17th Annual Self-Published Book Awards Winners – Middle-Grade/Young Adult
Announcing the Middle-Grade/Young Adult winners of the 17th Annual Writer’s Digest International Self-Published Book Awards.
Middle-Grade/Young Adult Books
First Place:
Pamela Pizzimenti
The River Whispers
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~51840.aspx
WindsorCA
Honorable Mentions:
Tom Weston
First Night
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981941303
SharonMA
Christopher Mahoney
The Incredible Origins of the Onyx Sun
www.onyxsun.com
San FranciscoCA
Mark O'Rourke Chamberlain
Lawrence of Arabia: Writer & Warrior
www.realgrovvy.co.nz
Al-Khobar
Entrants:
Dr. Brian Haig & Jeffrey Haig
Unlock Your Educational Potential
www.MaximizeYourEducation.com
IrvineCA
Brenda Davis
The Incredible Book
PrinevilleOR
L W Lewis
Why Do Flies Eat Doggy Poop
www.lwlewispoetry.com
Lady LakeFL
Sam Connery
Uncle Willie And The Cheadle Cup
Friday HarborWA
Rosemarie Freebourn
The Golden Angel
ArgyleTX
Kalpanik S.
Welcome to the USA
www.welcome-to-usa.com
San DiegoCA
Kalpanik S.
California Adventures
San DiegoCA
Alberto Cappas
Never Too Late to Make a U-Turn
www.educationalpledge.com
New YorkNY
Alberto O. Cappas
Lessons For Myself
www.educationalpledge.com
New YorkNY
Fran Johnson
Mystery House
TullahomaTN
Belinda Senter Kingsley
Together Again
KellerTX
Barbara Carroll
The Mystery of the Moaning Banshee
outskirtspress.com/moaningbanshee
New YorkNY
Betsy Corona
Annie's Song
www.xulonpress.com
Grosse Pointe WoodsMI
Alice Gensler
Squiggie's Night Out
www.iuniverse.com
NelsonMO
Lila Joseph
The Boy Who Could Talk to Animals
http://outskirtspress.com/
ParkerCO
P. W. Cross
The Idea Miners: The Lost Lake Dig
www.theideaminers.com
Boiling SpringsPA
Mitch Taylor
The Camburin Seed
FresnoCA
C. J. Trueheart
Twila Rootmen and the Winter Witch
www.authorhouse.com
HamdenCT
Bonnie Ferron
Angelfire
www.amazon.com
Canoga ParkCA
Lisa Lynn Ramos
The Invincible Anita: Book One
www.amazon.com
FairburnGA
Holly Gaskin
A Little Company
www.amazon.com/Little-Company-Holly-E-Gaskin
Adams CenterNY
Sandra E. McBride
Finding Goliath And Fred
www.amazon.com
MechanicvilleNY
Dwayne Fuchs-Rice
Shades of Ember
www.iuniverse.com
LucasKY
Lisa Anne Reiss
The Curse of Amun-Ra
www.bbotw.com
SeldenNY
Elle Jauffret
The Smithsonian Library
http://ellejauffret.com
RockvilleMD
Ann Brophy
When I Moved Upstairs
www.xlibris.com
SouthportCT
Ann Brophy
To Catch A Ghost
www.authorhouse.com
SouthportCT
Harriet L. Klun
The Telling
www.authorhouse.com
PotomocMD
Judy Dianne Ferguson
Madison's Square Garden
www.53212.authorworld.com
WellingOK
Tom Kirkbridge
Book I Gamadin: Word of Honor
www.amazon.com
OceansideCA
Heather McPhaul
Raggedy Ann Heart
http://www.amazon.com/Raggedy-Ann-Heart-Heather-McPhaul/dp/1419686275/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233518084&sr=8-1
Westlake VillageCA
Kristen Marée Cleary
The Secret of Starlight Landing
www.barnesandnoble.com
YonkersNY
C. L. Reynolds
The Secret In The Attic
http://www.amazon.com/SECRET-ATTIC-C-L-Reynolds/dp/1606479008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233849490&sr=1-1
SnellvilleGA
James L. Butler
Raptor Ravine
https://www.createspace.com/3365653
LanghornePA
Wouter F. Nunnink
Ba El Shebub's Gift Awakens, Book I "The Sound of the Gong"
So. BurlingtonVT
Gladys Young Blyth
Summer at the Cannery
Winfield
Jonathan Rigby
the Everstone
PortlandOR
Jonathan Rigby
Under the Stone
PortlandOR
Meghan M. Perri
Unspoken Things
GoshenNY
Alcott Germany II
Real World 101: Student Guide
http://www.amazon.com/Real-World-101-Student-Guide/dp/1419698087/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237759177&sr=1-1
