Past Winners
The first list of nominated books was distributed for the 1991-92 school year. There were only two awards at
that time (Picture Book and Book Award.) For the 1992-93 school year, the committee decided to have three
awards: Picture Book, Grades 4-6, and Grades 6-9. The first high school winner was announced in 2000.
2012 - 2013
Picture Books
Jef Czekaj
Cat Secrets
Grades 4 - 6
Gill Lewis
Wild Wings
Grades 6 - 9
Adam Gidwitz
A Tale Dark & Grimm
High school
Veronica Roth
Divergent
2011 - 2012
Picture Books
Scillian/Bowers
Memoirs of a Goldfish
Grades 4 - 6
Victoria Forester
The Girl Who Could Fly
Grades 6 - 9
Sharon Draper
Out of My Mind
High school
April Henry
Girl, Stolen
2010 - 2011
Picture Books
Tony Fucile
Let’s Do Nothing
Grades 4 - 6
Wendy Mass
11 Birthdays
Grades 6 - 9
S. A. Bodeen
The Compound
High school
Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games
2009 - 2010
Picture Books
Mélanie Watt
Chester
Grades 4 - 6
Gordon Korman
Swindle
Grades 6 - 9
Gordon Korman
Schooled
High school
Neal Shusterman
Unwind
2008-2009
Picture Books
Mélanie Watt
Scaredy Squirrel
Grades 4 - 6
Andrew Clements
No Talking
Grades 6 - 9
Ally Carter
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You
High school
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Life As We Knew IT
2007 - 2008
Picture Books
Stevens/Crummel
The Great Fuzz Frenzy
Grades 4 - 6
Joseph Delaney
Revenge of the Witch: The Last Apprentice
Grades 6 - 9
Jordan Sonnenblick
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie
High school
Stephenie Meyer
Twilight
2006 - 2007
Picture Book
Kevin O’Malley
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
Grades 4 - 6
Dori Butler
Trading Places with Tank Talbott
Grades 6 - 9
Priscilla Cummings
Red Kayak
High School
Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper
2005 - 2006
Picture Book
Leah Wilcox
Falling for Rapunzel
Grades 4 - 6
Betty Birney
The World According to Humphrey
Grades 6 - 9
Jeanne DuPrau
The City of Ember
High School
Neal Shusterman
Full Tilt
2004 - 2005
Picture Book
French/Whatley
Diary of a Wombat
Grades 4 - 6
Diane Stanley
Mysterious Matter of I. M. Finek
Grades 6 - 9
Vivian Vande Velde Heir Apparent
High School
Margaret Bechard
Hanging on to Max
2003 - 2004
Picture Book
Prelutsky/Sis
Scranimals
Grades 4 - 6
Dan Gutman
Million Dollar Kick
Grades 6 - 9
Anthony Horowitz
Point Blank
High School
Alex Flinn
Breathing Underwater
2002 - 2003
Picture Book
Palatini/Egielski
Web Files
Grades 4 - 6
Betsy Duffey
Cody Unplugged
Grades 6 - 9
Julie Ann Peters
Define Normal
High School
Ann Brashares
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2001 - 2002
Picture Book
Cronin/Lewin
Click, Clack, Moo
Grades 4 - 6
Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn Dixie
Grades 6 - 9
Vivian Vande Velde There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around
High School
Jacqueline Woodson If You Come Softly
2000 - 2001
Picture Book
Simms/Catrow
Rotten Teeth
Grades 4 - 6
Gordon Korman
The 6th Grade Nickname Game
Grades 6 - 9
Louis Sachar
Holes
High School
Sarah Dessen
Nancy Werlin
Someone Like You
The Killer's Cousin
1999 - 2000
Picture Books
David Shannon
A Bad Case of the Stripes
Grades 4 - 6
Lee Wardlaw
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents
Grades 6 - 9
Gail Carson Levine
Ella Enchanted
High school
David Klass
Danger Zone
1998-1999
Picture Books
Rod Clement
Just Another Ordinary Day
Grade 4-6
Andrew Clements
Frindle
Grade 6-9
Margaret Haddix
Don't You Dare Read This Mrs. Dumphries
1997-1998
Picture Book
Margie Palatini
Piggie Pie!
Grade 4-6
Sid Fleischman
The13th Floor: A Ghost Story
Grade 6-9
Margaret P. Haddix
Running Out of Time
1996-1997
Picture Book
Tom Birdseye
Grade 4-6
Mary Downing Hahn Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Grade 6-9
Joan Lowery Nixon
Soap! Soap! Don't Forget the Soap!
The Name of the Game Was Murder
1995-1996
Picture Book
Jerdine Nolen
Harold
Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm
Grade 4-6
Elvira Woodruff
Ghosts Don't Get Goosebumps
Grade 6-9
Jim Murphy
Night Terrors
1994-1995
Picture Book
Ed Emberly
Go Away, Big Green Monster
Grade 4-6
Jerry Spinelli
Fourth Grade Rats
Grade 6-9
Lois Lowry
The Giver
1993 -1994
Picture Book
Jan Brett
Trouble with Trolls
Grade 4-6
Bruce Coville
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Grade 6-9
Mary Downing Hahn Stepping on the Cracks
1992 -1993
Picture Book
Sam Swope
The Araboolies of Liberty Street
Grade 4-6
Judy Blume
Fudge-A-Mania
Grade 6-9
Annette Curtis Klause The Silver Kiss
1991 -1992
Picture Book
Jon Scieszka
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf
Book Award
Roald Dahl
Matilda