Congratulations to the 2017 Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children Winners!

I am not at #NCTE16, but I have been following the tweets from the comfort of my living room. Yesterday afternoon, the winners of the Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children were announced. The award was established to "promote and recognize fiction that has the potential to transform children's lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder."

2017 WINNER

Ghost by Jason Reynolds 

2017 HONOR BOOKS

Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian; illustrated by Mike Curato

The Night Gardener by Eric and Terry Fan 

Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 

2017 RECOMMENDED BOOKS 

The Seventh Wish by Kate Messner 

Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish; illustrated by Oliver Dominguez 

                          

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk 

                             

A Bandit's Tale by Deborah Hopkinson 

Hoot and Peep by Lita Judge 

One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi 

             

The Inquisitor's Tale, Or The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz; illustrated by Hatem Aly

                         

The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh