1985 Nominated Titles The Stupids Die – Harry Allard Swiftly Tilting Planet – Madeline L’Engle Ramona Quimby, Age 8 – Beverly Cleary A Summer to Die – Lois Lowry There’s a Bat in Bunk Five – Paula Danziger The Island Keeper – Harry Mazer Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade – Barthe DeClements Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Trinka Noble Kitty in the Middle – Judy Delton Jacob Have I Loved – Katherine Paterson Big Anthony & the Magic Ring – Tomie de Paola Girl with the Silver Eyes – D. Roberts Stranger with My Face – Lois Duncan Lizard’s Song – George Shannon Stone Fox – John R. Gardiner Light in the Attic – Shel Silverstein Fourth Celebrity – Patricia R. Giff Jumanji – Chris Van Allsburg Do Bananas Chew Gum? – Jamie Gilson Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday-Judith Viorst 1986 Nominated Titles The Berenstain Bears & The Messy Room – Berenstains Round Trip – Ann Jonas The Wish Giver – Bill Brittan The Unicorn and the Lake – Marianna Cybil War – Betsey Byars Operation: Dump the Chump – Barbara Park Dear Mr. Henshaw – Beverly Cleary Amelia Bedelia and the Baby – Peggy Parish The Monster’s Ring – Bruce Coville What Do You Do When Your Mouth Won’t Open-Susan Pfeffer The BFG – Roald Dahl Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Alvin Schwartz The Divorce Express – Paula Danziger Trapped in the Slickrock Canyon - Gloria Skurzynski Homesick: My Own Story – Jean Fritz Doctor De Soto – William Steig Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub – Jamie Gilson Me and the Weirdos – Jane Sutton Celery Stalks at Midnight – James Howe Dicey’s Song – Cynthia Voigt
2003 Nominated Titles Picture Chapter YA Albert – Donna Jo Napoli Babe and Me – Dan Gutman Fire, Bed, & Bone – Henrietta Branford Family of Earth – Schim Schimmel Dear Mrs. Ryan, You’re Ruining My Life – Jennifer Jones Jason’s Gold – Will Hobbs Great Pig Search – Eileen Christelow Don’t Tell Anyone – Peg Kehret Year Down Yonder – Richard Peck My Duck – Linch Imp that Ate my Homework – Laurence Yep Esperanza Rising – Pam M. Ryan One Tiny Turtle – Nichola Davies Island of the Aunts – Eva Ibbotson Downsiders – Neal Shusterman Sophie’s Masterpiece – Eileen Spinelli Jake’s Orphan – Margaret Brooke Stargirl – Jerry Spinelli Hole – Graeme Base Love that Dog – Sharon Creech Stuck in Neutral – Terry Trueman What Did I Look Like When I was a Baby ?– Jeanne Willis School – Andrew Clement Dovey Coe – Frances O. Dowell Widget – Lyn Rossiter Summer of – Eve Bunting When Zachary Beaver Came to Town – Kimberly W. Holt Wombat Goes Walkabout – Michael Morpurgo When Soldiers were Gone – Vera Last Book in the Universe – Rodman Philbrick 2004 Nominated Titles Picture Chapter YA A Fine, Fine School – Sharon Creech Boy at War – Harry Mazer Fair Weather – Richard Peck Crickwing – Janell Cannon Beloved Dearly – Doug Cooney Matilda Bone – Karen Cushman If You Hopped Like a Frog – Schwartz I Was a Rat – Phillip Pullman Silent to the Bone – E.L. Konigsburg Mr. Lincoln’s Way – Patricia Polacco Love, Ruby Lavender – Debbie Speak – Laurie H. Anderson Bear Snores – Wilson Nothing with a Three-Legged Dog – Graham McNamee Lord – Cornelia Funke Dancing in the Wings – Debbie Allen Over the Edge – Gloria Skurzynski Things Not Seen – Andrew Clements Mice and – Pam M. Ryan Following Fake Man – Barbara W. Holmes Touching Spirit Bear – Ben Mikaelson Mucha! Muncha! Muncha! –Candace Fleming Star in the – Joan H. Harlow Turnabout – Margaret P. Haddix Ruby’s Wish – Shirin Y. Bridges Transmogrification of Rosco Wizzle – David Elliot Mary, Bloody Mary – Carolyn Meyer Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea- Lisa Wheeler Word – Mary Amato Multiple Choice – Tashjian
2006 Nominated Titles Nonfiction Picture Intermediate Teen A is for Abigail – Lynne Cheney Boom, Chicka, Rock – John Archambault Coraline – Neil Gaiman City of Ember – Jeanne DuPrau Actual Size – Steve Jenkins Bugliest Bug – Carol D. Shields Fame & Glory in Freedom, Georgia – Barbara O’Connor Dead Girls Don’t Write Letters – Gail Giles Caves – David L. Harrison Don’t Ever Cross that Road – Conrad Storad Granny Torrelli Makes Soup – Sharon Creech Eragon – Christopher Paolini Complete Book of the Night – Sally Tagholm My Lucky Day – Keiko Kasza Ida B…& Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, & (Possibly) Save the World – Katherine M, Hannigan Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen Eureka! Great Inventions & How they Happened – Richard Platt Seed & the Saguaro – Jennifer Ward Leon & the Spitting Image – Allen Kurzweil Gospel According to Larry- Janet Tashjian Grapes of Math – Greg Tang Something Might Happen – Helen Lester Peter & the Starcatcher – Dave Berry & Ridley Pearson Lord of the Kill – Theodore Taylor My Light – Molly Bang Wallace’s List – Barbara Bottner Ravenmaster’s Secret – Elvira Woodruff Mississippi Trial, 1955 – Chris Crowe What do you do with a Tail Like This ?