Nene Award Winners

Each year, Hawaii's elementary and middle school children vote for their favorite fiction book and present the author with the prized Nēnē Award. Chil ...more

Winners

	NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (NERDS, #1) by Michael Buckley 3.92 avg rating — 8,522 ratings Nene Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Found (The Missing, #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix 3.98 avg rating — 39,504 ratings Nene Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 410,375 ratings Nene Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 2,707,877 ratings Nene Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor (Adam Pelko, #1) by Harry Mazer 3.80 avg rating — 1,926 ratings Nene Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 1,680,545 ratings Nene Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 244,929 ratings Nene Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Fudge (Fudge, #5) by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 22,325 ratings Nene Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 491,801 ratings Nene Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis 3.96 avg rating — 107,377 ratings Nene Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,141,712 ratings Nene Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 9,314,470 ratings Nene Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best School Year Ever (The Herdmans, #2) by Barbara Robinson 3.88 avg rating — 4,080 ratings Nene Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 3,349 ratings Nene Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts in Fourth Grade by Constance Hiser 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings Nene Award (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 3.89 avg rating — 123,189 ratings Nene Award (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Teacher Is an Alien (My Teacher Is an Alien, #1) by Bruce Coville 3.80 avg rating — 8,671 ratings Nene Award (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shiloh (Shiloh, #1) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 3.95 avg rating — 83,405 ratings Nene Award (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fudge-a-Mania (Fudge, #4) by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 31,319 ratings Nene Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman 3.59 avg rating — 26,905 ratings Nene Award (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 22,922 ratings Nene Award (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fudge by Charlotte Towner Graeber 4.16 avg rating — 110 ratings Nene Award (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1) by Beverly Cleary 3.77 avg rating — 39,956 ratings Nene Award (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye by Patricia Hermes (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 360 ratings Nene Award (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Karen Kepplewhite Is the World's Best Kisser by Eve Bunting 3.88 avg rating — 151 ratings Nene Award (1987)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes 3.69 avg rating — 1,149 ratings Nene Award (1986)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith 4.04 avg rating — 382 ratings Nene Award (1985)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade (Elsie Edwards, #1) by Barthe DeClements 3.95 avg rating — 11,885 ratings Nene Award (1984)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bunnicula (Bunnicula, #1) by Deborah Howe 3.88 avg rating — 67,043 ratings Nene Award (1983)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superfudge (Fudge, #3) by Judy Blume (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 63,405 ratings Nene Award (1982)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars