Books in Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
An annual American children's book award that recognizes historical fiction. It was established in 1982 by Scott O'Dell, author of Island of the Blue Dolphins and 25 other children's books, hoping to increase young readers' interest in the history that shaped their nation and their world. Eligibility for the award requires that a book be written in English for children or young adults, published by an American publisher, and the author must be a United States citizen. The award is recognized in the United States by publishers of children's and young adult literature, the American Library Association, and the Assembly for Literature of Adolescents.
2025
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Color of a Lie | Kim Johnson | Winner | Log In To Like |
2024
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Bea and the New Deal Horse | L. M. Elliott | Winner | Log In To Like |
2023
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African Town | Irene Latham | Winner | Log In To Like |
2022
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Ophie’s Ghosts | Justina Ireland | Winner | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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All He Knew | Helen Frost | Winner | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Butterfly Yellow | Thanhhà Lại | Winner | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Finding Langston | Lesa Cline-Ransome | Winner | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Beyond the Bright Sea | Lauren Wolk | Winner | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Full of Beans | Jennifer L. Holm | Winner | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Hired Girl | Laura Amy Schlitz | Winner | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Dash | Kirby Larson | Winner | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Bo at Ballard Creek | Kirkpatrick Hill | Winner | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Chickadee | Louise Erdrich | Winner | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Dead End in Norvelt | Jack Gantos | Winner | Log In To Like |
2011
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia | Winner | Log In To Like |
2010
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Storm in the Barn | Matt Phelan | Winner | Log In To Like |
2009
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Chains | Laurie Halse Anderson | Winner | Log In To Like |
2008
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Elijah of Buxton | Christopher Paul Curtis | Winner | Log In To Like |
2007
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Green Glass Sea | Ellen Klages | Winner | Log In To Like |
2006
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Game of Silence | Louise Erdrich | Winner | Log In To Like |
2005
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Worth | A LaFaye | Winner | Log In To Like |
2004
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The River Between Us | Richard Peck | Winner | Log In To Like |
2003
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Trouble Don't Last | Shelley Pearsall | Winner | Log In To Like |
2002
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Land | Mildred D. Taylor | Winner | Log In To Like |
2001
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Art of Keeping Cool | Janet Taylor Lisle | Winner | Log In To Like |
2000
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Two Suns in the Sky | Miriam Bat-Ami | Winner | Log In To Like |
1999
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule | Harriette Robinet | Winner | Log In To Like |
1998
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Out of the Dust | Karen Hesse | Winner | Log In To Like |
1997
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Jip, His Story | Katherine Paterson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1996
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Bomb | Theodore Taylor | Winner | Log In To Like |
1995
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Under the Blood Red Sun | Graham Salisbury | Winner | Log In To Like |
1994
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Bull Run | Paul Fleischman | Winner | Log In To Like |
1993
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Morning Girl | Michael Dorris | Winner | Log In To Like |
1992
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Stepping on the Cracks | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
1991
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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| A Time of Troubles | Pieter Van Raven | Winner | Log In To Like |
1990
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Shades of Gray | Carolyn Reeder | Winner | Log In To Like |
1989
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Honorable Prison | Lyll Becerra de Jenkins | Winner | Log In To Like |
1988
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Charley Skedaddle | Patricia Beatty | Winner | Log In To Like |
1987
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Streams to the River, River to the Sea | Scott O'Dell | Winner | Log In To Like |
1986
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan | Winner | Log In To Like |
1985
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Fighting Ground | Avi Avi | Winner | Log In To Like |
1984
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Sign of the Beaver | Elizabeth George Speare | Winner | Log In To Like |