The National Council of Teachers of English has announced the winners, honor books and recommended titles for the Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children.  This award was established in 2014 and promotes and recognizes excellence in writing.  “This award recognizes fiction that has the potential to transform children’s lives by inviting compassion, imagination, and wonder.”

2015 Charlotte Huck Award Winner

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

 

Honor Books

  

Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

El Deafo by Cece Bell

 

The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee

Revolution by Deborah Wiles

 

Recommended Titles

  

A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd

Draw by Raul Colon

The Madman of Piney Woods by Christopher Paul Curtis

 

The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern

The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

 

Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren Long

The Secret Hum of a Daisy by Tracy Holczer

The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye