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2011 Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award Winner Announced

Jen Cotton
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (5th book in the Percy Jackson series) has been awarded the 2011 Colorado Blue Spruce Award--the only book award nominated and awarded by Colorado teenagers. Last year's winner was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan (5th book in the Percy Jackson series) has been awarded the 2011 Colorado Blue Spruce Award--the only book award nominated and awarded by Colorado teenagers. Last year's winner was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

The nominations for the 2012 Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award are:

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Burned by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast
Chosen by Ted Dekker
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz
Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
Evermore by Alyson Noël
Fakie by Tony Varrato
Fang: A Maximum Ride Novel by James Patterson
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
My Father's Son by Terri Fields
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

You can learn more about the award, this year's winner, the nominees for next year, and SO MUCH MORE by attending the Colorado Teen Literature Conference in Denver at the Tivoli on Saturday, April 2, 2011.
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