SouthfieldMI
Jennifer Miller
RASPUTIN'S REDEMPTION book 3
www.wolfgirl99.com
West HillsCA
Christy Wood
Ariel's Journey
icehorseadventures.com
SalemOR
Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin
Anna's World
http://www.amazon.com/Annas-World-Wim-Coleman/dp/1935178024/
LaredoTX
Lynn Tragesser McCollum
The Green School Caper, The Adventures of the Five Amigos
978-1-4327-2564-8
NetartsOR
Cassandra Kay
A Week in the Life of Mertyle
http://www.amazon.com/Week-Life-Mertyle-Cassandra-Kay/dp/1438940491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239980261&sr=1-1
WeatherfordTX
R D Dennis Baird
The Brazen Serpent Chronicles: The Caduceus
EstacadaOR
Susan Violante
Innocent War
www.innocentwar.com
AustinTX
Chris Reynolds
Richie Radcliffs Fizz Cola Adventure
Boca RatonFL
Andrew K.J. Tan
The Student's Guide to Life
www.aktive.com.sg
Singapore
J Bean Palmer
The Cape Cod Witch and the Legend of the Pirate
amazon.com
East SandwichMA
Carl Joglar
THE PERILS OF QUAD
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookSearchResults.aspx?Search=the%20perils%20of%20quad
OgdenUT
Betty J. Myers
AUGUST WEBSTER AND THE SECRET OF CANDY ROCK MOUNTAIN
http://www.trafford.com
TucsonAZ
Victoria & Craig Weeden
Mia's Gift: A Muzzles the Manatee Story
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Mia%27s+Gift%3A+A+Muzzles+the+Manatee+Story&x=13&y=19
Banner ElkNC
Brian Benjamin
Gravity Grover and The Wayward Weather One
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/gravity-grover-the-wayward-weather-one/4001926
NoblesvilleIN
T. W. Olzinski
The Seropia Crystal
http://www.amazon.com/Seropia-Crystal-Tabitha-Olzinski/dp/1420847228/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240796362&sr=8-1
MobileAL
Dheera Kitchlu
Maya
Mumbai
Tim St. John
Emma Points the Way
www.amazon.com
WestminsterCO
Karen Bell-Brege
Ghost Board Posse #1 London Screaming!
www.ghostboardposse.com
BrightonMI
Ted Ringer
Born with a Beard
http://www.wonderfulworldpublishing.com
LongmontCO
Susan Ruellan
The Lost Treasure of Finistere
www.nelsonpublishingandmarketing.com
BrightonMI
Carol Purroy
Tina Did It!
www.a-zpublishing.com
RenoNV
Jeremy Thomas Kunkel
Firefly Lily
www.asubtle.com
SterlingVA
Phyllis Meckley
Free Puppies
www.amazon.com
Las VegasNV
William A. Green
Thank you, Mr. Brown, and Merry Christmas
www.greenstreetgifts.com
Strawberry PointIA
Norma L. Betz
Dear John
www.authorhouse.com
ManahawkinNJ
Holly Stacey
The Fairie Conspiracies
www.amazon.co.uk
LawfordEssex
R. J. Wease
We Are Human
www.authorhouse.com
JoshuaTX
Keri Fry
Brooklyn and Braden
GainesvilleTX
Shirley Pierce Bostrom
Abby's Dilemma
MarlboroughCT
Jennifer Charron Ward
Running Home
www.jennifercharronwardbooks.com
BerkleyMI
Richard L. Cave
The Good Ship Waldo
www.mspbooks.com
HendersonTN
Marie Osburn Reid
Spirit Basket, Over 200 Years of Adventure in Alaska
www.authorhouse.com
FairbanksAK
Bruce Holmberg
The White Gorilla - Asylum Falls
Des PlainesIL
Adam Teachout
The Pandora's Box Trilogy: Book One: Into The Void
http://search.barnesandnoble.com
OlympiaWA
Jan Shaffer
A Summoning Stone Book One: The Prophecy
www.asummoningstone.com
PlainfieldIN
Suzy Hopkins
The Extraordinary Summer Of The White Horse
SacramentoCA
Jack W. Regan
T'Aragam
www.jackregan.blogspot.com
WalkerMI
Walter T. Hughes
Ghosts Of Misery Island
www.barnesandnoble.com
MemphisTN
Sue C. Hughey
Herby's Secret Formula
www.herbyssecretformula.com
Grand JunctionCO
Athena Thompson
The St. Clair Twins: The Forbidden Truths
www.athenathompson.com
PrescottAZ
Ben Graham
Ending in Angels
www.endinginangels.com
YpsilantiMI
Glen R. Aitken, Jr.
