

1995	Hatchet	Gary Paulsen	1987

1994	Shiloh	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	1991

1993	Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	1990

1992	Matilda	Roald Dahl	1988	ill. Quentin Blake

1991	There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom	Louis Sachar	1987

1990	(no award program)

1989	The Chocolate Touch	Patrick Skene Catling	1952	ill. Margot Apple, 1979

1988	The Indian in the Cupboard	Lynne Reid Banks	1980	ill. Brock Cole

1987	Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls	1961

1986	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	1983	ill. Paul O. Zelinsky

1985	Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade	Barthe DeClements	1981

1984	Charlotte's Web	E. B. White	1952	ill. Garth Williams

1983	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Judy Blume	1972	ill. Roy Doty

1983	Stranger with My Face	Lois Duncan	1981	grades 7–9

1982	James and the Giant Peach	Roald Dahl	1961	various illustrators, none recent in 1982

1982	Killing Mr. Griffin	Lois Duncan	1978	grades 7–9

1981	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Katherine Paterson	1978

1981	A Summer to Die	Lois Lowry	1977	grades 7–9 ill. Jenni Oliver

1980	Chocolate Fever	Robert Kimmel Smith	1972	ill. Gena Fiammenghi

1980	Summer of My German Soldier	Bette Greene	1973	grades 7–9

1979	The Cricket in Times Square	George Selden	1960	ill. Garth Williams

1979	The Cat Ate My Gymsuit	Paula Danziger	1974	grades 7–9

1978	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH	Robert C. O'Brien	1971	ill. Zena Bernstein

1978	That Was Then, This Is Now	S. E. Hinton	1971	grades 7–9

1977	Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing	Judy Blume	1972	ill. Roy Doty

1976	How to Eat Fried Worms	Thomas Rockwell	1973

Sentence(s)

Louis Sachar has written three MCBA-winning books, published from 1987 to 1998: There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger, and Holes.

final_sentence: Louis Sachar has written three MCBA-winning books, published from 1987 to 1998: There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger, and Holes.