What do the books The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein and illustrated by Matt Faulkner, Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares have in common? They were all 2004 winners of the Young Hoosier Book Award. The Young Hoosier Book Award Program (YHBA) allows children throughout the state of Indiana to read a variety of books and vote for their favorite one.