Book Award Study
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Book Award Study
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Who Gives the Award: There is a committee of three who collaborate to award one recipient each year the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Background of the Award: The Author, Scott O’Dell, established this award, along with Zena Suthlerland, to encourage more authors to write historical fiction. Mr. O’Dell wants to encourage young readers to develop a greater understanding of society and cultures through reading historical fiction.
Criteria: For a book to be eligible for this award it must have been published within the past year. The book must have a setting in South, Central, or North America. The book must be published by a U.S. Publisher, and written by a U.S. Citizen. One award is given each year.
Past Winners
2012 - Dead End in Norvelt Gantos, J. (2011). Dead End in Norvelt. Harrisonburg, VA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
The Story is about a young boy named Jack Gantos, who lives in the poverty stricken western Pennsylvania town of Norvelt in the 1960’s. After being grounded by his parents for what seems to be the whole summer, he is loaned out to his elder neighbor, Miss Volker, to do chores. His job with Miss Volker is to write the obituaries for the town paper. Each obituary comes with a history lesson, which after a while jack seems to thoroughly enjoy. He is also uncovering a murder mystery in town after a series of deaths. The book has a lot more adventures and mystery throughout for young Jack, including lots of bloody noses.
This book fits all the criteria as noted above to be the Scott O’Dell Award recipient for 2012. It is a historical fiction, as many reviewers state “melding the entirely true with the wildly fictional.” The author is a U.S. Citizen and it was published in the U.S. which is all the criteria for award recipients.
2011 - One Crazy Summer
William-Garcia, R. (2010). One Crazy Summer. New York, NY: Harper Collins
Book Award Study
Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Who Gives the Award: There is a committee of three who collaborate to award one recipient each year the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction.
Background of the Award: The Author, Scott O’Dell, established this award, along with Zena Suthlerland, to encourage more authors to write historical fiction. Mr. O’Dell wants to encourage young readers to develop a greater understanding of society and cultures through reading historical fiction.
Criteria: For a book to be eligible for this award it must have been published within the past year. The book must have a setting in South, Central, or North America. The book must be published by a U.S. Publisher, and written by a U.S. Citizen. One award is given each year.
Past Winners
2012 - Dead End in Norvelt Gantos, J. (2011). Dead End in Norvelt. Harrisonburg, VA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
The Story is about a young boy named Jack Gantos, who lives in the poverty stricken western Pennsylvania town of Norvelt in the 1960’s. After being grounded by his parents for what seems to be the whole summer, he is loaned out to his elder neighbor, Miss Volker, to do chores. His job with Miss Volker is to write the obituaries for the town paper. Each obituary comes with a history lesson, which after a while jack seems to thoroughly enjoy. He is also uncovering a murder mystery in town after a series of deaths. The book has a lot more adventures and mystery throughout for young Jack, including lots of bloody noses.
This book fits all the criteria as noted above to be the Scott O’Dell Award recipient for 2012. It is a historical fiction, as many reviewers state “melding the entirely true with the wildly fictional.” The author is a U.S. Citizen and it was published in the U.S. which is all the criteria for award recipients.
2011 - One Crazy Summer
William-Garcia, R. (2010). One Crazy Summer. New York, NY: Harper Collins