Great Stone Face Award

The Great Stone Face Book Award is given annually to an author whose book receives the most votes from 4th through 6th graders throughout the state. The children vote for their favorite book from a list of 25 recently-published titles that are chosen by the Great Stone Face (GSF) Committee. The voting takes place every April during National Library Week, and the winner is announced in May. The purpose of the award is to promote reading enjoyment, to increase awareness of contemporary writing, and to allow children to honor their favorite authors.

2010-11 Nominees

Tango
by Eileen Beha
• The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery and Shoes  by Roderick Townley
• The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.  by Kate Messner
• Captain Nobody  by Dean Pitchford
• The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity  (Brixton Brothers #1) by Mac Barnett
• Closed for the Season  by Mary Downing Hahn
• Clover Twig and the Magical Cottage  by Kaye Umansky
• The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files  by Simon Cheshire
• Dying to Meet You  (43 Old Cemetery Road #1) by Kate Klise
• Escape Under the Forever Sky  by Eve Yohalem
• Flight of the Phoenix  (Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist #1) by R. L. LaFevers
• The Girl Who Threw Butterflies  by Mick Cochrane
• Happenstance Found  (Books of Umber #1) by P. W. Catanese
• Hunt for the Seventh  by Christine Morton-Shaw
• Murder at Midnight  by Avi
• My Life in Pink and Green  by Lisa Greenwald
• Night Wings  by Joseph Bruchac
• Operation Redwood  by S. Terrell French
• Powerless  by Matthew Cody
• The Roar  by Emma Clayton
• The Seven Keys of Balabad  by Paul Haven
• The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance  (Candle Man #1) by Glenn Dakin
• Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog  by Eileen Beha
• Umbrella Summer  by Lisa Graff
• Wild Girl  by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Wild River  by P. J. Petersen

The complete list can be viewed at the CHILIS website.