MHL Ongoing List of Nominees and Winners


1	Year Nominated
2	2020-2021	Division 1 -- Title	Author
3		Because of the Rabbit	Cynthia Lord
4		Sled Dog School	Terry Lynn Johnson
5		Wishtree	Katherine Applegate
6		Front Desk	Kelly Yang
7		Mustaches for Maddie	Chad Morris
8		Bob	Wendy Mass
9		Crossover Title	Crossover-- Author
10		Restart	Gordan Korman
11		Insignificant Life of a Cactus	Dusti Bowling
12		New Kid	Jerry Craft
13		Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess	Shari Green
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15
16		Division 2 -- Title	Author
17		Spirit Hunters	Ellen Oh
18		The Truth as Told By Mason Buttle	Leslie Connor
19		Resistance	Jennifer Nielson
20		Float	Laura Martin
21		The Bridge Home	Padma Venkatraman
22		Posted	John David Anderson
23		Crossover Title	Crossover-- Author
24		Restart	Gordan Korman
25		Insignificant Life of a Cactus	Dusti Bowling
26		New Kid	Jerry Craft
27		Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess	Shari Green


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles

2	2019-2020
3		Amina's Voice	Hena Khan
4		The End of the Wild	Nicole Helget
5		Framed! by James Ponti	James Ponti	Honor
6		Lemons	Melissa Savage
7		The Losers Club	Andrew Clements	Honor
8		The Parker Inheritance	Varian Johnson
9		Save Me a Seat	Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks
10		The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse	Brian Farrey
11		Towers Falling	Jewell Parker Rhodes
12		Wish	Barbara O'Connor	Winner
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14	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
15	2019-2020
16		Cyclone	Doreen Cronin	Honor
17		The End of the Wild	Nicole Helget
18		Framed!	James Ponti
19		Greetings from Witness Protection	Jake Burt
20		The Parker Inheritance	Varian Johnson
21		*Piecing Me Together	Renee Watson
22		Refugee	Alan Gratz	Winner
23		Terror at Bottle Creek	Watt Key
24		Towers Falling	Jewell Parker Rhodes	Honor
25		Wolf Hollow	Lauren Wolk


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2018-2019
3		The Book Scavenger	Jennifer Chamblis Bertman
4		Crenshaw	Katherine Applegate
5		Enchanted Files: Cursed	Bruce Coville
6		Fish in a Tree	Lynda Mullaly Hunt
7		Fuzzy Mud	Louis Sachar
8		The Hero Two Doors Down	Sharon Robinson
9		Last in a Long Line of Rebels	Lisa Lewis Tyre
10		Soar	Joan Bauer
11		The Terrible Two	Mac Barnett
12		Webster: Tale of An Outlaw	Ellen Emerson White
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14	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
15	2018-2019
16		The Book Scavenger	Jennifer Chamblis Bertman
17		Codename Zero	Chris Rylander
18		Fish in a Tree	Lynda Mullaly Hunt
19		Ghost	Jason Reynolds
20		The Hero Two Doors Down	Sharon Robinson
21		My Diary from the Edge of the World	Jodi Lynn Anderson
22		The Nest	Kenneth Oppel
23		A Night Divided	Jennifer A. Nielsen
24		Soar	Joan Bauer
25		The Thing About Jellyfish	Ali Benjamin


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2017-2018	Half a Chance	Cynthia Lord
3		Turn Left at the Cow	Lisa Bullard	2
4		Fort	Cynthia DeFelice	1
5		Turtle of Oman, The	Naomi Shihab Nye
6		Dinosaur Boy	Cory Putman Oakes	3
7		Honey	Sarah Weeks
8		Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea, The	Eileen Beha
9		Bo at Ballard Creek	Hill
10		Vanishing Coin, The (Magic Shop Series)	Egan
11		Appleblossom the Possum	Sloan, Holly
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13	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
14		Lois Lane: Fall Out	Bond, Gwenda
15		Beneath	Smith, Roland	3
16		Red Pencil, the	Andrea Davis Pinkey
17		Eighth day	Salerni	2
18		War that Saved My Life, The	Bradley, Kimberly Brubacker	1
19		Under the Egg	Fitzgerald
20		Half a Chance	Cynthia Lord
21		Turn Left at the Cow	Lisa Bullard
22		Fort	Cynthia DeFelice
23		Turtle of Oman, The	Naomi Shihab Nye


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2016-17	El Deafo	Cece Bell	1st Place
3		Almost Home	Joan Bauer	2nd Place
4		Nickel Bay Nick	Dean Pitchford	3rd Place
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6		Army of Frogs: A Kulipari Novel	Trevor Pryce
7		Ava & Pip	Carol Weston
8		Breaking Stalin's Nose	Eugene Yelchin
9		Capture the Flag	Kate Messner
10		Escape by Night	Laurie Myers
11		Five Lives of Our Cat Zook	Joanne Rocklin
12		Kizzy Ann Stamps	Jeri Watts
13		Secret Chicken Society	Judy Cox
14		Wild River	PJ Petersen
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16	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
17	2016-17	El Deafo	Cece Bell	1st Place
18		Almost Home	Joan Bauer	2nd Place
19		Freakling	Lana Krumwiede	3rd Place
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21		Better Nate than Ever	Tim Federle
22		Breaking Stalin's Nose	Eugene Yelchin
23		Doll Bones	Holly Black
24		Flying the Dragon	Natalie Dias Lorenzi
25		Ghetto Cowboy	Greg Neri
26		Great Greene Heist	Varian Johnson
27		I Kill the Mockingbird	Paul Acampora
28		Never Say Die	Will Hobbs
29		Nickel Bay Nick	Dean Pitchford


