NEAL SHUSTERMAN

Awards and Honors

 UNWIND

2008 ALA Top Ten Picks for Reluctant Readers
2008 ALA Best Young Adult Book list
2010 Japanese Sakura Medal
2008 Bank Street Best Books of the Year
Nevada Young Reader Award WINNER
2010 Washington Evergreen YA Book award List WINNER
WINNER OF 2010 Oklahoma Intermediate Sequoyah Award List
 Nominee for 2010 Oklahoma High School Sequoyah Award List
2009/2010 Texas Lonestar Award List
2009 Texas Tayshas Award List
2009/2010 Virginia Readers Choice Award WINNER
2009/2010 Indiana Rosewater High School Book Award WINNER
2010 Utah Beehive Award Nominee
2009/2010 Missouri Gateway Readers Award WINNER
2010 Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award List
2009/2010 Vermont Green Mountain Book Award
2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award List
2010 Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award List
2009/2010 Georgia Peach Award List
2009/2010 Florida Teens Read Award List
2009/2010 Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award List WINNER
2010-2011 One Book for Nebraska Teens WINNER
2010-2011 California Young Reader Medal Nomination
The United Kingdom Coventry Inspiration "Simply the Book" Award WINNER
2009/2010 Kentucky Bluegrass Award List
2010 South Dakota YARP Award List
2011 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award WINNER
2010-2011 New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Reads Award List
NY Public Library “Books for the Teen Age”
2010 New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award Nominee
2010 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award List
2011 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee WINNER
Vermont’s Green Mountain Book Award

EVERLOST

 

2009 ALA Popular Paperback List
2009 Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award List
2009 Garden State Teen Book Award List
2008 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year,
2008 VOYA - Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers
2008 International Reading Association Young Adult Choice List
2008/2009 Missouri Gateway Award List
2008 New York Public Library “Books for the Teenage.”
2007/2008 Georgia Peach Book Award List
2007 PEN USA Literary Award - Finalist
2007 Children’s Literature Council of Southern California “Fantastic Work of Fiction”

 

DREADLOCKS

2007 International Reading Association Young-Adult Choice
 

THE SCHWA WAS HERE

2005 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction
2007/2008 California Young Reader Medal Award - winner
2005 American Library Association – “Best Book”
2005 American Library Association – “Notable Book”
2006 International Reading Association – “Young Adult Choice” Award List
2007 Georgia Peach Award List
2008 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award List
2007/2008 Indiana Young Hoosier Award List
2007 Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
2007/2008 Nebraska Golden Sower Award List
2007 Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2005 Missouri Children’s Choice Award List
2007/2008 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award List
2005/2006 Texas Lonestar Award
2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Book Award List
2006 Utah Beehive Award List
2006 Pennsylvania Young Readers Award List
2006 Tennessee Volunteer State Award List
2005/2006 Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award List
2006 California Readers: California Collection Award
2006 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens.
2010-2011 New Hampshire Isinglass Teen Reads Award List 

 

Antsy Does Time

2009 Pensylvania School Library Association Young Adult Top 40 award list
2009 ALA Best Young Adult Book list
2009/2010 Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award List
2009/2010 Texas Lonestar Award List
2008 Junior Library Guild Selection

Full Tilt

ALA-YALSA "Popular Paperbacks" 2005
International Reading Association - Young Adult Choice, 2005
Junior Library Guild featured selection 2003
Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award list 2005/2006
Nebraska Golden Sower Award List 2005/2006
Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award list 2006
Rhode Island Teen Book Award list 2005
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Young Adult Book Award list 2005/2006
Texas Lonestar Award 2004/2005
Utah Beehive Award list 2004/2005
New Jersey Garden State Young Adult Book Award list, 2005/2006
Connecticut Young Adult "Nutmeg" Award List, 2006
Ohio "Buckeye" Children's Book Award List 2005/2006
Michigan - "Thumbs Up" Award List 2002
Maryland:  Baltimore "Great Books for Teens" List, 2003
Nevada Young Readers Award list2006
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award list 2005/2006
California Readers Award List, 2004

Downsiders

American Library Association "Young Adult Best Book" 2000
American Library Association "Quick Pick" 2000
Virginia Young Reader Award List 2001/2002
Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award List 2001/2002
Nevada Student Book Award List 2001/2002
Indiana Young Hoosier Award List 2001/2002
Texas Lone Star Award, 2000/2001
New York Public Library "Best Book for Teens" Award list, 2000
South Dakota Prairie Pasque Young Adult Award List 2001/2001
Oklahoma Sequoyah Young Adult Award List 2001/2002
Iowa Children's Choice Young Adult Award 2001/2002
Maine Student Book Award List 2001/2002
South Carolina Children's Book Award List 2001/2002
Junior Library Guild selection, Spring 1999
#2 on the Barnes and Noble Teen Best Seller List, July 1999

The Dark Side of Nowhere

00/01: Utah Children's Book Award List
00/01: Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award List
00/0l: Indiana Young Hoosier Award list
00/01: Nebraska Golden Sower Award list
99/00: Texas Lone Star Award List
99/00: South Carolina Young-Adult Book Award List
99/00: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
99/00: California Young Reader Medal -- nomination
98/99: Maine Student Book Award List
1999 Hal Clements Golden Duck Award (Young-Adult "Hugo")
1999: Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People "Outstanding Book of the Year"
1998: American Library Association YALSA "Best Book for Young Adults"
1998: American Library Association YALSA "Quick Pick" - TOP TEN LIST

Mindquakes

1997:American Library Association  "Quick Pick"
 

Scorpion Shards

1997:New York Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"
1996:American Library Association  "Quick Pick" nomination
1996:American Library Association "Best Book for Young Adults" nomination
 

The Eyes of Kid Midas

1993:American Library Association
"Best Book for Reluctant Readers"
 

What Daddy Did

1995:Indiana Young Hoosier Award List
1995:Tennessee: State Award List
1994:Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
1993:American Bookseller's Association "Pick of the List"
1993:South Carolina: State Award List
1993:International Reading Association "Young-Adult Choice Award"
1992:International Reading Association "Children's Choice Award"
1992:Southern California Council on Literature  for Children and
 Young People "Outstanding Book of the Year"
1992:American Library Association "Best Book for Young Adults"
1992:N.Y. Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"
1992:Texas Library Association State Award List
1992:Michigan: State Award List

Speeding Bullet

1996:California Young Reader Medal nomination
1993:Iowa Reading Association Award List
1992:N.Y. Public Library "Best Book for the Teenaged"

The Shadow Club

1988:Internation