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Congratulations Carl Deuker and Gym Candy for winning the Iowa Teen Award 2009-1010. Click below to read a letter from Mr. Deuker.

Letter from Carl Deuker

Criteria for Selection:

To be eligible for the Iowa Teen Award, books must (be):


  • Published for young adults within the last three years
  • Fiction or Nonfiction
  • Represent a wide range of subjects and reading levels
  • Represent fifteen different authors
  • Represent different genres to as great an extent as is practical
  • Appeal to readers of both genders and to the range of readers in grades 6-9


    The following are NOT considered
    for inclusion on the list:
  • Books in a series (i.e., Sweet Valley High, Hardy Boys, Fear Street)
  • Books without a positive review from at least one major reviewing periodical
  • Novelizations of movies or TV programs
  • Newbery Winners (although Honor books are eligible)
  • Books which have appeared on previous Iowa Teen Award lists

Past Years

Previous Lists             Previous Winners


Recent Selection:
2009-10 Results

2008-09 Results
2007-08 Results

2009-2010 Winner: Gym Candy by Carl Deuker


2010-11 Information

Ballot and Tally Sheets

Nominated Titles:

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell          The Boy Who Dared

Bingham, Kelly                           Shark Girl

Bodeen, S. A.                            The Compound

Colfer, Eoin                               Airman

Connor, Leslie                           Waiting for Normal

Dowell, Frances O’Roark          Shooting the Moon

Green, Tim                                Football Genius

Hiaasen, Carl                             Scat!

Jaramillo, Ann                            La Linea

Lockhart, E                               The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Prineas, Sarah                           Magic Thief

Scott, Michael                           The Alchemyst: the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Smith, Roland                           Elephant Run

Sonnenblick, Jordan                  Notes from the Midnight Driver

Van Draanen, Wendelin             Runaway


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