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2015-16	Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library	Chris Grabenstein	1st
3		Fourth Stall	Chris Rylander	2nd
4		Summer of the Wolves	Polly Carlson-Voiles	3rd
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6		8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel ÷ 1 Dog = Chaos	Vivian Vande Velde
7		Fortunately the Milk	Neil Gaiman
8		Double Dog Dare	Lisa Graff
9		Elvis and the Underdogs : 1	Jenny Lee
10		Calli be Gold	Michele Weber Hurwitz
11		Alien in my Pocket : Blast Off! :1	Nate Ball
12		When life gives you O.J.	Erica S Perl
13		Rump: the True Story of Rumpelstilskin	Liesl Shurtliff
14		Perfect Game	Fred Bowen
15	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16	2015-16	One for the Murphys	Lynda Mullaly Hunt	1st
17		Counting by 7s	Holly Goldberg Sloan	2nd
18		Fourth Stall	Chris Rylander	3rd
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20		The Lions of Little Rock	Kristin Levine
21		Camo Girl	Kekla Magoon
22		Zombie Baseball Beatdown	Paolo Bacigalupi
23		Fourmile	Watt Key
24		One Came Home	Amy Timberlake
25		Buddy	MH Herlong
26		Summer of the Wolves	Polly Carlson-Voiles
27		Rump: the True Story of Rumpelstilskin	Liesl Shurtliff
28		Perfect Game	Fred Bowen


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2014-15	Aliens on Vacation	Clete Smith
3		As Simple as it Seems	Sarah Weeks
4		Belly Up	Stuart Gibbs	First
5		Benjamin Franklinstein Lives!	Matthew McElligott
6		Breadcrumbs	Anne Ursu
7		Ghost Dog Secrets	Peg Kehret
8		Guinea Dog	Patrick Jennings
9		Kindred Souls	Patricia MacLachlan
10		Liar & Spy	Rebecca Steadman
11		My Life as a Book	Janet Tashjian
12		Sylvia & Aki	Winifred Conkling
13		Waiting for the Magic	Patricia MacLachlan
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15	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16	2014-15	Belly Up	Stuart Gibbs
17		Breathing Room	Marsha Hayles	First
18		Chomp	Carl Hiaasen
19		Cinder	MarissaMeyer
20		False Prince	Jennifer A. Nielsen
21		Ghost Dog Secrets	Peg Kehret
22		Heart of a Samurai	Margi Preus
23		Icefall	Matthew Kirby
24		Liar & Spy	Rebecca Steadman
25		My Life as a Book	Janet Tashjian
26		Wild Life	Cynthia Defelice
27		Words in the Dust *	Trent Reedy


1	Year Nominated	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2	2013-14	Because of Mr. Terupt	Rob Buyea	First Place
3	2013-14	Out of my Mind	Sharon Draper	Second Place
4	2013-14	Trouble with Chickens	Doreen Cronin	Third Place
5	2013-14	Cinderella Smith	Stephanie Barden
6	2013-14	Close to Famous	Joan Bauer
7	2013-14	Klipfish Code	Mary Casanova
8	2013-14	Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel	K.A. Holt
9	2013-14	Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze	Alan Silberberg
10	2013-14	Night Fairy	Laura Amy Schlitz
11	2013-14	One Crazy Summer	Rita Williams-Garcia
12	2013-14	Quarterback Season	Fred Bowen
13	2013-14	Turtle in Paradise	Jennifer L. Holm
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15	Year Nominated	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16	2013-14	Out of my Mind	Sharon Draper	First Place
17	2013-14	*Between Shades of Gray	Ruta Sepetys	Second Place
18	2013-14	Running Dream	Wendelin Van Draanen	Third Place
19	2013-14	Alibi Junior High	Greg Logsted
20	2013-14	Adoration of Jenna Fox	Mary E. Pearson
21	2013-14	Close to Famous	Joan Bauer
22	2013-14	Emerald Atlas	John Stephens
23	2013-14	Escape Under the Forever Sky	Eve Yohalem
24	2013-14	Heart of a Shepherd	Rosanne Parry
25	2013-14	Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze	Alan Silberberg
26	2013-14	Okay for Now	Gary D. Schmidt
27	2013-14	One Crazy Summer	Rita Williams-Garcia


1	2012-13	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		11 Birthdays	Wendy Mass	First Place
3		Secret of Zoom	Lynne Jonell	Second Place
4		Dying to Meet You	Kate Klise	Third Place
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6		Beef Princess of Practical County	Michelle Houts
7		Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet	Graham Salisbury
8		Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity	Mac Barnett
9		Diamond Willow	Helen Frost
10		Dog on His Own	Mary Jane Auch
11		Extra Credit	Andrew Clements
12		Faith, Hope, and Ivy June	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
13		Piper Reed: Navy Brat	Kimberly Willis Holt
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15	2012-13	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Matched	Ally Conde	First Place
17		Bad Girls Don't Die	Katie Alender	Second Place
18		Dark Life: Book #1	Kat Falls	Third Place
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20		After Ever After	Jordan Sonnenblick
21		Beef Princess of Practical County	Michelle Houts
22		Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity	Mac Barnett
23		Faith, Hope, and Ivy June	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
24		Diamond Willow	Helen Frost
25		Flygirl	Sherri L. Smith
26		Go Big or Go Home	Will Hobbs
27		A Long Walk to Water	Linda Sue Park
28		Woods Runner	Gary Paulsen


