| Year |
Author |
Title |
| 2010 |
Mary Downing Hahn |
Deep and Dark and Dangerous |
| 2009 |
Rick Riordan |
Sea of Monsters |
| 2008 |
Rick Riordan |
The Lightning Thief |
| 2007 |
Peg Kehret |
Abduction! |
| 2006 |
Jeanne DuPrau |
City Of Ember |
| 2005 |
Janet Lee Carey |
Wenny Has Wings |
| 2004 |
Roland Smith |
Zach's Lie |
| 2003 |
Kate Dicamillo |
Because of Winn-Dixie |
| 2002 |
Carol Gorman |
Dork In Disguise |
| 2001 |
Louis Sachar |
Holes |
| 2000 |
Phyllis Naylor |
Saving Shiloh |
| 1999 |
Peg Kehret |
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio [JB K261] |
| 1998 |
Barbara Williams |
Titanic Crossing |
| 1997 |
Mary Hahn |
Time for Andrew |
| 1996 |
Betty Ren Wright |
Ghosts of Mercy Manor |
| 1995 |
June Rae Wood |
Man Who Loved Clowns |
| 1994 |
Phyllis Naylor |
Shiloh |
| 1993 |
Jerry Spinelli |
Maniac Magee |
| 1992 |
Mary Downing Hahn |
Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story |
| 1991 |
Lois Lowry |
All About Sam |
| 1990 |
Louis Sachar |
There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom |
| 1989 |
Eve Bunting |
Sixth-Grade Sleepover |
| 1988 |
Willo Davis Roberts |
Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job |
| 1987 |
Robert Kimmel Smith |
War With Grandpa |
| 1986 |
Betty Ren Wright |
The Dollhouse Murders |
| 1985 |
Pat Rhoads Mauser |
A Bundle of Sticks |
| 1984 |
Betty Miles |
The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ |
| 1983 |
Willo Davis Roberts |
The Girl With Silver Eyes |
| 1982 |
Marian Place |
The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot |
| 1981 |
Robert Peck |
Soup for President |
| 1980 |
Betsy Byars |
Pinballs |
| 1979 |
Roger Drury |
Champion of Merrimack County |
| 1978 |
Beverly Cleary |
Ramona the Brave |
| 1977 |
Sid Fleischman |
The Ghost of Saturday Night |
| 1976 |
Scott Corbett |
The Home Run Trick |
| 1975 |
Thomas Rockwell |
How to Eat Fried Worms |
| 1974 |
Robert C. Lee |
It's a Mile From Here to Glory |
| 1973 |
Robert C. O'Brien |
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh |
| 1972 |
William H. Armstrong |
Sounder |
