BOOKLIST - Young Adult
 
The Young Adult award began in 1977. Young Adult books were not included in the voting in 1978, 1980 and 1982.
2008 WINNER
Private Peaceful Private Peaceful
by Michael Morpugo
(Scholastic Press, 2003)

NOMINEES
Elsewhere
Elsewhere
by Gabrielle Zevin .
(Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005)
Vampire High Vampire High
by Douglas Rees
(Delacorte Press, 2003)

 

 

2007 WINNER
Shattering Glass
by Gail Giles
(Simon Pulse/ Simon and Schuster, 2002)

NOMINEES
Emako Blue
by Brenda Woods
(Putnam, 2004
)
Hanging on to Max
by Margaret Bechard
(Roaring Brook Press, 2002)

 

2006 WINNER
After
by Francine Prose
(HarperCollins, 2003)


NOMINEES
Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
by Deb Caletti
( Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004)
True Believer
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001)

 

2005 WINNER
Stormbreaker
by Anthony Horowitz
(Philomel Books, 2001)


NOMINEES
Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
(Dial Books, 2002)
Of Sound Mind
by Jean Ferris
(Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2001)

 

2004 WINNER Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka (Delacorte Press, 1999)
NOMINEES Razzle by Ellen Wittlinger (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow Books, 2001)

 

2003 WINNER Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters (Little, Brown, 2000)
NOMINEES Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer (Putnam, 2000)
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999)

 

2002 WINNER Bad by Jean Ferris (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998)
NOMINEES The Adventures of Blue Avenger by Norma Howe (Holt, 1999)
Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer (Putnam, 1998)

 

2001 WINNER Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace, 1998)
NOMINEES If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam, 1998)
Whirligig by Paul Fleischman (Henry Holt, 1998)

 

2000 WINNER Breaking Boxes by A.M. Jenkins (Delacorte, 1997)
NOMINEES Alias by Mary Elizabeth Ryan (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
The Dark Side of Nowhere: A Novel by Neal Shusterman (Little Brown, 1996)

 

1999 WINNER The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen Randle (Scholastic, 1995)
NOMINEES California Blue by David Klass (Scholastic, 1994)
Far North by Will Hobbs (Scholastic, 1995)

 

1998 WINNER Ironman by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow, 1995)
NOMINEES Flash Fire by Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic, 1995)
Thwonk by Joan Bauer (Delacorte, 1995)
 

 

1997 WINNER Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow, 1993; Dell, 1995)
NOMINEES Deliver Us from Evie by M.E. Kerr (Harper, 1994; 1995)
In The Middle of the Night by Robert Cormier (Delacorte, 1995)

 

1996 WINNER Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland (Harcourt Brace, 1994)
NOMINEES Others See Us by William Sleator (Dutton Children's Books, 1993)
Speeding Bullet by Neal Shusterman (Little Brown, 1991)
 

 

1995 WINNER Downriver by Will Hobbs (Atheneum, 1991; Bantam/Starfire, 1992)
NOMINEES Shadow Brothers by A. E. Cannon (Doubleday, 1990; Dell, 1992)
The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor (Harcourt Brace, 1991; Avon/Flare, 1993)

 

1994 WINNER We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier (Delacorte, 1991; Dell, 1993)
NOMINEES The Band Never Dances by J. D. Landis (HarperCollins, 1989; Harper Trophy, 1993)
Send No Blessings by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum, 1990; Dell, 1992)

 

1993 WINNER The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause (Delecorte, 1990; Dell, 1992)
NOMINEES Across the Grain by Jean Ferris (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993)

Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (Bantam, 1990; 1992)

 

1992 WINNER A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 )
NOMINEES Bearstone by Will Hobbs (Atheneum, 1989)
Children of the River by Linda Crew (Delacorte, 1988; Dell, 1991)

 

1991 WINNER Night Kites by M. E. Kerr (Harper & Row, 1986)
NOMINEES Pageant by Kathryn Lasky (Four Winds/Dell, 1986)
Year of the Gopher by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Atheneum, 1987, Bantam, 1988)

 

1990 WINNER Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum, 1996; Fawcett, 1987)
NOMINEES After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow/Avon, 1987)
The Year Without Michael by Susan B. Pfeffer (Bantam, 1987)

 

1989 WINNER The Face at the Edge of the World by Eve Bunting (Ticknor, 1985; Dell, 1986)
NOMINEES Prairie Songs by Pamela Conrad (Harper Jr. Books, 1985)
The War Between the Classes by Gloria Miklowitz (Delacorte, 1985; Dell, 1986)

 

1988 WINNER Interstellar Pig by William Sleator (Dutton, 1984)
NOMINEES If I Asked You, Would You Stay? by Eve Bunting (Harper & Row, 1984; Harper Jr. Books, 1987)
Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck (Delacorte, 1986; Dell, 1986)

 

1987 WINNER Pursuit by Michael French (Delacorte, 1981; Dell, 1983)
NOMINEES Close to the Edge by Gloria Miklowitz (Delacorte, 1983; Dell, 1984)
A Handful of Stars by Barbara Girion (Scribners, 1981; Dell, 1983)

 

1986 WINNER The Darkangel by Meredith Pierce (Little Brown, 1982; Dell, 1982)
NOMINEES Death Run by Jim Muphy (Clarion, 1982)
The Love Bombers by Gloria Miklowitz (Delacorte, 1980; Dell, 1982)

 

1985 WINNER The Truth Trap by Frances Miller (Dutton, 1980; Dell, 1982)
NOMINEES The Accident by Hila Colman (Morrow, 1980; Archway 1981)
Second Star to the Right by Deborah Hautzig (Greenwillow, 1981; Avon, 1982)

 

1984 WINNER Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan (Little, Brown, 1981; Dell, 1982)
NOMINEES Friends Till the End by Todd Strasser (Delacorte, 1981; Dell, 1982)
Run, Don't Walk by Harriet May Savitz (Watts, 1979; NAL, 1980)

 

1983 WINNER Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan (Little Brown, 1976; Dell, 1977 )
NOMINEES Come Alive at 5:05 by Robin F. Brancato (Knopf, 1980; Bantam, 1981)
A Ring of Endless Light by Madeleine L'Engle (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980; Dell, 1981)

 

1981 WINNER A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1977; Bantam, 1979)
NOMINEES Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice? by Paula Danziger (Delacorte, 1979; Dell, 1980)
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier (Pantheon, 1977; Dell, 1980 )
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan (Little Brown, 1978; Dell, 1979)
    Say Hello to the Hit Man by Jay Bennett (Delacorte, 1976; Dell, 1977)
     

 

1979 WINNER The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone (Putnam, 1976)
NOMINEES Are You in the House Alone? by Richard Peck (Viking, 1976)
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep (Harper & Row, 1975)

I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven (Dell, 1974)

Rumblefish by S.E. Hinton (Delacorte, 1975)

 

1977 WINNER Watership Down by Richard Adams (Macmillan, 1972)
NOMINEES All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (St. Martin's Press 1974)
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln and Christopher Collier (Four Winds Press, 1974)
Of Love & Death & Other Journeys by Isabelle Holland (Lippincott, 1975)
Saturday, the Twelfth of October by Norma Fox Mazer (Delacorte, 1975)

 

 

 

 


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