The Spell-Caster's Curse: A Wizard Rising
http://stores.lulu.com/glenaitken
Port St LucieFL
Daniel Andretti
Stationery Wars
www.dansbooks.org
E BrunswickNJ
R. Dennis Baird
The Brazen Serpent Chronicles: Talon of LIght
EstacadaOR
Halina Bochynek
A Beagle's Tale
http://www.authorhouse.com/Bookstore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=56337
Pisgah ForestNC
Molly Roe (pen name of Mary Slaby)
Call Me Kate: Meeting the Molly Maguires
http://www.tribute-books.com/
DallasPA
Helen Bonney
'The Woppapotamus from Titan'
www.amazon.co.uk/Woppapotamus from Titan-Helen-Bonney/dp/1905621981
Linton, Cambs
Nona Burroughs Babcock
Little Wolf's Adventure
www.iuniverse.com
ClintonMT
Anthony R. Cardno
The Firflake - A Christmas Story
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000101935
NewtonNJ
Tina Field Howe
The TrailFolk of Xunar-kun, Book Two in the Tellings of Xunar-kun
http://www.amazon.com/TrailFolk-Xunar-kun-Book-Two-Tellings/dp/0976858541/ref=sr_oe_3_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239903513&sr=1-3
CorningNY
Ned White
Calling Out Your Name
www.annaandsaddie.com
OrdNE
Fred
Mickey Mantle: Rookie in Pinstripes
www.amazon.com
SykesvilleMD
Tad Troilo
Rosie Fights the Twisted Wind
http://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Fights-Twisted-Wind-Troilo/dp/1436380790
PrincetonNJ
Shiraz
Defenders of the Scroll
Mississauga
Ellen Harveaux
The Secret of Ghost Island
www.historymysteryforkidz.com
Bayonet PointFL
Dave Lieber
The Best of The Black Cow: Great Writing by Great Kids
KellerTX
Jane R. Wood
Voices in St. Augustine
www.janewoodbooks.com
JacksonvilleFL
Jane R. Wood
Adventures on Amelia Island: A Pirate, A Princess and Buried Treasure
www.janewoodbooks.com
JacksonvilleFL
Jane R. Wood
Trouble on the St. Johns River
www.janewoodbooks.com
JacksonvilleFL
Jim Chrisman
Substitute Wizard
http://www.substitutewizard.com
West HillsCA
Bonnie Jean Schaefer
The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets
http://www.TheDreamDoers.com
TobaccovilleNC
Ellen Langas Campbell
Smart Alex (Book 3 of the Girls Know How® series)
http://www.girlsknowhow.com/
DowningtownPA
Holly Moulder
A Cord of Three Strands
SharpsburgGA
Ted Ringer
Gus Goes West
http://www.wonderfulworldpublishing.com
LongmontCO
Sandra K-Horn
The Rabbit Trap
www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Trap-Sandra-Kucinich-Horn/dp/1434337022/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242249630&sr=8-3
ColumbusOH
Keith Robinson
Island of Fog
http://www.islandoffog.com
ChickamaugaGA
Sheryl Mallory-Johnson
L.A. Summer: Friends 'Til The Blood End
sherylmallory-johnson.com
Chula VistaCA
Rod Farrington
Spinners Curse of the Bermuda Abyss Episode III
www.amazon.com
Bossier CityLA
Rod Farrington
Spinners Curse of the Bermuda Abyss Episode II
Bossier CityLA
Gerri Rudner and Suzan Jaffe
The Fake Birthday
www.amazon.com
Fort LauderdaleFL
Russ Woody
The Wheel of Nuldoid
www.nuldoid.com
Studio CityCA
ZooDoc
War Star Rising!