1	2011-2012	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Please Write in This Book	Mary Amato	First
3		Football Genius	Tim Green
4		Getting Air	Dan Gutman
5		100 Days and 99 Nights	Alan Madison
6		Captain Nobody	Dean Pitchford
7		The Dragon in the Sock Drawer	Kate Klimo and John Shroades
8		The Magic Half	Annie Barrows
9		Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel	Nikki Grimes
10		Melonhead	Katy Kelly
11		No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay)	Trudi Trueit
12		The Puzzling World of Winston Breen	Eric Berlin
13		Listen!	Stephanie S. Tolan
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15	2011-2012	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Stolen Children	Peg Kehret	First
17		Anything But Typical	Nora Raleigh Baskin
18		The Brooklyn Nine	Alan M. Gratz
19		Elephant Run	Roland Smith
20		Football Genius	Tim Green
21		Getting Air	Dan Gutman
22		The Juvie Three	Gordon Korman
23		Listen!	Stephanie S. Tolan
24		The Maze Runner	James Dashner
25		The Puzzling World of Winston Breen	Eric Berlin
26		Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow	Jessica Day George
27		The Wednesday Wars	Gary D. Schmidt


1	2010-2011	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Deep and Dark and Dangerous	Mary Downing Hahn	First
3		Found: The Missing	Margaret Peterson Haddix	Second
4		The Lemonade War	Jacqueline Davies	Third
5		The Coastwatcher	Elise Weston
6		A Crooked Kind of Perfect	Linda Urban
7		Eleven	Patricia Reilly Giff
8		The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy	William Boniface
9		How to Save Your Tail	Mary Hanson
10		No Talking	Andrew Clements
11		One-Handed Catch	M.J. Auch
12		The Sloppy Copy Slipup	DyAnne DiSalvo
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14	2010-2011	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
15		Deep and Dark and Dangerous	Mary Downing Hahn	First
16		Found: The Missing	Margaret Peterson Haddix	Second
17		Someone Named Eva	Joan M. Wolf	Third
18		Alabama Moon	Watt Key
19		All of the Above	Shelley Pearsall and Javaka Steptoe
20		Black Duck	Janet Taylor Lisle
21		Eleven	Patricia Reilly Giff
22		Every Soul a Star	Wendy Mass
23		How to Steal a Dog	Barbara O'Connor
24		If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period	Gennifer Choldenko
25		Night of the Howling Dogs	Graham Salisbury
26		Saturday Night Dirt	Will Weaver


1	2009-2010	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Champ	Marcia Thornton Jones	1st
3		Home of the Brave	K. A. Applegate	2nd
4		Clementine	Sara Pennypacker	3rd
5		Leepike Ridge	N.D. Wilson
6		Princess Academy	Shannon Hale
7		Emmy & the Incredible Shrinking Rat	Lynne Jonell
8		Homework Machine	Dan Gutman
9		Liberation of Gabriel King	K.L. Gonig
10		Rules	Cynthia Lord
11		Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius	Frank Asch
12		Thing About Georgie	Lisa Graff
13		Year of the Dog	Grace Lin
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15	2009-2010	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You	Ally Carter	1st
17		Peak	Roland Smith	2nd
18		Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam	Cynthia Kadohata	3rd
19		Fire from the Rock	Sharon M. Draper
20		Home of the Brave	K. A. Applegate
21		Leepike Ridge	N.D. Wilson
22		Princess Academy	Shannon Hale
23		Rules	Cynthia Lord
24		Schooled	Gordon Korman
25		Notes from the Midnight Driver	Jordan Sonnenblick
26		Life as We Knew It	Susan Beth Pfeffer
27		La Linea	Ann Jaramillo


1	2008-2009	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Flush	Carl Hiaasen	1st
3		Abby Takes a Stand	Patricia McKissack
4		Gossamer	Lois Lowry
5		Jackie's Wild Seattle	Will Hobbs
6		Lunch Money	Andrew Clements
7		Mirror's Tale	P.W. Catanese
8		The Penderwicks	Jeanne Birdsall
9		Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts	Frances O'Roark Dowell
10		Princess for a Week	Betty Ren Wright
11		Project Mulberry	Linda Sue Park
12		Punished	David Lubar
13		Three Good Deeds	Vivian Vande Velde
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15	2008-2009	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Lightning Thief	Rick Riordan	1st
17		Day of Tears	Julius Lester
18		Gossamer	Lois Lowry
19		Jackie's Wild Seattle	Will Hobbs
20		Flush	Carl Hiaasen
21		Heat	Mike Lupica
22		Mirror's Tale	P.W. Catanese
23		Monsoon Summer	Mitali Perkins
24		Shackleton's Stowaway	Victoria McKernan
25		Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie	David Lubar
26		*So B. It	Sarah Weeks
27		*Soldier Boys	Dean Hughes


