LibGuides: Margaret A. Edwards Award: 1990s

1990s

Winner: Richard Peck for Are You in the House Alone?, Father Figure, The Ghost Belonged to Me, Ghosts I Have Been, Remembering the Good Times, and Secrets of the Shopping Mall

Are You in the House Alone?

Father Figure

Father Figure by Richard Peck
Call Number: J-Fiction PE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780140379693

Publication Date: 1996-01-01

After being a father figure for years, Jim and his younger brother are reunited with their divorced father and Jim is forced to find a new role for himself.

The Ghost Belonged to Me

The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
Call Number: J-Fiction PE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780140386714

Publication Date: 1997-09-01

In 1913 in the Midwest a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to "exorcizing" a ghost.

Ghosts I Have Been

Ghosts I Have Been by Richard Peck; S. November (Editor)
Call Number: J-Fiction PE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780141310961

Publication Date: 2001-04-23

Blossom Culp's gift of second sight, which she discovers gradually, leads her into some unusual adventures.

Remembering the Good Times

Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck
Call Number: J-Fiction PE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780440973393

Publication Date: 1986-03-01

Trav, Kate, and Buck make up a trio during their freshman year in high school, but their special friendship may not be enough to save Trav as he pressures himself relentlessly to succeed, in his own eyes as well as in the eyes of his parents and the world.

Secrets of the Shopping Mall

Winner: Robert Cormier for After the First Death, The Chocolate War, and I Am the Cheese

After the First Death

After the First Death [OverDrive E-Book] by Robert Cormier
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book

ISBN: 9780307834249

Publication Date: 1979

Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.

The Chocolate War

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Call Number: J-Fiction CO (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780375829871

Publication Date: 2004-09-14

A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
The Chocolate War [CD] by Robert Cormier; Frank Muller (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction CD (Juvenile Audiobook CD)

ISBN: 9780739350157

Publication Date: 2007-05-22
The Chocolate War [OverDrive E-Book] by Robert Cormier
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book

ISBN: 9780307834294

Publication Date: 2013

I Am the Cheese

I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
Call Number: J-FIction CO (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780375840395

Publication Date: 2007-09-11

A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if he is to remain alive.

Winner: Lois Duncan for Killing Mr. Griffin

Killing Mr. Griffin

Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan
Call Number: J-Fiction DU (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780440945154

Publication Date: 1990-08-01

A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he intend it to end with murder?.

Winner: Marijane Meaker for Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!, Gentlehands, Night Kites, and Nimona.

Unger Memorial Library does not have access to any of Marijane Meaker's works at this time.

Winner: Walter Dean Myers for Fallen Angels, Hoops, Motown & Didi, and Scorpions

Fallen Angels

Hoops

Motown & Didi

Motown and Didi by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: YA F MYE (Young adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780440957621

Publication Date: 1987-09-01

Motown and Didi, two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other.

Scorpions

Scorpions by Walter Dean Myers
Call Number: YA F MYE-WD (Young adult fiction)

ISBN: 9780060243647

Publication Date: 1988-06-20

After reluctantly taking on the leadership of the Harlem gang, the Scorpions, Jamal finds that his enemies treat him with respect when he acquires a gun--until a tragedy occurs.

Winner: Cynthia Voigt for Building Blocks; Dicey's Song; Homecoming; Izzy, Willy-Nilly; Jackaroo; The Runner; and A Solitary Blue

Building Blocks

Building Blocks by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780590477321

Publication Date: 1994-06-01

In a trip back in time, Brann meets his father as a ten-year-old and learns for the first time to love and understand him.

Dicey's Song

Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H2 (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689309441

Publication Date: 1982-09-01

Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey must decide what she wants for her siblings and herself.

Homecoming

Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H1 (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689308338

Publication Date: 1981-02-01

Abandoned by their mother, four children begin a search for a home and an identity.

Izzy, Willy-Nilly

Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt; Marc Yankus (Contribution by)
Call Number: J-Fiction VO (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9781416903390

Publication Date: 2005-06-01

A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg. Then she must start building a new life.

Jackaroo

The Runner

The Runner by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H4 (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9781442428812

Publication Date: 2012-07-10

As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.

A Solitary Blue

A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt
Call Number: J-Fiction VO H3 (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689310089

Publication Date: 1983-07-01

Jeff's mother, who deserted the family years before, reenters his life and widens the gap between Jeff and his father, a gap that only truth, love, and friendship can heal.

Winner: Judy Blume for Forever

Forever

Forever [OverDrive E-Book] by Judy Blume
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book

ISBN: 9781442467804

Publication Date: 2012-07-10

Two high school seniors believe their love to be so strong that it will last forever.

Winner: Gary Paulsen for Canyons; The Crossing; Dancing Carl; Hatchet; The Winter Room; and Woodsong

Canyons

Canyons by Gary Paulsen
Call Number: YA F PAU-G (Young Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780385301534

Publication Date: 1990-08-01

Finding a skull on a camping trip in the canyons outside El Paso, Texas, Brennan becomes involved with the fate of a young Apache Indian who lived in the late 1800s.

