Bram Stoker Award
2003
Winner
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, j ROW,
YA Rowling, J.
Harry Potter, now a fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, struggles with a threatening teacher,
problematic house elf, the dread of upcoming final exams, and haunting dreams that hint toward his mysterious past.
Nominees
Even Odder: More
Stories To Chill The Heart
by Steve Burt
The Oracle Betrayed by Catherine Fisher
After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a
scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.
The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves
come out, the adventure begins.
A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
After discovering the secrets that lie in an abandoned house, fourteen-year-old Susan Backstrom, with the help of some new
friends, has the ability to make a safe, new life for herself.
2002
Winner
Coraline
by Neil Gaiman
YA Gaiman, N.
When
Coraline steps through the locked doors in her family's new flat, she finds a
world which caters to her every whim. But when she wants to leave, things turn
unpleasant.
Nominees
Abarat
by Clive Barker YA
Barker, C
Candy Quackenbush from Chickentown, U.S.A., is about to embark on an epic
journey that will change her boring life forever as she dives from a barren
field in Minnesota into the enormous Sea of Izabella.
Cat in Glass and Other Tales of
the Unnatural by Nancy Etchemendy
This gripping collection includes eight tales of the weird and
otherworldly from the first two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award in the
children's category--for "Bigger Than Death" in 1998 and for "The
Power of Un" in 2000.
Abu
and the Seven Marvels by Richard
Mateson and William Stout
Well-crafted prose and fine illustrations portray the story of a young peasant
in search of the seven marvels of the world.