1	2007-2008	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Ruby Holler	Sharon Creech	1st
3		A Bear Named Trouble	Marion Dane Bauer
4		Blackwater Ben	William Durbin
5		Locomotion	Jacqueline Woodson
6		Millicent Min, Girl Genius	Lisa Yee
7		Halfway to the Sky	Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
8		The Magician's Boy Creech	Susan Cooper
9		Last Shot	John Feinstein
10		Ida B...and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world	Katherine Hannigan
11		Lulu's Hat	Susan Meddaugh
12		Made you look	Diane Roberts
13		Shredderman Secret Identity	Wendelin Van Draanen
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15	2007-2008	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie	Jordan Sonnenblick	1st
17		Code Talker	Joseph Bruchac
18		Emako Blue	Brenda Woods
19		Schwa Was Here	Neal Shusterman
20		Red Kayak	Priscilla Cummings
21		Al Capone Does my Shirts	Gennifer Choldenko
22		Last Dog on Earth	Daniel Ehrenhaft
23		Goose Girl	Shannon Hale
24		Halfway to the Sky	Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
25		Ruby Holler	Sharon Creech
26		Blackwater Ben	William Durbin
27		Last Shot	John Feinstein


1	2006-2007	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Escaping the Giant Wave	Peg Kehret	1st Place
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4		The Word Eater	Mary Amato
5		Good Dog	Avi
6		The World According to Humphrey	Betty Birney
7		Gold-Threaded Dress	Carolyn Marsden
8		Grover G Graham & Me	Mary Quattlebaum
9		Donuthead	Sue Stauffacher
10		When the Circus Comes to Town	Laurence Yep
11		Gregor the Overlander	Suzanne Collins
12		Rising Water	PJ Peterson
13		The Boy Who Saved Baseball	John Ritter
14		Becoming Naomi Leon	Pam Munoz Ryan
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16	2006-2007	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
17		Things Not Seen	Andrew Clements	1st Place
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19		Gregor the Overlander	Suzanne Collins
20		Rising Water	PJ Peterson
21		The Boy Who Saved Baseball	John Ritter
22		Becoming Naomi Leon	Pam Munoz Ryan
23		Hawksong	Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
24		Bronx Masquerade	Nikki Grimes
25		Blizzard's Wake	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
26		Airborn	Kenneth Oppel
27		Heir Apparent	Vivian Vande Velde
28		*Buddha Boy	Kathe Koja
29		*Soldier X	Don Wulffson
30		* Titles with Astericks have mature themes that may not be appropriate for all division II readers.


1	2005-2006	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Runt	Marion Dane Bauer	1st
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4		Granny Terrelli Makes Soup	Sharon Creech
5		How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay	Julia Alvarex
6		Niagra Falls, or Does It?	Henry Winkler
7		Goonie Bird Greene	Lois Lowry
8		Beloved Dearly	Doug Cooney
9		Summer of Riley	Eve Bunting
10		Lumber Camp Library	Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
11		Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle	David Elliot
12		City of Ember	Jeanne DuPrau
13		Pictures of Hollis Woods	Patricia Reilly Giff
14		Tyler on Prime Time	Steve Atinsky
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16	2005-2006	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
17		Hoot	Carl Hiassen	First
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19		City of Ember	Jeanne DuPrau
20		Pictures of Hollis Woods	Patricia Reilly Giff
21		Tyler on Prime Time	Steve Atinsky
22		Runt	Marion Dane Bauer
23		Once Upon a Marigold	Jean Ferris
24		Skeleton Man	Joseph Bruchac
25		House of the Scorpion	Nancy Farmer
26		* Speak	Laurie Halse Anderson
27		Boy at War	Henry Mazer
28		* Mississippi Trial 1955	Chris Crowe
29		Full Tilt	Neal Shusterman
30		* Titles with Astericks have mature themes that may not be appropriate for all division II readers.


1	2004-2005	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Doll People	Ann Martin	1st
3		Birchbark House	Louise Erdrich
4		Crossing Jordan	Adrian Fogelin
5		Doing Time Online	Jan Siebold
6		Dork in Disguise	Carol Gorman
7		The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine	Diane Stanley
8		Never Trust a Dead Man	Vivian Vande Velde
9		No More Dead Dogs	Gordon Korman
10		Nowhere to Call Home	Cynthia DeFelice
11		A Week in the Woods	Andrew Clements
12		Zach's Lie	Roland Smith
13		A Week in the Woods	Andrew Clements
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15	2004-2005	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Zach's Lie	Roland Smith	First
17		Nowhere to Call Home	Cynthia DeFelice
18		A Week in the Woods	Andrew Clements
19		Never Trust a Dead Man	Vivian Vande Velde
20		Nowhere to Call Home	Cynthia DeFelice
21		Big Mouth and Ugly Girl	Joyce Carol Oates
22		Crossing Jordan	Adrian Fogelin
23		Flipped	Wendelin Van Draanen
24		The Ghost in Tokaido Inn	Dorothy Hoobler
25		Hope Was Here	Joan Bauer
26		Hush	Jacqueline Woodson
27		Ties That Bind, Ties That Break	Lensey Namioka
28		A Week in the Woods	Andrew Clements


1	2003-2004	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		In the Stone Circle	Elizabeth Cody Kimmel	First
3		Breadwinner	Deborah Ellis
4		Dragon of Lonely Island	Rebecca Rupp
5		Esperanza Rising	Pam Ryan Munoz
6		The girl with 500 middle names	Margaret Peterson Haddix
7		Graduation of Jake Moon	Barbara Park
8		In the Stone Circle	Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
9		King of the dragons	Carol Fenner
10		Love Ruby Lavender	Deborah Wiles
11		Love that dog	Sharon Creech
12		Winner take all	Fred Bowen
13		Year of Miss Agnes	Kirkpatrick Hill
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15	2003-2004	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Touching Spirit Bear	Ben Mikaelsen	First
17		Breadwinner	Deborah Ellis
18		Esperanza Rising	Pam Ryan Munoz
19		Fever 1793	Laurie Halse Anderson
20		In the Stone Circle	Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
21		King of the dragons	Carol Fenner
22		Kissing doorknobs	Terry Hesser
23		Last book in the Universe	Rodman Philbrook
24		Memory Boy	Will Weaver
25		Power of Un	Nancy Etchemendy
26		Stargirl	Jerry Spinelli


