Monarch Award
Illinois' K-3 Reader's Choice Award
The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Hillestad Butler
A Birthday for Bear by Bonny Becker
Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith
Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca
Never Smile at a Monkey: and 17 other important things to remember by Steve Jenkins
Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson
Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder
The Mitten by Jim Aylesworth
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
Dogku by Andrew Clements
Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming
Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile
Bridget's Beret by Tom Lichtenheld
Otis by Loren Long
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krause Rosenthal
Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
Bluestem Award
Illinois' Grades 3-5 Readers' Choice Award
14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturm
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories by Sandra Markle
Bad News for Outlaws: the Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Bunnicula: a Rabbit Tale of Mystery by James Howe
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Faith, Hope and Ivy June by Phyllis Naylor
Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers
Just Grace by Charise Harper
Passage to Freedom: the Sughihara Story by Ken Mochizuki
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Sisters Grimm: the Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Rebecca Caudill Award
Illinois' Grades 4-8 Young Reader's Choice Award
One-Handed Catch by M. J. Auch
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Wild Things by Clay Carmichael
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
Powerless by Matthew Cody
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
Where the Mountian Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Greetings from Nowhere by Barbara O'Connor
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
Peak by Roland Smith
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Final Thoughts
Abraham Lincoln Award
Illinois' Grade 9-12 Readers' Choice Award
After by Amy Efaw
Beastly by Alex Finn
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Ghosts of War by Ryan Smithson
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
World War Z by Max Brooks
Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Abraham Lincoln Award
Illinois' Grade 9-12 Readers' Choice Award
After by Amy Efaw
Beastly by Alex Finn
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Columbine by Dave Cullen
The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Ghosts of War by Ryan Smithson
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
How to Build a House by Dana Reinhardt
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Love is the Higher Law by David Levithan
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Mexican White Boy by Matt de la Pena
Reality Check by Peter Abrahams
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff
Why I Fight by J. Adams Oaks
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
World War Z by Max Brooks
Final Thoughts