www.amazon.com
OrlandCA
Rod Farrington
Spinners The Lost Treasure of Bermuda Episode I
www.amazon.com
Bossier CityLA
Wilfried Lippmann
The Trial of the Indermitten Seven
www.wglippmannbooks.com
OlympiaWA
Karen Sullivan Scheffe
How the Invisible Suzy Turned Amazing
www.authorhouse.com
PlymouthMN
Anna Genover-Mas
The Grumpy Gardener
BarcelonaCAT
Sandy Winnett
Little Beth and the Snow Angel
www.mysnowangel.com
HurstTX
Kathleen M. Schurman
Locket's Meadow- Captain of the Dance
www.amazon.com
BethonyCT
Donna Nordmark Aviles
Peanut Butter For Cupcakes: A True Story From the Great Depression
www.orphantrainbook.com
HockessinDE
Donna Nordmark Aviles
Fly Little Bird, FLY!
www.orphantrainbook.com
HockessinDE
Donna Nordmark Aviles
Beyond The Orphan Train
www.orphantrainbook.com
HockessinDE
Drake Highlander
What NOT to Do When You Find a Spaceship
www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~53775.aspx
AtlantaGA
Amanda Kostro
The Dark Princess
RiversideIL
Lady Ellen
Persephane Pendrake and the Cimaruta
amazon.com
BarrieOntario
Gloria S. McMillion
Whirlwinds Whirl Around
www.iuniverse.com
AmeliaVA
Diane Saks
Another Day of Infamy
www.iuniverse.com
ChandlerAZ
Beth Pond
Picking Up the Pieces
www.amazon.com
ConwayAR
Jan Shaffer
A Summoning Stone Book Two: Vision Caster
www.lulu.com
PlainfieldIN
Sylvia Vallace
Silver's Gift Ramblings of the Mad Woman
www.ramblingsofthemadwoman.com
KaysvilleUT
Hazel Spire
Arrowhead's Lost Hoard
www.hazelspire.com
The ColonyTX
John Tkac
Whispers from the Bay
www.whispersfromthebay.com
Delray BeachFL
K. Lynn Stokes
Clouded Visions
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000067647
Dubai
Harold Torok
To Save American From Rural Decay
ChattanoogaTN
Marjorie H. White
Stories of a Dog Named Misty
MillburyMA
Larry Cole
Don't Blame Me
FarmingtonMI
Dennis M. Clausen
My Christmas Attic
www.iuniverse.com
EscondidoCA
Jessi Thind (Jay Singh)
Once Upon a Time In A Forest Far Away
Greenfield ParkQC
Natalya LaBauve-Williams
What It Do!
www.amazon.com
LathropCA
Yolanda Pascal
Where Angels Fear To Tread
www.amazon.com/Where-Angels-Fear-Tread-Emprise/dp/0595509533/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&5=books&9
Long BeachCA
Yolanda Pascal
Where Angels Fear To Tread
www.amazon.com/Where-Angels-Fear-Tread-Emprise/dp/0595509533/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&5=books&9
Long BeachCA
Leonard Michael Spacek
Sophomore: Breaking The Cycle
www2.xlibris.com
SolonOH
Steve O'Brien
Elijah's Corn: A Lesson for Life
AandNPublishing.com
WashingtonDC
Arthur T. Lee
Partners Again: A Sotry about imagination, cookies, chalk dust, murder, blue diamonds, and family!
www.arthurtlee.com
PoulsboWA
Briana Rachelle (on book)/ Briana Banos
16: And Still Living
HomesteadFL
L.P. Chase (pseudonym) Lynn Staiano (legal name)
Elliot Stone and the Mystery of the Backyard Treasure
www.bbotw.com/product.aspx?ISBN=0-7414-4804-1 or www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?ur
SmithtownNY
Sara M. Millard
The Adventures of Sally on Barclay Mountain
www.authorhouse.com
New AlbanyPA
Darwin McBeth Walton
Dance, Kayla!
