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BOOKLIST - MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH
 
The Middle School/Junior High award began in 1980; it was not included in the voting in 1981.
2013 WINNER
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper Out of My Mind
by Sharon Draper
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
NOMINEES
Invisible Lines by Mary Amato Invisible Lines
by Mary Amato
Egmont USA, 2009.

Wild Things by Clay Carmichael



Wild Things
by Clay Carmichael.
Front Street, 2009.


2012 WINNER
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass Every Soul a Star,
by Wendy Mass.  
Little, Brown & Co., 2008.
NOMINEES
Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel by Ying Chang Compestine Revolution is Not a Dinner Party:  A Novel
by Ying Chang Compestine.
Henry Holt, 2007.

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Conner

Waiting for Normal
by Leslie Conner.  
Katherine Tegen Books, 2008.


2011 WINNER
racker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohota Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam
by Cynthia Kadohota. Atheneum, 2007.
NOMINEES
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul Curtis. Scholastic, 2007
Skulduggery Pleasant: Scepter of the Ancients, Book 1 by Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant: Scepter of the Ancients, Book 1
by Derek Landy.  The Bowen Press, 2007.

 

2010 WINNER
Alabama Moon by Watt Key Alabama Moon
by Watt Key. 
Straus & Giroux, 2006
NOMINEES
Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607 by Elisa Carbone. Viking, 2006. Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607
by Elisa Carbone
Viking, 2006.
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007.

 

2009 WINNER
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson
(Delacorte Press, 2006)
NOMINEES
Rules by Cynthia Lord Rules
by Cynthia Lord
(Scholastic Press, 2006)
Heat by Mike Lupica Heat
by Mike Lupica
(Philomel Books, 2006)

 

2008 WINNER
The Schwa Was Here The Schwa was Here
by Neal Shusterman
(Dutton Children's Books, 2004)
NOMINEES
Chicken Boy Chicken Boy
by Frances O'Roark Dowell (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005)
Day of Tears Day of Tears
by Julius Lester
(Hyperion Books for Children, 2005)

 

2007 WINNER
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Putnam's, 2004)
NOMINEES
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan. (Scholastic, 2004)
Letters from Wolfie by Patti Sherlock. (Viking, 2004)

 

2006 WINNER
12 Again by Sue Corbett. (Dutton Children's Books, 2002)
NOMINEES
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. (Wendy Lamb Books, 2002)
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer. (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002)

 

2005 WINNER
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (Philomel Books, 2002)
NOMINEES
Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez (Houghton Mifflin Co, 2001)
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan (HarperCollins, 2002)

 

2004 WINNER Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf, 2001)
NOMINEES Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman (Hyperion, 2000)

 

2003 WINNER Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (HarperCollins, 2001)
NOMINEES

Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic, 2000)

Guy Time by Sarah Weeks (HarperCollins, 2000)
 

 

2002 WINNER Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998)
NOMINEES Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy by Wendelin Van Draanen (Random House, 1999)
The Skin I'm In by Sharon Flake (Hyperion, 1998)

 

2001 WINNER Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
NOMINEES P.S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin (Scholastic, 1998)
Sasquatch by Roland Smith (Hyperion, 1998)

 

2000 WINNER Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins, 1997)
NOMINEES Lone Wolf by Kristine Franklin (Candlewick Press, 1997)
Voices of Silence by Bel Mooney (Delacorte, 1997)

 

1999 WINNER Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (Delacorte, 1994)
NOMINEES The Fire Pony by Rodman Philbrick (Scholastic, 1996)
Jip: His Story by Katherine Paterson (Lodestar, 1996)

 

1998 WINNER The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte, 1995)
NOMINEES Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 1995; Pocket Books, Aladdin, 1997)
Who's There? by Stephanie Tolan (Morrow, 1994)
 

 

1997 WINNER Sparrow Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen (Hyperion, 1993)
NOMINEES Steal Away Home by Lois Ruby (Macmillan, 1994)
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams (Dial, 1995)

 

1996 WINNER Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (Scholastic, 1993)
NOMINEES The Boggart by Susan Cooper (McElderry Books/Macmillan, 1993)
Crazy Lady! by Jane Leslie Conly (HarperCollins, 1993)
 