1	2002-2003	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Blackwater	Eve Bunting
3		Cougar	Helen V. Griffith
4		Dovey Cove	Frances Dowell
5		Eye of the Great Bear	Bill Wallace
6		The Ghost of Fossil Glen	Cynthia DeFelice	First
7		The Girls	Amy Goldman Koss
8		Janitor's Boy	Andrew Clements
9		Morgy Makes His Move	Maggie Lewis
10		Nothing Wrong with a Three Legged Dog	Graham McNamee
11		Ruthie's Gift	Kimberly Bradley
12		Smart Dog	Vivian Vande Velde
13		Stealing Thunder	Mary Casanova
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15	2002-2003	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Blackwater	Eve Bunting
17		Cougar	Helen V. Griffith
18		The Dark Side of Nowhere	Neal Shusterman
19		Dovey Coe	Francis Dowell	First
20		Eye of the Great Bear	Bill Wallace
21		The Girls	Amy Goldman Koss
22		Give a Boy a Gun	Todd Strasser
23		Homeless Bird	Gloria Whelan
24		Jason's Gold	Will Hobbs
25		Rules of the Road	Joan Bauer
26		When Zachary Beaver Came to Town


1	2001-2002	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Silverwing	Kenneth Oppel	First
3		Alien for rent	Betsy Duffey
4		The kidnappers: a mystery	Wilo Davis Roberts
5		A letter to Mrs Roosevelt	C. Coco DeYoung
6		Old People, Frogs and Albert	Wilson
7		P.S. Longer Letter Later	Paula Danziger
8		Slump: a novel	Dave Jarzyna
9		Sun and spoon	Kevin Henkes
10		Tracks in the snow	Lucy Bledsoe
11		When the Soldiers Were Gone	Vera W. Propp
12		Willawaw!	Tom Bodett
13		Year with Butch and Spike	Gail Gauthier
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15	2001-2002	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
16		Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun	Arvella Whitmore	First
17		Alias	Mary Elizabeth Ryan
18		Armageddon Summer	Jane Yolen & Bruce Coville
19		The Door in the Lake	Nancy Butts
20		The kidnappers: a mystery	Wilo Davis Roberts
21		A letter to Mrs Roosevelt	C. Coco DeYoung
22		P.S. Longer Letter Later	Paula Danziger
23		Slump: a novel	Dave Jarzyna
24		Silverwing	Kenneth Oppel
25		Willawaw!	Tom Bodett
26		Stones in Water	Donna Jo Napoli
27		Whirligig	Paul Fleischman


1		Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Million Dollar Shot	Dan Gutman	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker	Cynthia DeFelice
6		Behind the Bedroom Wall	Laura Williams
7		Flying Solo	Ralph Fletcher
8		Glennis, Before and After	Patricia Calvert
9		Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key	Jack Gantos
10		Just Juice	Karen Hesse
11		Lone Wolf	Kristine Franklin
12		Riding Freedom	Pam Ryan
13		Tornado	Betsy Byars
14		White Water	P.J. Petersen
15
16
17	2000-2001	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
18		Among the Hidden	Margaret Peterson Haddix	First
19
20		Nominees	Author
21		Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker	Cynthia DeFelice
22		Behind the Bedroom Wall	Laura Williams
23		Flying Solo	Ralph Fletcher
24		Glennis, Before and After	Patricia Calvert
25		Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key	Jack Gantos
26		Lone Wolf	Kristine Franklin
27		The fire pony	Rodman Philbrick
28		The maze	Will Hobbs
29		Shadow spinner	Susan Fletcher
30		The virtual war	Gloria Skurzynski
31		Yestersay's Child	Sonia Levitin


1	1999-2000	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Danger in the Desert	Terri Fields	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Belle Prater's Boy	Ruth White
6		The Chicken Doesn't Skate	Gordon Korman
7		Child of the Wolves	Elizabeth Hall
8		Deep Doo-Doo	Michael Delaney
9		Gooseberry Park	Cynthia Rylant
10		Junkyard Dog	Erika Tamar
11		Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd	Mame Farrell
12		Original Freddie Ackerman	Hadley Irwin
13		Seven Spiders Spinning	Gregory Maguire
14		Thunder Cave	Roland Smith
15
16
17	1999-2000	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
18		Tangerine	Edward Bloor	First
19
20		Nominees	Author
21		Belle Prater's Boy	Ruth White
22		The Chicken Doesn't Skate	Gordon Korman
23		Child of the Wolves	Elizabeth Hall
24		Marrying Malcolm Murgatroyd	Mame Farrell
25		Alien Game	Catherine Dexter
26		Danger Zone	David Klass
27		Dangerous Skies	Suzanne Fisher Staples
28		Flight #116 is down	Caroline B Cooney
29		Thunder Cave	Roland Smith
30		Original Freddie Ackerman	Hadley Irwin
31		Music from a place called Half Moon	Jerrie Oughton


