Middle Level Young Hoosier Winners 2000-2009

Timeline created by kault in Art and Culture

Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/17/2000	Ella Enchanted - YHBA 2000 Winner	Ella was born with a curse. She has to do whatever anyone tells her to do. She simply can't refuse. Follow Ella as she heads out on a quest to end this curse and along the way meets a colorful cast of ogres and giants. Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
05/17/2001	Forged by Fire - YHBA 2001 Winner	Since he was born, Gerald has been fascinated by fire. It dances. It shimmers, It glows. It also burns. But Gerald may be able to use it to save a life. Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
05/17/2002	Among the Hidden - YHBA 2002 Winner	Luke can't go to school. He can't go outside. He can't even sit at the supper table with his family. You see, Luke is a "third" in a time when families, by law, can only have two children. Luke stays hidden until one day, he sees a curtain move in the window next door. Will Luke be brave enough to see if there are more "thirds" next door? Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
05/17/2003	Stargirl - YHBA 2003 Winner	Stargirl is unique. She has the guts to break rules. Everybody loves her for daring to be different. Then, everybody hates her. Can she stay at the school where everyone has suddenly turned against her? Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
05/17/2004	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants - YHBA 2004 Winner	Four different girls. One pair of jeans. Magical jeans that fit each one of them perfectly even though they all have different body shapes. The girls agree to share the jeans and stories of the events that happen in their lives. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
05/17/2005	Romiette and Julio - YHBA 2005 Winner	Romiette and Julio are a modern day Romeo and Juliet. Just like that famous couple from long ago, Romiette and Julio fall deeply in love, but no one, including their friends and family, wants them to be together. Will their love also end tragically? Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
05/17/2006	The House of the Scorpion - YHBA 2006 Winner	Matt is a clone and he belongs to El Patron. This is a good thing and it's a bad thing. Most clones have their intelligence destroyed at birth, but not Matt. As the property of El Patron, a major drug lord, Matt has been spared - temporarily. Unless he can escape, El Patron has something even worse in store for Matt. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
05/17/2007	Abduction! - YHBA 2007 Winner	Bonnie is tired of taking care of her little brother. She wants to go to the mall and hang out with her friends. But it doesn't matter what she wants to do. She has to wait for Matt to come out of his Kindergarten room - but he doesn't come. He's gone. A stranger took him. Bonnie will do anything to bring him home - even risk her life. Abduction! by Peg Kehret
05/17/2008	So B. It - YHBA 2008 Winner	Mama's not quite right. She only knows 23 words. And one of them is "Soof." Heidi just knows that if she can figure out what "soof" means, then she will find out why Mama is the way she is. Maybe Heidi and her mother can even find a family. So B. It by Sarah Weeks
05/17/2009	The Lightning Thief - YHBA 2009 Winner	Percy Jackson doesn't have a normal father. His did is a god. That makes Percy a demigod with special powers he doesn't even know that he has. But, unless Percy can find the lightning bolt that belongs to the powerful god Zeus, all of mankind, including Percy and his mother, will be destroyed. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan