Home
About Ben
Products
How to order
Author Visits
Buffy's Corner
Kid's Corner
Educator's Corner
Cool links
Contact us
BenMikaelsen.com
About Ben / Awards
Awards

Awards
RESCUE JOSH MCGUIRE, published 1991
Winner:
International Reading Association Award - 1992
International Reading Association Award - 1993
North Dakota Flicker Tale Book Award - 1998
Western Writers Spur Award -1993
Nebraska Golden Sower Award - 1995
California Young Reader Medal - 1994
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award - 1993
Nominee:
The Wyoming Soaring Eagle Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award
Pacific Northwest Reader's Choice

SPARROW HAWK RED, published 1993
Winner:
California Young Reader Medal -1997
Nominee:
Nevada Young Reader's Medal
New Hampshire Great Stoneface Master List
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List
New York State Charlotte Award
Virginia Young Reader's Program
Connecticut Nutmeg Children's Book Award
Pacific Northwest Reader's Choice Award
New Mexico Land of Magic Booklist
Indiana Hoosier List Best read-a-loud

STRANDED, published 1995
Winner:
Maryland Children's Book Award - 1999
Nominee:
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
Family Time Books - An Amazon Associate Bookstore
Young readers choice awards
Indiana Young Hoosier Award
North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
Florida Sunshine State Master List
Georgia Book Award
New Hampshire's Great Stone Face Award
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

COUNTDOWN, published 1996
Nominee:
Northwest Readers Choice Award
Wyoming Indian Paint Brush Award
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award
New York State Charlotte Award
Iowa Children's Choice Award

PETEY, published 1998
Winner:
Western Writer's Golden Spur Award - 1999
ALA Notable Book - 1999
YALSA best Book for Young Adults, ALA -1999
Nominee:
Pennsylvania Keystone State Reading Associations Young Adult Book Award
North Dakota Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Book Award
Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award
Kansas Heartland Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Nebraska Golden Sower Award
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

TOUCHING SPIRIT BEAR, published 2001
Winner:
YALSA best Book for Young Adults, ALA - 2002
North Dakota Flicker Tale Award - 2002
Nautilus Award for Young Adult Literature - 2002
California Young Reader Medal - 2003
Nevada Young Reader Award - 2003
Wisconsin Golden Archer Award - 2004
Florida Sunshine State Award - 2004
Nebraska Golden Sower Award - 2004
The Wyoming Soaring Eagle Award - 2004
Minnesota Maude Hart Lovelace Book Award - 2004
Nominee:
Kansas Heartland Award
Texas Lone Star Reading List
Utah Young Adult Book Award
New Mexico's Land of Enchantment Book Award
Finalist Western Writers Golden Spur Award
Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award
Oklahoma Library Association Sequoyah Book Award
Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
Indiana Young Hoosier Book Award
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award
Arizona Young Reader Award
Pacific Northwest Readers' Choice Award
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
Evergreen State Young Adult Book Award
New York State Charlotte Award

RED MIDNIGHT, published 2002
Winner:
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society - 2003
IRA Book List Selection - 2004
Nevada Young Reader Award - 2005
Nominee:
International Reading Association Young Adult Choice List
Utah Beehive Award Nominee - 2004

TREE GIRL, published 2004
Winner:
International Reading Association Teacher Choice List - 2005
Nominee:
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award