1	1998-1999	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Frindle	Andrew Clements	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		The Absolutely True Story…How I Visited Yellowstone Park With The Terrible Rupes	Willo Davis
6		Chevrolet Saturdays	Candy Dawson Boyd
7		Later, Gator	Laurence Yep
8		The Light on Hogback Hill	Cynthia De Felice
9		McMummy	Betsy Byars
10		Poppy	Avi
11		Stranded	Ben Mikaelsen
12		There's an Owl in the Shower	Jean Craighead George
13		Moose Tracks	Mary Casanova
14
15
16	1998-1999	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
17		Crash	Jerry Spinelli	First
18
19		Nominees	Author
20		Chevrolet Saturdays	Candy Dawson Boyd
21		Absolutely Normal Chaos	Sharon Creech
22		The Watsons Go to Birmingham	Christopher Paul Curtis
23		The Light on Hogback Hill	Cynthia De Felice
24		Far North	Will Hobbs
25		Freak, the Mighty	W.R. Philbrick
26		Stranded	Ben Mikaelsen
27		The Girl-Son	Anne E. Neuberger
28		Moon Bridge	Marcia Savin


1	1997-1998	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		Mick Harte was Here	Barbara Park	First
3
4
5	1997-1998	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
6		Mick Harte was Here	Barbara Park	First
7
8		Nominees	Author
9		Bigger	Patricia Calvert
10		The Boggart	Susan Cooper
11		Chelsey and the Green Haired Kid	Carol Gorman
12		Crossing the Starlight Bridge	Alice Mead
13		The Fear Place	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
14		Frindle	Andrew Clements
15		The Magnificent Mummy Maker	Elvira Woodruff
16		Mama, Let's Dance	Patricia Hermes
17		Quake! A Novel	Joe Cottonwood
18		Running Out of Time	Margaret Peterson Haddix
19		When Heroes Die	Penny Durant
20		When the Road Ends	Jean Thesman


1	1996-1997	Division I	Author	Winning Titles
2		The Summer I Shrank My Grandmother	Elvira Woodruff	1st
3	1996-1997	Division II	Author	Winning Titles
4		The Devil's Arithmatic	Jane Yolen	1st
5
6		Nominees
7		I'd Rather Be Eaten by Sharks	Elaine Moore
8		If It Hadn't Been for Yoon Jun	Marie G. Lee
9		Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns	Mary Quattlebaum
10		My Name Is Brain Brian	Jeanne Betancourt
11		My Name Is Maria Isabel	Alma Ada
12		The Rainbow Pony	Anne Crompton
13		Randall's Wall	Carol Fenner
14		Red-Dirt Jessie	Anna Myers
15		Rescue Josh McGuire	Ben Mikaelsen
16		Shape-Changer	Bill Brittain
17		The Summer of the Bonepile Monster	Aileen Kilgore Henderson


1	1995-1996	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2		Cages	Peg Kehret	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Aliens for Breakfast	Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner
6		Bearstone	Will Hobbs
7		Bringing Nettie Back	Nancy Hope Wilson
8		Devil's Bridge	Cynthia DeFelice
9		Jim Ugly	Sid Fleischman
10		Juliet Fisher and the Foolproof Plan	Natalie Honeycutt
11		Just a Little Ham	Joan Carris
12		Me Two	Mary Ryan
13		The Night the Whole Class Slept Over	Stella Pevsner
14		The Secret of Sanctuary Island	A.M. Monson
15		Sharing Susan	Eve Bunting
16		Valentine Frankenstein	Maggie Twohill
17		Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear	Lensey Namioka
18		Year of Impossible Goodbyes	Sook Nyul Choi


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1994-1995	Nightmare Mountain	Peg Kehret	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		A Month of Seven Days	Shirley Climo
6		Charlie Pippin	Candy Boyd
7		Chevrolet Saturdays	Candy Boyd
8		Cricket & the Crackerbox Kid	Alane Ferguson
9		Dogs Don't Tell Jokes	Louis Sachar
10		Finding Buck Henry	Alfred Stote
11		Freak the Mighty	Rodman Philbrick
12		Grady the Great	Judith Strommen
13		Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher	Bruce Coville
14		Leaves in October	Karen Ackerman
15		Light on Hogback Hill	Cynthia DeFelice
16		Ma and Pa Dracula	Ann Martin
17		McMummy	Betsy Byars
18		Moon Bridge	Marcia Savin
19		Our Sixth Grade Sugar Babies	Eve Bunting
20		Report to the Principal's Office	Jerry Spinelli
21		Shadowman's Way	Paul Pitts
22		Star Fisher	Lawrence Yep
23		Windcatcher	Avi


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1993-1994	38 Weeks 'Til Summer Vacation	Mona Kerby	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Danger in Quicksand Swamp	Bill Wallace
6		Dealing with Dragons	Patricia Wrede
7		Mississippi Bridge	Mildred Taylor
8		Monkey Island	Paula Fox
9		Nekomah Creek	Linda Crew
10		Otto From Otherwhere	Peni Griffin
11		Princess in the Pigpen	Jane Thomas
12		Shades of Grey	Carolyn Reeder
13		Stepping on the Cracks	Mary Hahn
14		Toughboy and Sister	Kirkpatrick Hill
15		Trading Game	Alfred Stote
16		True Confession of Charlotte Doyle	Avi
17		Whinny of the Wild Horses	Amy Laundrie
18		Why Me?	Deborah Kent