The Crossing

The Crossing by Gary Paulsen
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780531057094

Publication Date: 1987-09-01

Thirteen-year-old Manny, a street kid fighting for survival in a Mexican border town, develops a strange friendship with an emotionally disturbed American soldier who decides to help him get across the border.

Dancing Carl

Hatchet

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen; Drew Willis (Illustrator)
Call Number: J-FIction PA (Juvenile FIction)

ISBN: 9781481486293

Publication Date: 2017-10-03

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Hatchet [CD] by Gary Paulsen; Peter Coyote (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction PA (Juvenile Audiobook CD)

ISBN: 9780807204771

Publication Date: 2004-04-27

The Winter Room

Winter Room by Gary Paulsen
Call Number: J-Fiction PA (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780531058398

Publication Date: 1989-09-01

A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.

Woodsong

Winner: Madeleine L'Engle for Meet the Austins; A Ring of Endless Light; A Swiftly Tilting Planet; and A Wrinkle in Time

Meet the Austins

Meet the Austins [OverDrive E-Book] by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book

ISBN: 9781466814141

Publication Date: 2008-09-02

The life of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of self-centered young Maggy Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father.

A Ring of Endless Light

A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: J-FIciton LE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780374362997

Publication Date: 1980-05-01

During the summer her grandfather is dying of leukemia and death seems all around, 15-year-old Vicky finds comfort with the pod of dolphins with which she has been doing research.

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: J-Fiction LE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780312368562

Publication Date: 2007-05-01

The youngest of the Murry children must travel through time and space in a battle against an evil dictator who would destroy the entire universe.
A Swiftly Tilting Planet [CD] by Madeleine L'Engle (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction LE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780739349168

Publication Date: 2007-05-08

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: J-Fiction LE (Juvenile Fiction)

ISBN: 9780312367541

Publication Date: 2007-05-01

Three extra-terrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world.
A Wrinkle in Time [CD] by Madeleine L'Engle (Read by)
Call Number: J-CD Fiction LE (Juvenile Audiobook CD)

ISBN: 9780739331781

Publication Date: 2006-05-23
A Wrinkle in Time [OverDrive Audiobook] by Madeleine L'Engle
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook

ISBN: 9780307916600

Publication Date: 2012

Winner: Anne McCaffrey for Dragondrums; Dragonsinger; Dragonsong; Dragonflight; Dragonquest; The Ship Who Sang; and The White Dragon

Dragondrums

Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Call Number: Fiction M4697p v.6 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689860256

Publication Date: 2003-04-01

When his boy soprano voice begins to change, Piemur is drafted by Masterharper Robinton to help with political work and is sent on missions that lead him into unusual and sometimes dangerous adventures.

Dragonsinger

Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
Call Number: Fiction M4697p v.4 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689860249

Publication Date: 2003-04-01

Menolly flees her home, because she is not permitted to make music there, and is taken by the Masterharper himself to Harpershall, where she learns that only her own self-doubt stands in her way.

Dragonsong

Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey; Greg Call
Call Number: Fiction M4697p v.3 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780689860232

Publication Date: 2003-04-01

Every two hundred years or so, shimmering Threads fall from space, raining death and black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleagured skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the Planet. But it was not Threadfall that made young Menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper, who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. When, suddenly, she came upon a group of fire lizards, wild and smaller relatives of the fire-breathing dragons, she let her music swirl around them. She taught nine of them to sing. Suddenly Menolly was no longer alone -- she was Mistress of Music and Ward of the dazzling fire dragons.

Dragonflight

Dragonflight [Kindle] by Anne McCaffrey
Call Number: Kindle-762

ISBN: 9780345453952

Publication Date: 2002-02-26

To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise--and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world.

Dragonquest

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey; BookSource Staff (Compiled by)
Call Number: Fiction M4697p v.2 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780808521204

Publication Date: 1986-10-13

Since Lessa and Ramoth, her golden queen dragon, traveled into the past to bring forward a small army of dragons and riders to save their world from deadly alien spores, fear and desperation have spread across the land. But while the dragonriders struggle with threats both otherworldly and human, a young rider named F’nor and his brown dragon, Canth, hatch a bold plan to destroy the alien scourge at its source—the baleful red star that fills the heavens and promises doom to all.

The Ship Who Sang

The White Dragon

The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Call Number: Fiction M4697p v.5 (Adult Fiction)

ISBN: 9780808521426

Publication Date: 1986-11-12

Never in the history of Pern has there been a dragon like Ruth. Mocked by other dragons for his small size and pure white color, Ruth is smart, brave, and loyal—qualities that he shares with his rider, the young Lord Jaxom. Unfortunately, Jaxom is also looked down upon by his fellow lords, and by other riders as well. His dreams of joining the dragonriders in defending Pern are dismissed. What else can Jaxom and Ruth do but strike out on their own, pursuing in secret all they are denied? But in doing so, the two friends will find themselves facing a desperate choice—one that will push their bond to the breaking point . . . and threaten the future of Pern itself.