 

1995 WINNER Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen (Hyperion, 1991; 1993)
NOMINEES Buffalo Brenda by Jill Pinkwater (Macmillan, 1989; Aladdin, 1992)
Fool's Gold by Zilpha Keatley Snyder (Delacorte, 1993)

 

1994 WINNER There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (Simon & Schuster, 1991; 1993)
NOMINEES Face to Face by Marion Dane Bauer (Clarion, 1991)
Voices After Midnight by Richard Peck (Delacorte, 1989; Dell, 1990)

 

1993 WINNER Something Upstairs by Avi (Orchard, 1988, Avon 1990)
NOMINEES Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990)
Mouse Rap by Walter Dean Myers (HarperCollins, 1990; 1992)

 

1992 WINNER Sniper by Theodore Taylor (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989)
NOMINEES The Facts & Fictions of Minna Pratt by Patricia MacLachlan HarperCollins, 1988
The Secret of Gumbo Grove by Eleanora Tate (Franklin Watts, 1987)

 

1991 WINNER December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion, 1988)
NOMINEES Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell (Houghton Mifflin, 1988)
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (Clarion, 1986; Dell, 1987)

 

1990 WINNER The Other Side of Dark by Joan Lowery Nixon (Delacorte, 1986; Dell, 1987)
NOMINEES Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Bradbury Press, 1987)
Return to Bitter Creek by Doris Buchanan Smith (Viking, 1986)

 

1989 WINNER The Stalker by Joan Lowery Nixon (Delacorte, 1985)
NOMINEES After the Dancing Days by Margaret Rostkowski (Harper & Row, 1986)
Sizzle and Splat by Ronald Kidd (Lodestar, 1983; Dell, 1986)

 

1988 WINNER The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn (Scribner, 1983; Penguin, 1985)
NOMINEES Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson (Lodestar, 1984; Avon, 1986)
The Fighting Ground by Avi Lippincott; 1984, (Harper Junior Books, 1987)

 

1987 WINNER You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye by Patricia Hermes (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982; Scholastic, 1984)
NOMINEES Dragon's Blood by Jane Yolen (Delacorte, 1982; Dell, 1984)
Someone is Hiding on Alcatraz Island by Eve Bunting (Houghton Mifflin, 1984)

 

1986 WINNER Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts (Atheneum, 1980; Scholastic, 1982)
NOMINEES A Solitary Blue by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum, 1983; Fawcett, 1985)
Who Killed Sack Annie? by Dana Brookins (Clarion, 1983)

 

1985 WINNER Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow, 1983; Avon, 1981)
NOMINEES The Animal, the Vegetable, and John D. Jones by Betsy Byars (Delacorte, 1982; Dell, 1983)
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum, 1982; Fawcett, 1995)

 

1984 WINNER There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger (Delacorte, 1980; Dell, 1982)
NOMINEES Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy from Mars by Daniel M. Pinkwater (Dutton, 1979; Bantam, 1981)
The Lemon Meringue Dog by Walt Morey (Dutton, 1980)

 

1983 WINNER Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Bradbury, 1981; Dell, 1982)
NOMINEES Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? by Paula Danziger (Delacorte, 1979; Dell, 1980)
The Young Landlords by Walter Dean Myers (Viking, 1979; Avon, 1980)

 

1982 WINNER Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (Little, Brown, 1987; Archway, 1980)
NOMINEES Ghosts I Have Been by Richard Peck (Viking Press, 1977; Dell, 1979)
The Mark of Conte by Sonia Levitin (Atheneum, 1976; Aladdin, 1979)
The Pistachio Prescription by Paula Danziger (Delacorte, 1979; Dell, 1980)
    Tex by S.E. Hinton (Delacorte, 1979; Dell, 1978)
   

 

1980 WINNER The Pinballs by Betsy Byars (Harper & Row, 1977)
NOMINEES The Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (Crowell, 1977)
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (Atheneum, 1976)
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (Harper & Row, 1975)
    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (Dial, 1976)
     

 

 

 

 

 


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