Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Awards (1985-2006)

Awarded each year to the most popular book selected by a vote of middle and high school students in Colorado. Winners include both fiction and non-fiction.

Click on the title to read a short summary of the book, and to place a hold.

The number in parentheses after each book is the year in which it was awarded the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2006)

Eragon by Christopher Paolini (2005)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (2004)

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks (2003)

The Lost Boy by David Pelzer (2002)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (2001)

Holes by Louis Sachar (2000)

Downriver by Will Hobs (1998)

The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney (1996)

The Client by John Grisham (1995)

It by Stephen King (1994)

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (1993)

Changes in Latitude by Will Hobbs (1992)

Pet Sematary by Stephen King (1991)

The Cradle Will Fall by Mary Higgins Clark (1990)

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (1989)

The Other Side of Dark by Joan Lowery Nixon (1988)

The Third Eye by Lois Duncan (1987)

The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1986)

Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (1985)