The William Allen White Children's Book Award, based at Emporia State University, is Kansas's student-voted award. This category holds its single-list years (1953-2000). Winners are classic middle grade novels about animals, school, and friendship (e.g., Maniac Magee, Shiloh, The Giver, Frindle). Best for ages 9-13.
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White Water | P. J. Petersen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Frindle | Andrew Clements | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Mick Harte was Here | Barbara Park | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Time For Andrew: A Ghost Story | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Giver | Lois Lowry | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Man Who Loved Clowns | June Rae Wood | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Beauty | Robin McKinley | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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On My Honor | Marion Dane Bauer | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Cracker Jackson | Betsy Byars | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The War with Grandpa | Robert Kimmel Smith | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Daphne's Book | Mary Downing Hahn | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Land I Lost | Quang Nhuong Huynh | Winner | Log In To Like |
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A Light in the Attic | Shel Silverstein | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Peppermints in the Parlor | Barbara Brooks Wallace | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Magic of the Glits | C.S. Adler | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Pinballs | Betsy Byars | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Summer of the Monkeys | Wilson Rawls | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper | Jean Van Leeuwen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Harry Cat's Pet Puppy | George Selden | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Socks | Beverly Cleary | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Dominic | William Steig | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Headless Cupid | Zilpha Keatley Snyder | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C. O'Brien | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Trumpet of the Swan | E. B. White | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Sasha: My Friend | Barbara Corcoran | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Kävik the Wolf Dog | Walt Morey | Winner | Log In To Like |
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | E. L. Konigsburg | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service | Keith Robertson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Beverly Cleary | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Grizzly | Annabel Johnson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Rascal | Sterling North | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Bristle Face | Zachary Ball | Winner | Log In To Like |