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1992-1993	Dead Man in Indian Creek	Mary Downing Hahn	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Is Anybody There?	Eve Bunting
6		Journey to Terezor	Fran Asch
7		Just My Luck	Emily Moore
8		Mustard	Charlotte Graeber
9		My Mother Got Married	Barbara Park
10		Mysterious Cases of Mr. PIN	Mary Elise onsall
11		Romeo and Juliet Together (and Alive) at Last	Avi
12		Smoke from the Chimney	Kathy Tapp
13		Staing Nine	Pam Conrad
14		Sugar Isn't Everything	Willo Davis Roberts
15		Trouble with Mothers	Marjorie Facklam
16		Voices after Midnight	Richard Peck
17		Voyage of the Frog	Gary Paulsen
18		Weasel	Cynthia DeFelice


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1991-1993	This Island Isn't Big Enough for the Four of Us	Gery Greer, Bob Ruddick	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Bobby Baseball	Robert Smith
6		Bodies in the Besseldorf Hotel	Phyllis Naylor
7		Charlie Skedaddle	Patricia Beatty
8		Courage at Indian Deep	Jane Thomas
9		Inside Out	Ann Martin
10		Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World	Mildred Walters
11		Maurice's Room	Paula Fox
12		Megan's Island	Willo Davis Roberts
13		Number the Stars	Lois Lowry
14		Pike River Phantom	Betty Wright
15		Secret Life of Dilly McBean	Dorothy Haas
16		Talking Earth	Jean Craighead George
17		Whose Side are you on?	Emily Moore
18		Wild Mustang	Joanna Campbell


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1990-1991	Hatchet	Gary Paulsen	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Beetles Lightly Toasted	Phyllis Naylor
6		Christina's Ghost	Betty Wright
7		Discovery at Coyote Point	Ann Gabhart
8		I'll Meet You at the Cucumbers	Lilian Moore
9		More Stories Julian Tells	Ann Cameron
10		Not-Just-Anybody-Family	Betsy Byars
11		Nutty Can't Miss	Dean Hughes
12		Stinker from Space	Pamela Service
13		Ten Kids, No Pets	Ann M. Martin
14		The Fighting Ground	Avi
15		The Kid in the Red Jacket	Barbara Park
16		The Twenty-five Cent Miracle	Teresa Nelson
17		Unclaimed Treasure	Patricia MacLachlan
18		What if they Knew	Patricia Hermes


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1989-1990	Wait 'til Helen Comes	Mary Downing Hahn	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job	Willo Davis Roberts
6		Call Me Friday the Thirteenth	Betty Bates
7		Flunking of Joshua T. Bates	Susan Shreve
8		Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster	Eth Clifford
9		Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs	Jamie Gilson
10		Hot and Cold Summer	Johanna Horwitz
11		Hunky-Dory Dairy	Anne Lindbergh
12		Lost Star	H.M. Hoover
13		On My Honor	Marion Bauer
14		Plant that Ate Dirty Socks	Nancy McArthur
15		Rasco and the Rats of NIMH	Jane Conly
16		Search for Grissi	Mary Shura
17		So Far From Bamboos Grove	Yoko Watkins
18		Trapped in Death Cave	Bill Wallace


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1988-1989	Eating Ice Cream with a Werewolf	Phyllis Green	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		All New Jonah Twist	Natalie Honeycutt
6		Dinah and the Green Fat Kingdom	Isabelle Holland
7		Dirt Bike Racer	Matt Christopher
8		Ferret in the Bedroom, Lizards in the Fridge	Bill Wallace
9		Great Ringtail Garbage Caper	Timothy Foote
10		I Be Somebody	Irwin Hadley
11		Journey to the Treasure	Louise Moeri
12		Kidnapping of Courtney Van Allen and What's Her Name	Joyce Cool
13		Taking Care of Terrific	Lois Lowry
14		Thatcher Payne-In-The-Neck	Betty Bates
15		This Place has no Atmosphere	Paula Danziger
16		Tracker	Gary Paulsen
17		Up from Jerico Tel	E.L. Konigsburg


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1987-1988	Night of the Twisters	Ivy Ruckman	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Alexandra	Scott O'Dell
6		Castle in the Attic	Elizabeth Winthrop
7		Come Sing, Jimmy Jo	Katherine Paterson
8		Cracker Jackson	Betsy Byars
9		Daphne's Book	Mary Hahn
10		Footprints up my Back	Kristi Holl
11		Hour of the Wolf	Patricia Calvert
12		In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson	Bette Lord
13		Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding	Stella Pevsner
14		Mystery at Peacock Place	M.F. Craig
15		Nobody's Fault?	Patricia Hermes
16		Pearl's Promise	Frank Asch
17		S.O.R. Losers	Avi
18		This Time of Darkness	H.M. Hoover


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1986-1987	Stone Fox	John Gardiner	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Backyard Angel	Judy Delton
6		Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days	Stephen Manes
7		Beanpole	Barbara Park
8		Beauty	Robin McKinley
9		Cat Walk	Mary Stolz
10		Dog Called Kitty	Bill Wallace
11		Dollhouse Murders	Betty Wright
12		Pet Sitting Peril	Willo Davis Roberts
13		Seeing Summer	Jeannette Eyerly
14		Short Season	Scott Eller
15		Solitary Blue	Cynthia Voight
16		Taking Terri Mueller	Norma Mazer Fox
17		War with Grandpa	Robert Smith
18		You Shouldn't have to Say Goodbye	Patricia Hermes


