Books in Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
The Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (formerly the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award) is Vermont's student-voted award for grades 4-8. Winners are popular middle grade novels, including fantasy, survival, adventure, and heartfelt realism (e.g., Refugee, Small Spaces, Impossible Creatures). Best for ages 9-14.
2026
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Impossible Creatures | Katherine Rundell | Winner | Log In To Like |
2025
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Lasagna Means I Love You | Kate O'Shaughnessy | Winner | Log In To Like |
2024
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Odder | Katherine Applegate | Winner | Log In To Like |
2023
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Alone | Megan E. Freeman | Winner | Log In To Like |
2022
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Millionaires for the Month | Stacy McAnulty | Winner | Log In To Like |
2021
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Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation | Stuart Gibbs | Winner | Log In To Like |
2020
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Small Spaces | Katherine Arden | Winner | Log In To Like |
2019
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Refugee | Alan Gratz | Winner | Log In To Like |
2018
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Projekt 1065 | Alan Gratz | Winner | Log In To Like |
2017
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The Terrible Two | Mac Barnett | Winner | Log In To Like |
2016
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El Deafo | Cece Bell | Winner | Log In To Like |
2015
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library | Chris Grabenstein | Winner | Log In To Like |
2014
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Wonder | R. J. Palacio | Winner | Log In To Like |
2013
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The Running Dream | Wendelin Van Draanen | Winner | Log In To Like |
2012
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Smile | Raina Telgemeier | Winner | Log In To Like |
2011
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11 Birthdays | Wendy Mass | Winner | Log In To Like |
2010
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The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | Winner | Log In To Like |
2009
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Rules | Cynthia Lord | Winner | Log In To Like |
2008
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney | Winner | Log In To Like |
2007
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Flush | Carl Hiaasen | Winner | Log In To Like |
2006
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The Old Willis Place | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
2005
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The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo | Winner | Log In To Like |
2004
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Loser | Jerry Spinelli | Winner | Log In To Like |
2003
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Love that dog | Sharon Creech | Winner | Log In To Like |
2002
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Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Winner | Log In To Like |
2001
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Bud, Not Buddy | Christopher Paul Curtis | Winner | Log In To Like |
2000
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Holes | Louis Sachar | Winner | Log In To Like |
1999
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Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine | Winner | Log In To Like |
1998
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Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio | Peg Kehret | Winner | Log In To Like |
1997
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Mick Harte was Here | Barbara Park | Winner | Log In To Like |
1996
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Time for Andrew | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
1995
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The Boggart | Susan Cooper | Winner | Log In To Like |
1994
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Jennifer Murdley's Toad | Bruce Coville | Winner | Log In To Like |
1993
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Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Winner | Log In To Like |
1992
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | Winner | Log In To Like |
1991
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Number the Stars | Lois Lowry | Winner | Log In To Like |
1990
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Where It Stops, Nobody Knows | Amy Ehrlich | Winner | Log In To Like |
1989
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Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | Winner | Log In To Like |
1988
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Wait Till Helen Comes | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
1987
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The Castle in the Attic | Elizabeth Winthrop | Winner | Log In To Like |
1986
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The War with Grandpa | Robert Kimmel Smith | Winner | Log In To Like |
1985
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Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary | Winner | Log In To Like |
1984
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A Bundle of Sticks | Pat Rhoads Mauser | Winner | Log In To Like |
1983
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Tiger Eyes | Judy Blume | Winner | Log In To Like |
1982
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The Hand-Me-Down Kid | Francine Pascal | Winner | Log In To Like |
1981
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Bunnicula | James Howe | Winner | Log In To Like |
1980
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Bones on Black Spruce Mountain | David Budbill | Winner | Log In To Like |
1979
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Kid Power | Susan Beth Pfeffer | Winner | Log In To Like |
1978
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Summer of Fear | Lois Duncan | Winner | Log In To Like |
1977
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A Smart Kid Like You | Stella Pevsner | Winner | Log In To Like |
1976
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The Toothpaste Millionaire | Jean Merrill | Winner | Log In To Like |
1975
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The Eighteenth Emergency | Betsy Byars | Winner | Log In To Like |
1974
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Catch a Killer | George Woods | Winner | Log In To Like |
1973
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Never Steal a Magic Cat | Donald E. Caufield | Winner | Log In To Like |
1972
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Flight of the White Wolf | Mel Ellis | Winner | Log In To Like |
1971
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Go to the Room of the Eyes | Betty K. Erwin | Winner | Log In To Like |
1970
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Kävik the Wolf Dog | Walt Morey | Winner | Log In To Like |
1969
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Two in the Wilderness | M. W. Thompson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1968
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The Taste of Spruce Gum | Jacqueline Jackson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1967
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The Summer I Was Lost | Phillip Viereck | Winner | Log In To Like |
1966
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Ribsy | Beverly Cleary | Winner | Log In To Like |
1965
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Rascal | Sterling North | Winner | Log In To Like |
1964
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Bristle Face | Zachary Ball | Winner | Log In To Like |
1963
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The Incredible Journey | Sheila Burnford | Winner | Log In To Like |
1962
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City under the Back Steps | Evelyn Sibley Lampman | Winner | Log In To Like |
1961
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Captain Ghost | Thelma Bell | Winner | Log In To Like |
1960
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Double or Nothing | Phoebe Erickson | Winner | Log In To Like |
1959
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Comanche of the Seventh | Margaret Carver Leighton | Winner | Log In To Like |
1958
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Fifteen | Beverly Cleary | Winner | Log In To Like |
1957
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Old Bones, the Wonder Horse | Mildred Pace | Winner | Log In To Like |