2017 Million Ways Home
Dianna Dorisi-Winget
2016 Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Chris Grabenstein
2015 Wonder
R. J. Palacio
2014 The Unwanteds
Lisa McMann
2013 Out of My Mind
Sharon Draper
2012 Runaway Twin
Peg Kehret
2011 Stolen Children
Peg Kehret
2010 Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Mary Downing Hahn
2009 Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan
2008 Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
2007 Abduction!
Peg Kehret
2006 City of Ember
Jeanne DuPrau
2005 Wenny Has Wings
Janet Lee Carey
2004 Zach’ s Lie
Roland Smith
2003 Because of Winn Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
2002 Dork in Disguise
Carol Gorman
2001 Holes
Louis Sachar
2000 Saving Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1999 Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio
Peg Kehret
1998 Titanic Crossins
Barbara Williams
1997 Time for Andrew
Mary Downing Hahn
1996 Ghosts of Mercy Manor
Mary Downing Hahn
1995 Man Who Loved Clowns
June Rae Wood
1994 Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993 Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli
1992 Doll in the Garden: A ghost story
Mary Downing Hahn
1991 All About Sam
Lois Lowry
1990 There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom
Louis Sachar
1989 Sixth Grade Sleepover
Eve Bunting
1988 Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job
Willo Davis Roberts
1987 War with Grandpa
Robert Kimmel Smith
1986 The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright
1985 A Bundle of Sticks
Pat Rhoads Mauser
1984 The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Betty Miles
1983 The Girl with Silver Eyes
Willo Davis Roberts
1982 The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot
Marian Place
1981 Soup for President
Robert Peck
1980 Pinballs
Betsy Byars
1979 Champion of Merrimack County
Roger Drury
1978 Ramona the Brave
Beverly Cleary
1977 The Ghost on Saturday Night
Sid Fleischman
1976 The Home Run Trick
Scott Corbett
1975 How to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell
1974 It’s a Mile From Here to Glory
Robert C. Lee
1973 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C. O’Brien
1972 Sounder
William H. Armstrong
