Books in Lupine Award - Juvenile/Young Adult

The Lupine Award, from the Maine Library Association, honors books by a Maine author or illustrator, or books set in Maine. This Juvenile/Young Adult category recognizes middle grade and teen novels and biographies (e.g., Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White, Searching for Lottie, Hoops). Best for ages 9-16.

2024

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	A Game of Noctis	Deva Fagan	Winner	Log In To Like
	Continental Drifter	Kathy MacLeod	Honor	Log In To Like

2023

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Hoops	Matt Tavares	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Windeby Puzzle	Lois Lowry	Honor	Log In To Like

2021

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Down to Earth	Betty Culley	Winner	Log In To Like
	Franklin Endicott and the Third Key	Kate DiCamillo	Honor	Log In To Like

2020

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Call Me American	Abdi Nor Iftin	Winner	Log In To Like
	Echo Mountain	Lauren Wolk	Honor	Log In To Like

2019

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Searching for Lottie	Susan Ross	Winner	Log In To Like
	American Trailblazers	Lisa Trusiani	Honor	Log In To Like

2018

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Mad Wolf's Daughter	Diane Magras	Winner	Log In To Like
	What the Wind Can Tell You	Sarah Marie Jette	Honor	Log In To Like

2017

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Grit	Gillian French	Winner	Log In To Like
	Who Killed Darius Drake?	Rodman Philbrick	Honor	Log In To Like

2016

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White	Melissa Sweet	Winner	Log In To Like
	Wrecked	Maria Padian	Honor	Log In To Like

2015

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Paper Things	Jennifer Richard Jacobson	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Boys Who Challenged Hitler	Phillip Hoose	Honor	Log In To Like

2014

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Zane and the Hurricane	Rodman Philbrick	Winner	Log In To Like
	Half a Chance	Cynthia Lord	Honor	Log In To Like

2013

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Out of Nowhere	Maria Padian	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Water Castle	Megan Frazer Blakemore	Honor	Log In To Like

2012

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Good Braider	Terry Farish	Winner	Log In To Like
	Giant Squid	Candace Fleming	Honor	Log In To Like

2011

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Small as an Elephant	Jennifer Jacobson	Winner	Log In To Like
	Lost Trail	Donn Fendler	Honor	Log In To Like

2010

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Touch Blue	Cynthia Lord	Winner	Log In To Like
	Henry Aaron's Dream	Matt Tavares	Honor	Log In To Like

2009

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg	Rodman Philbrick	Winner	Log In To Like
	Stitches: A Memoir	David Small	Honor	Log In To Like

2008

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Season of Ice	Diane Les Becquets	Winner	Log In To Like
	Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress	Maria Padian	Honor	Log In To Like

2007

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Dragon's Egg	Sarah Thomson	Winner	Log In To Like
	Rickshaw Girl	Mitali Perkins	Honor	Log In To Like

2006

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Kristin's Wilderness	Garrett Conover	Winner	Log In To Like
	Berenice Abbott, Photographer	George Sullivan	Honor	Log In To Like

2005

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Stained	Jennifer Jacobson	Winner	Log In To Like

2004

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird	Phillip Hoose	Winner	Log In To Like
	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy	Gary D. Schmidt	Honor	Log In To Like

2003

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	Winner	Log In To Like
	Timberrr!: A History of Logging in New England	Mary Morton Cowan	Honor	Log In To Like
	Swan Harbor	Laura Rankin	Honor	Log In To Like
	A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee	Chris Van Dusen	Honor	Log In To Like

2002

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Becoming Joe DiMaggio	Maria Testa	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Sea Chest	Toni Buzzeo	Honor	Log In To Like
	Bloody Jack	L. A. Meyer	Honor	Log In To Like
	Just Ducky	Kathy Mallat	Honor	Log In To Like

2001

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Following Fake Man	Barbara Holmes	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Lobster War	Ethan Howland	Honor	Log In To Like
	Racing the Past	Sis Deans	Honor	Log In To Like
	Turtle Splash	Cathryn Falwell	Honor	Log In To Like

2000

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	The Truth about Great White Sharks	Mary M. Cerullo	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Last Book in the Universe	Rodman Philbrick	Honor	Log In To Like

1999

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Seal Island School	Susan Bartlett	Winner	Log In To Like
	The Hermit Thrush Sings	Susan Butler	Honor	Log In To Like
	Wild Child	Lynn Plourde	Honor	Log In To Like

1998

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Snowflake Bentley	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	Winner	Log In To Like
	Painters of the Caves	Patricia Lauber	Honor	Log In To Like

1997

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Marven of the Great North Woods	Kathryn Lasky	Winner	Log In To Like
	Cocoa Ice	Diana Appelbaum	Honor	Log In To Like

1996

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Grandmother Bryant's Pocket	Jacqueline Briggs Martin	Winner	Log In To Like

1995

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	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
	Prize in the Snow	Bill Easterling	Winner	Log In To Like

1993

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Wild Fox	Cherie Mason	Winner	Log In To Like

1992

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Sing to the Sun	Ashley Bryan	Winner	Log In To Like

1991

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Rosebud and Red Flannel	Ethel Pochocki	Winner	Log In To Like

1990

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Hattie and the Wild Waves	Barbara Cooney	Winner	Log In To Like

1989

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Brickyard Summer	Paul Janeczko	Winner	Log In To Like