www.authorhouse.com
LombardIL
Lori E. Mazzola
Tales of the Tree People "Tree Kings"
www.lulu.com
CoarsegoldCA
Mary Kay Abbott
Pearl of Baxter Grove
www.amazon.com or www.booksurge.com
San DiegoCA
Anne Patrice brown; pseudonym (aka D. Anne Brown)
The Dumari Chronicles: Year Two
www.dumarichronicles.com
ImperialMO
Lisa Lopez
Love finds a way
LyndhurstOH
CL Dautel
Beyond Seaside
http://www.beyondseaside.com/
College StationTX
CL Dautel
Road to Havla
http://www.roadtohavla.com/
College StationTX
Pamela Bauer Mueller
Aloha Crossing
www.pinatapub.com
Jekyll IslandGA
Tanisha Danyette Brandon
From a Caterpillar to a Butterfly
http://www.amazon.com/Caterpillar-Butterfly-Tanisha-Danyette-Brandon/dp/1432722352
SeattleWA
Schubert
Pacific City
www.lulu.com
Pacific CityOR
Eleanor T Beaty
Through The Eyes of Darkness
http://www.amazon.com/Through-Eyes-Darkness-Eleanor-Beaty/dp/0955650062/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238177825&sr=8-1
MiamiFL
Cheryl Carpinello
Guinevere: On the Eve of Legend
http://www.outskirtspress.com/Guinevere
LittletonCO
Gianna Scannell
Tomorrow Will Never Come
White SalmonWA
Amanda Lee Bogart
Fantasy Fighters I: Flicker of Light
www.fantasyfightersonline.com
North Palm BeachFL
Diana Hurwitz
Mythikas Island Book One: Diana
www.DianaHurwitz.com
FishersIN
Ellen Tisdel McKinsey
JOFI: StarSeeker
www.amazon.com
Crescent CityCA
Jeffrey A Betman
The Kidbot Kaper: Mike and Jessie Meet their Match
www.Kidbatkapers.com
Farmington HillsMI
Bonnie Raine
Islands
www.amazon.com
West ChathamMA
Anthony J Mirarchi
Cristo's Chronicles - Book One - The King's Challenge
TitusvillePA
J.M. Reep
Leah
www.lulu.com/content/5541164
San AntonioTX
Harold Torok
One Great American Eagle
ChattanoogaTN
Kyle L Higgins
Any On of Us
www.xlibris.com
ComptonCA
Lynda Lippman Lockhart
Oodles of Poodles of Dark Corner
www.booksurge.com
St PetersburgFL
Linda Massola
The Secret of the Emu Plains
BympieQueensland
Kent D Walsh
Disrupted Ambitions
www.amazon.com
YacoltWA
Karen Chilton
The Haunting on Devil's Den Road
www.ghostgirlsbooks.com
WakefieldRI
Lucy Hulme
Passages
St PaulMN
W.K. Hawkins
My Weird Family Series: My Vampire Cousin
www.lilyruthpublishing.com
ParisTX
Arnold Rudnick
E.S. Pete: Sixth Grade Sense
www.espete.com
Sherman OaksCA
Stef (aka Joanne Hughson)
Be Careful What You Wish For . . .
www.gwenstef.com
North WalesPA
M. Carol Coffey
ZOE LUCKY and the Green Gables' Mystery
VeniceFL
Peter H. Framson and Amy Tucker Carroll
Space Junk: The Future is Yesterday
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Junk-Yesterday-Amy-Tucker-Carroll/dp/0974652202/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233178112&sr=1-1
North PotomacMD
Dan Borengasser
Whiskers' Pond
www.amazon.com
SpringdaleAR
Arnita C Wright
The Stone
http://www.myspace.com/faithwriter
TopekaKS
Joseph Randell Sherman
The Legend Of Albion
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1439220190/ref%3Dnosim/cpstatscom-20
Requiao
Nibi Soto
Beyond the Map's Boundary
www.beyondthemapsboundary.com
South WeberUT
Charles Streams
The Soul Alliance: The Thorn of Gooze
www.amazon.com
ProvoUT