South Carolina Book Award

Each year, the South Carolina Association of School Librarians awards four book awards to books by US authors. The books selected may be fiction or nonfiction, but they must possess literary qualities, be published in the award year or the immediately preceding year, be age-appropriate, and have no negative reviews from major review sources. Books that have won the Caldecott Award or the Newbery Award are not considered.

Nominees are selected by the SCASL, but the winner is selected based on votes from students.

The South Carolina Book Award is awarded in four categories: Picture Books, Children's Book, Junior Book, and Young Adult Book. The Junior Book and Young Adult Book Awards focus on middle grade (grades 6-9) and young adult (grades 9-12) literature, so they will be covered in this wiki.

Awards are awarded once per school year; the award year is the end of that school year. For example, the winner for "2003" would be for the 2002/03 school year.

Young Adult Book Award
The South Carolina Young Adult Book Award is given to a book for grades nine through twelve.

Winners

 * 2015: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
 * 2014: Divergent by Veronica Roth
 * 2013: Matched by Ally Condie
 * 2012: Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
 * 2011: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
 * 2010: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
 * 2009: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
 * 2008: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
 * 2007: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
 * 2006: Eragon by Christopher Paolini
 * 2005: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
 * 2004: Scribbler of Dreams by Mary Pearson
 * 2003: Body of Christopher Creed by Carol Plum-Ucci

Junior Book Award
The South Carolina Junior Book Award is given to a book for grades six through nine.

Winners

 * 2015: The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
 * 2014: The Running Dream by Wendelin van Draanen
 * 2013: Hero by Mike Lupica
 * 2012: Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Perry
 * 2011: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
 * 2010: Schooled by Gordon Korman
 * 2009: Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
 * 2008: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
 * 2007: So B. It by Sarah Weeks
 * 2006: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
 * 2005: Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
 * 2004: Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen
 * 2003: Jade Greene: A Ghost Story by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor