Books in Lupine Award - Juvenile/Young Adult
Since 1989 the Lupine Award has been presented annually by the Youth Services Section Interest Group of the Maine Library Association. The Lupine Award is designed to honor a living author or illustrator who is a resident of Maine, or who has created a work whose focus is Maine, as shown through the work’s characterization, plot or setting. An author or illustrator is considered a resident if he or she was born in this state or currently resides in Maine for all or part of the year. The award distinguishes one winner and one honoree in the categories of picture book and juvenile/young adult. The Lupine Award was inspired by beloved Maine author and artist Barbara Cooney's book Miss Rumphius, which tells the story of the author's great aunt, who loved the sea, worked in a library, traveled the world and made it her mission to make the world a more beautiful place.
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Game of Noctis | Deva Fagan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Continental Drifter | Kathy MacLeod | Honor | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Hoops | Matt Tavares | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Windeby Puzzle | Lois Lowry | Honor | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Down to Earth | Betty Culley | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Franklin Endicott and the Third Key | Kate DiCamillo | Honor | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Call Me American | Abdi Nor Iftin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Echo Mountain | Lauren Wolk | Honor | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Searching for Lottie | Susan Ross | Winner | Log In To Like |
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American Trailblazers | Lisa Trusiani | Honor | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Mad Wolf's Daughter | Diane Magras | Winner | Log In To Like |
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What the Wind Can Tell You | Sarah Marie Jette | Honor | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Grit | Gillian French | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Who Killed Darius Drake? | Rodman Philbrick | Honor | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White | Melissa Sweet | Winner | Log In To Like | |
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Wrecked | Maria Padian | Honor | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Paper Things | Jennifer Richard Jacobson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler | Phillip Hoose | Honor | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Zane and the Hurricane | Rodman Philbrick | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Half a Chance | Cynthia Lord | Honor | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Out of Nowhere | Maria Padian | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Water Castle | Megan Frazer Blakemore | Honor | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Good Braider | Terry Farish | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Giant Squid | Candace Fleming | Honor | Log In To Like |
2011
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Small as an Elephant | Jennifer Jacobson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Lost Trail | Donn Fendler | Honor | Log In To Like |
2010
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Touch Blue | Cynthia Lord | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Henry Aaron's Dream | Matt Tavares | Honor | Log In To Like |
2009
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg | Rodman Philbrick | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Stitches: A Memoir | David Small | Honor | Log In To Like |
2008
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Season of Ice | Diane Les Becquets | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress | Maria Padian | Honor | Log In To Like |
2007
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Dragon's Egg | Sarah Thomson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Rickshaw Girl | Mitali Perkins | Honor | Log In To Like |
2006
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Kristin's Wilderness | Garrett Conover | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Berenice Abbott, Photographer | George Sullivan | Honor | Log In To Like |
2005
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Stained | Jennifer Jacobson | Winner | Log In To Like |
2004
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird | Phillip Hoose | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy | Gary Schmidt | Honor | Log In To Like |
2003
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig | Jacqueline Martin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England | Mary Cowan | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Swan Harbor | Laura Rankin | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee | Chris Van Dusen | Honor | Log In To Like |
2002
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Becoming Joe DiMaggio | Maria Testa | Winner | Log In To Like |
| The Sea Chest | Toni Buzzeo | Honor | Log In To Like | |
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Bloody Jack | L. Meyer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Just Ducky | Kathy Mallat | Honor | Log In To Like |
2001
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Following Fake Man | Barbara Holmes | Winner | Log In To Like |
| The Lobster War | Ethan Howland | Honor | Log In To Like | |
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Racing the Past | Sis Deans | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Turtle Splash | Cathryn Falwell | Honor | Log In To Like |
2000
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Truth about Great White Sharks | Mary Cerullo | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Last Book in the Universe | Rodman Philbrick | Honor | Log In To Like |
1999
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Seal Island School | Susan Bartlett | Winner | Log In To Like | |
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The Hermit Thrush Sings | Susan Butler | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Wild Child | Lynn Plourde | Honor | Log In To Like |
1998
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Snowflake Bentley | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Painters of the Caves | Patricia Lauber | Honor | Log In To Like |
1997
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Marven of the Great North Woods | Kathryn Lasky | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Cocoa Ice | Diana Appelbaum | Honor | Log In To Like |
1996
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Grandmother Bryant's Pocket | Jacqueline Martin | Winner | Log In To Like |
1995
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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A Year on Monhegan Island | Julia Dean | Winner | Log In To Like |
| To Hold this Ground | Susan Beller | Honor | Log In To Like | |
| Night of the Pufflings | Bruce McMillan | Honor | Log In To Like |
1994
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Prize in the Snow | Bill Easterling | Winner | Log In To Like |
1993
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Wild Fox | Cherie Mason | Winner | Log In To Like |
1992
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Sing to the Sun | Ashley Bryan | Winner | Log In To Like |
1991
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Rosebud and Red Flannel | Ethel Pochocki | Winner | Log In To Like |
1990
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Hattie and the Wild Waves | Barbara Cooney | Winner | Log In To Like |
1989
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| Brickyard Summer | Paul Janeczko | Winner | Log In To Like |