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1985-1986	Zucchini	Barbara Dana	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Between Friends	Sheila Garrigue
6		Blind Flight	Hilary Milton
7		Callendar Papers	Cynthia Voight
8		Missing Persons League	Frank Bonham
9		No Such Thing as a Witch	Ruth Chew
10		Rabbit Ears	Alfred Slote
11		Run Don't Walk	Harriet Savitz
12		Secrets of the Shopping Mall	Richard Peck
13		Sign of the Beaver	Elizabeth Speare
14		Stone Pony	Patricia Calvert
15		Trig or Treat	Robert Peck
16		Westmark	Alexander Lloyd
17		Word of the Wise	Allison Hertzig and Jane Mali
18		Words by Heart	Ouida Sebestyn


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1984-1985	Skinnybones	Barbara Park	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Anastasia at your Service	Lois Lowry
6		Anna to the Infinite Power	Mildred Ames
7		Beat the Turtle Drum	Constance Greene
8		Comeback Dog	Jane Thomas
9		Famous Stanley Kidnapping Case	Zilpha Snyder
10		Ghost Belongs to Me	Richard Peck
11		Gift of the Pirate Queen	Patricia Giff
12		Last was Lloyd	Doris Smith
13		Miss Switch to the Rescue	Bill Wallace
14		Mitzi and the Terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex	Barbara Williams
15		Night Swimmers	Betsy Byars
16		River Rats	Jean Craighead George
17		Trouble with Tuck	Theodore Tuck
18		Word from our Sponsor	Judie Angell


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1983-1984	Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade	Barthe DeClements	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Boy Who Spoke Chimp	Jane Yolen
6		Chicken Bone Wish	Barbara Girion
7		Dumb Like Me, Olivia Potts	Lila Perl
8		Getting Something on Maggie Marlmelstein	Marjorie Sharmat
9		Help! There's a Cat Washing Here!	Alison Smith
10		Into the Dream	William Sleator
11		Island Keeper	Harry Mazer
12		Journey Home	Yoshiko Uchida
13		Meat in the Sandwich	Alice Bach
14		Mrs. Fish, Ape, and Me, the Dump Queen	Norma Mazer Fox
15		Operation: Dump the Chump	Barbara Park
16		Secret Life of the Underwear Champ	Betty Miles
17		Shelter From the Wind	Marion Bauer
18		Weird Henry Bird	Sarah Sargent


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1982-1983	It Can't Hurt Forever	Marilyn Singer	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Banana Twist	Patricia Heide
6		The Cay	Theodore Taylor
7		Do Bananas Chew Gum?	Jamie Gilson
8		Eyes of the Amaryllis	Natalie Babbitt
9		Get Away Car	Eleanor Clymer
10		Girl with the Silver Eyes	Willo Davis Roberts
11		Harry Cat's Pet Puppy	George Selden
12		It can't hurt forever	Marilyn Singer
13		Left-Handed Short Stop	Patricia Giff
14		Misty and Me	Barbara Girion
15		Mr. Wolf and Me	Mary Shura
16		Rinehart Lifts	R.R. Knudson
17		Save the Queen of Sheba	Louise Moeri
18		Toby Lived Here	Hilma Wolitzer
19		Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn	John Bellairs


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1981-1982	Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Barbara Robinson	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Abel's Island	William Steig
6		All this Wild Land	Ann Clark
7		Bears Upstairs	Dorothy Haas
8		Blood in the Snow	Marilyn Shyer
9		Child of the Owl	Lawrence Yep
10		Hocus-Pocus Dilemma	Pat Kibbe
11		Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain	Jean Craighead George
12		House with a Clock in its Walls	John Bellairs
13		Last Guru	Daniel Pinkwater
14		Snow Bound	Harry Mazer
15		Soup and Me	Robert Peck
16		Tuck Everlasting	Natalie Babbitt
17		What about Me?	Colby Rodowski
18		Zanboomer	R.R. Knudsom


1		Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1980-81	Pinballs	Betsy Byars	First
3
4		Nominees	Author
5		Beloved Bebjamin is Waiting	Jean Karl
6		Billions for Boris	Mary Rodgers
7		Bunnicula	Deborah and James Howe
8		Escape into Daylight	Geoffrey Houosehold
9		Four Miles to Pinecone	John Hassler
10		Frozen Fire	James Houston
11		FTC Superstar	Mary Anderson
12		Hang Tough Paul Mather	Alfred Slote
13		Harvey, the Beer Can King	Jamie Gilson
14		May Day! May Day!	Hilary Milton
15		Ordinary Jack	Helen Criswell
16		Ramona and her Mother	Beverly Cleary
17		Remarkable Return of Winston Potterly Crisply	Eve Rice
18		Welcome Home Jelly Bean	Marilyn Shyer


1	Year Nominated	Title	Author	Winning Titles
2	1979-1980	Summer of the Monkeys	Wilson Rawls	First
3
4	1979-1980	Nominees	Author
5		Champion of Merrimack County	Roger Drury
6		Danny the Champion of the World	Roald Dahl
7		Diary of Strawberry Bridge	Helen Jacob
8		Don't Hurt Laurie	Willo Davis Roberts
9		Fox Steals Home	Matt Chrostopher
10		Gentlehands	M.E. Kerr
11		Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper	Jean Van Leeuwen
12		Great Gilly Hopkins	Katherine Paterson
13		Hoboken Chicken Emergency	Daniel Pinkwater
14		Kitty in the Middle	Judy Delton
15		Ramona and her Father	Beverly Cleary
16		Secret Friend	Marilyn Sachs
17		Star Ka'at	Andre Norton
18		Year of the Black Pony	Walt Morey