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Winners & Nominees (1986-1999)
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger
Amee-nah by Kenneth Thomasma
Bad, Badder, Baddest by Cynthia Voigt
Call Me Francis Tucket by Gary Paulsen
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Help! I'm Trapped in My Sister's Body by Todd Strasser
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
The Return of Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Wagon Train 911 by Jamie Gilson
1998
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen
Cyberstorm by Gloria Skurzynski
Dinosaurs Alive! by Shelly Ritthaler
Far North by Will Hobbs
The Ghost of Popcorn Hill by Betty Ren Wright
The Light on Hogback Hill by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Moose Tracks by Mary Casanova
Poppy by Avi
The Richest Kids in Town by Peg Kehret
See You Around, Sam! by Lois Lowry
The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George
1997
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
The Absolutely True Story by Willo Davis Roberts
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
A Christmas Sonata by Gary Paulsen
Dear Levi by Elvira Woodruff
The Girls Get Even by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Lostman’s River by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic
1996
 Winner |
Addy's Surprise by Connie Rose Porter
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
Beardance by Will Hobbs
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
End of the Race by Dean Hughes
Frankie Murphy’s Kiss List by Donna Guthrie
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen
The Journey Home by Isabelle Holland
Letters from a Slave Girl by Mary E. Lyons
The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
Monster Blood III by R. L. Stine
Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting
White Hare's Horses by Penina Keen Spinka
1995
Winner
Rescue Josh McGuire
by Ben Mikaelsen
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
The Dark-Thirty by Pat McKissack
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville
If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand by Kalli Dakos
Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon by Kristiana Gregory
Mama, Let's Dance by Patricia Hermes
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Sharing Susan by Eve Bunting
Somewhere Just Beyond by Barbara A. Smith
Tuck Triumphant by Theodore Taylor
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
1994
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Aldo Peanut Butter by Johanna Hurwitz
Dew Drop Dead by James Howe
The D-Poems of Jeremy Bloom by Gordon Korman
Ghost Brother by C. S. Adler
Humbug by Nina Bawden
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
The River by Gary Paulsen
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
Stonewords by Pam Conrad
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli
Wanted by Betsy Cromer Byars
1993
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
All about Sam by Lois Lowry
The Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin
Missing by James Duffy
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Practical Joke War by Alane Ferguson
The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
Shoebag by Mary James
Soup’s Hoop by Robert Newton Peck
Strider by Beverly Cleary
Teacher's Pet by Johanna Hurwitz
Who Invited the Undertaker? by Ivy Ruckman
The Young Black Stallion by Walter Farley
1992
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
38 Weeks till Summer Vacation by Mona Kerby
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade by Elvira Woodruff
The Basement Baseball Club by Jeffrey Kelly
Beetles, Lightly Toasted by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid by Alane Ferguson
The Great Male Conspiracy by Betty Bates
It's a Dog's Life by John Erickson
High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline
Lone Star by Barbara Barrie
The Shadowmaker by Ron Hansen
1991
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Amy’s Eyes by Richard Kennedy
Angel’s Mother’s Wedding by Judy Delton
Beauty by Bill Wallace
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dangerous Ground by Gloria Skurzynski
Don’t Call Me Toad! by Mary Francis Shura
The Ghost Drum by Susan Price
Glass Slippers Give You Blisters by Mary Auch
Maggie, Too by Joan Lowery Nixon
No Place for Me by Barthe DeClements
Park’s Quest by Katherine Paterson
Prisoner of Vampires by Nancy Garden
The Rainbow People by Lawrence Yep
The Show-and-Tell War and Other Stories about Adam Joshua by Janice Smith
Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin
You've Been Away All Summer by Sheila Hayes
1990
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Birthday Burglar and A Very Wicked Headmistress by Margaret Mahy
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by Patricia MacLachlan
Fran Ellen's House by Marilyn Sachs
The Happiest Ending by Yoshiko Uchida
Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith
Hobie Hansen, You're Weird by Jamie Gilson
Josie's Beau by Natalie Honeycutt
The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Cromer Byars
Nutty Can't Miss by Dean Hughes
Paul's Volcano by Beatrice Gormley
Quentin Corn by Mary Stolz
Racso and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly
The Remembering Box by Eth Clifford
A Royal Pain by Ellen Conford
Soup on Fire by Robert Newton Peck
Stinker from Space by Pamela F. Service
This is Your Captain Speaking by Ivy Ruckman
1989
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Black Suits from Outer Space by Gene DeWeese
The Great Mom Swap by Betsy Haynes
Halfback Tough by Thomas J. Dygard
Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance by Eve Bunting
Kevin Corbett Eats Flies by Patricia Hermes
Love, from the Fifth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Magic Book by Willo Davis Roberts
Me and My Veggies by Isaac Whitlatch
Mostly Michael by Robert Kimmel Smith
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Rabble Starkey by Lois Lowry
Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
The Secret Life of Dilly McBean by Dorothy Haas
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
Valentine Rosy by Sheila Greenwald
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Who's Reading Darci's Diary? by Martha Tolles
1988
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Back Yard Angel by Judy Delton
Christmas with Ida Early by Robert Burch
The Cuckoo Sister by Vivien Alcock
Daphne’s Book by Mary Downing Hahn
Devil’s Race by Avi
Invisible Lissa by Natalie Honeycutt
Just Tell Me When We’re Dead! by Eth Clifford
Nutty and the Case of the Mastermind Thief by Dean Hughes
Oh Honestly, Angela! by Nancy K. Robinson
The Oscar J. Noodleman Television Network by Stephen Manes
Pets, Vets, and Marty Howard by Joan Davenport Carris
Rich Mitch by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Soup on Ice by Robert Newton Peck
Trapped in the Slickrock Canyon by Gloria Skurzynski
Who Put That Hair in my Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli
Wordchanger by Mary Haynes
Yesterday’s Horses by Jean Slaughter Doty
1987
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Babe by Dick King-Smith
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
Blair's Nightmare by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Building Blocks by Cynthia Voigt
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson
Cracker Jackson by Betsy Cromer Byars
The Dancing Cats of Applesap by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck by Ellen Conford
Omega Station by Alfred Slote
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad
Raising a Mother Isn't Easy by Elisabet McHugh
The Song of Pentecost by W. J. Corbett
The Terrible Truth by Stephen Roos
Tink in a Tangle by Dorothy Haas
Your Former Friend, Matthew by LouAnn Bigge Gaeddert
1986
 Winner |
 First runner-up |
 Second runner-up |
Other Nominees
4B Goes Wild by Jamie Gilson
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst by Lois Lowry
Banana Blitz by Florence Parry Heide
The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe
The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord
Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Save Queen of Sheba by Louise Moeri
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Summer Switch by Mary Rodgers
Toad Food and Measle Soup by Christine McDonnell
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
The Wild Children by Felice Holman