Golden Duck Awards Winners
Winners of the 2012 Golden Duck Awards for excellence in SF children’s literature were announced September 2, 2012 at a ceremony during Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Chicago IL, August 30 – September 3, 2012.
Hal Clement Award for Young Adult (tie)
- A Beautiful Friendship, David Weber (Baen)
- A Long, Long Sleep, Anna Sheehan (Candlewick)
- Tankborn, Karen Sandler (Lee & Low)
- Ashfall, Mike Mullin (Tanglewood)
- Planesrunner, Ian McDonald (Pyr)
- Bumped, Megan McCafferty (Balzer + Bray)
- Paradise Lost, Steven Layne (Pelican)
- Seizure, Kathy Reichs (Razorbill)
Eleanor Cameron Award for Middle Grades
- Worst-Case Scenario Ultimate Adventure #2: Mars!, Hena Kahn & David Borgenicht (Chronicle)
- Star Bus: Attack of the Cling-Ons, Scott Ciencin, illustrated by Jeff Crowther (Stone Arch)
- Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers, Larry David Tuxbury & Matthew McElligott (Putnam)
- Galaxy Games: The Challengers, Greg Fishbone (Lee & Low)
- Escape from Planet Yastol, Pamela F. Service, illustrated by Mike Gorman (Darby Creek)
Picture Book
- Earth to Clunk, Pam Smallcomb, illustrated by Joe Berger (Dial)
- Oogle-Flip and the Planet Adventure, Andrew Norton, illustrated by Christy Croll (Magic World Media)
- Zoom, Rocket, Zoom!, Margaret Mayo, illustrated by Alex Ayliffe (Walker Children’s)
- Pelly and Mr. Harrison Visit the Moon, Lindsay Ward (Kane/Miller)
- Light Up the Night, Jean Reidy, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irving (Hyperion)
