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2004-2005 Academic Year

Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
Brooks, Bruce. The Moves Make the Man.
Brown, Tom. Tracker.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Cleaver, Vera and Bill. Where the Lilies Bloom.
Conway, Jill Ker. The Road from Coorain and True North.
Cooney, Caroline. Face on the Milk Carton.
Cooper, Susan Fenimore. Rural Hours.
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage.
Creech, Sharon. Bloomability.
Creech, Sharon. Walk Two Moons.
Crichton, Michael. Sphere.
Delany, Sarah L. On My Own at 107.
Dickens, Charles. Bleak House.
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield.
Filipovic, Zlata. Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo.
Fast, Howard. April Morning.
Fritz, Jean. Homesick: My Own Story.
Gaskell, Elizabeth. North and South.
Graham, Robin. Dove.
Greenberg, Joanne. In this Sign.
Gutcheon, Beth. Saying Grace.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Imposters.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Betrayed.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Barons.
Hall, Elizabeth. Phoebe Snow.
Hansberry, Lorraine. Raisin in the Sun.
Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteaque.
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust.
Hesse, Karen. The Music of Dolphins
Holman, Felice. Slake's Limbo.
Hoover, H. M. This Time of Darkness.
Horowitz, Anthony. Storm Breaker.
Horowitz, Anthony. Skeleton Key.
Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank.
Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils.
Jacques, Brian. Martin the Warrior.
Knowles, John. A Separate Peace.
Konigsburg, E. L. The Second Mrs. Giaconda.
Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Le Guin, Ursula K. A Wizard of Earthsea.
Levin, Gail Carson. Ella Enchanted.
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
McPhee, John. A Sense of Where You Are: A Profile of Bill Bradley at Princeton.
Mowat, Farley. Never Cry Wolf.
Nuland, Sherwin. Doctors: A Biography of Medicine.
Orlev, Uri. The Lady with the Hat.
Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia.
Paterson, Katherine. Come Sing, Jimmy Jo.
Paulsen, Gary. Any of his books are approved
Peterson. Liar.
Petry, Ann. Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Rylant, Cynthia. Missing May.
Sachar, Louis. Holes.
Sheehan, George, M.D. Personal Best.
Stuart, Jesse. The Thread that Runs So True.
Taylor, Mildred D. Let the Circle Be Unbroken.
Thesman, Jean. Rachel Chance.
Thom, James. Follow the River.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit.
Verne, Jules. A Journey to the Center of the Earth.
Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Viramontes, Helena Maria. Under the Feet of Jesus.
Voigt, Cynthia. On Fortune's Wheel.
Yolen, Jane. The Devil's Arithmetic.

Past Mark Twain Award Winners

Dicamilla, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie.
Gorman, Carol. Dork in Disguise.
Naylor, Phyllis. Saving Shiloh.
Kehret, Peg. Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio.
Williams, Barbara. Titanic Crossing.
Hahn, Mary. Time for Andrew.
Wright, Betty Ren. Ghosts of Mercy Manor.
Wood, June Rae. Man Who Loved Clowns.
Naylor, Phyllis. Shiloh.
Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee.

2004-2005 Mark Twain Award Nominees

Clements. A Week in the Woods.
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead.
Darby. Fuqua.
Hiaasen. Hoot.
Spinelli. Loser.
Giff. Pictures of Hollis Woods.
Pfitsch. Riding the Flume.
Creech. Ruby Holler.
Dahlberg. Spirit and Gilly Bucket.
Bauer. Stand Tall.
Kehret. Stranger Next Door.
Tolan. Surviving the Applewhites.
Golding. The Secret Within.
Pearsall. Trouble Don't Last.
Roberts. Undercurrents.
Kochenderfer. Victory Garden.
Carey. Wenny Has Wings.
Park. When My Name Was Keoko.
Davies. Where the Ground Meets the Sky.
Hobbs. Wild Man Island.