– Jenkins Wild About Books – Judy Sierra Runt – Marion Bauer One of Those Hideous Books Were the Mother Dies – Sonya Sones Skinny-dipping at Monster Lake – Bill Wallace Pirates! True & Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe & Nancy Kington, Female Pirates – Celia Rees Spy Cat – Peg Kehret River Between Us – Richard Peck
World 2007 Nominated Titles Nonfiction Picture Intermediate Teen Dirt – Steve Tomechek Armadilly Chili – Helen Ketteman Becoming Leon – Pam M. Ryan After – Francine Prose Fields of Fury: American Civil War – James M. McPhearson A Box of Friends – Pam M. Ryan Boy Who Baseball – John Ritter Airborn – Kenneth Oppel Geogra-fleas !: Riddles All Over the Map – Joan Holub Coming on Home Soon – Jacqueline Woodson Chu Ju’s House – Gloria Whelan Ashes of Roses – Mary Jane Auch George Washington’s Teeth – Deborah Chandra Ella the Elegant Elephant – Carmelo D’Amico Close Encounters of the Kind – Jennifer Stewart Battle of Jericho – Sharon M. Draper I Face the Wind – Cobb Farfallina & Marcel – Holly Keller Dragon Rider – Cornelia Funke Dark Pond – Joseph Bruchac My Brother Martin – Christine K. Farris Old Cricket – Lisa Wheeler Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism – Georgia Byng Heir Apparent – Vivian Vande Velde Sir Cumference & Sword in the Cone – Cindy Neuschwander Pinduli – Janell Cannon Shredderman: Secret Identity- Wendelin Van Draanen Baby, Sweetheart – Deb Caletti So You Want to be an Inventor – Judith St. George Something to Tell the Grandcows – Eileen Spinelli about Sparrows – Marian Hale My Life & Death by Alexandra Canarsie – Susan H. O’Keefe Tutankhamen, the Boy King – Jackie Graff Souperchicken – Mary Jane Auch Voyage of Patience Goodspeed – Heather V. Frederick Once Upon a Marigold – Jean Ferris What’s the Matter in Mr. Whisker’s Room? – Michael E. Ross Zen Shorts – Jon J. Muth Worth – A. LaFaye Son of the Mob – Gordon Korman
2009 Nominated Titles Nonfiction Picture Intermediate Tween Ant, Ant, Ant: an Insect Chant – April P. Sayre Bats at the Beach – Brian Lies Blood on the River James Town – Elisa Carbone at Midnight- Diane Stanley Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore- Jim Arnosky But Excuse Me, That is My Book – Lauren Child Clementine – Sara Pennypacker Duck – Janet Taylor Lisle Boy Were We Wrong about the Dinosaurs! – Kathleen Kudlinski Chicks & Salsa – Aaron Reynolds Counting on – Elizabeth Winthrop Crossing the Wire – Will to Last: Building America’s Amazing Bridges, Dams, Tunnels, & Skyscrapers – George Sullivan Duck at the Door – Jackie Urbanovic Deep & Dark & Dangerous – Mary D. Hahn Girls, & Dangerous Pie – Jordan Sonnenblick Cookies: Bite Lessons – Amy K. Rosenthal Max’s Words – Kate Banks Invention of Hugo Cabret – Brian Selznick Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp – Richard Yancy Eats, Shoots, & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference – Lynne Truss Perfect Nest – Catherine Friend Lunch Money – Andrew Clement Eyes of the Emperor – Graham Salisbury An Egg is Quiet – Diana H. Aston Phoebe & Chub – Matthew H. Hall Phineas L. Macguire-Erupts: the Experiment – Frances O. Dowell Jeremy Fink & Meaning of Life – Wendy Mass Estimations – Bruce Goldstone Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School – Judy Sierra Sisters Grimm: Fairy-Tale Detectives – Michael Buckley Kingdom Keepers – Ridley Pearson Monkey Business – Wallace Edwards Some Dog! – Mary Casanova Yellow Star – Jennifer R. Roy Life as We Knew It – B. Pfeffer Theodore – Frank Keating There was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea – Jennifer Ward Younguncle Comes to Town- Vandana Singh Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 – Andrea White
2011 Nominated Titles Nonfiction Picture Intermediate Tween Big Cats: Hunters of the Night – Elaine Landau I Need My Monster – Amanda Noll Chicken Feathers – Joy Cowley Brooklyn Nine – Alan Gratz Guess What is Growing Inside this Egg – Mia Posada Sylvie – Jennifer G. Sattler Dragonfly Pool – Eva Ibbotson Chains – Laurie H. Anderson Black Book of Colors – Menena Cottin Chicken Dance – Tammi Sauer Drita, My Homegirl – Jenny Lombard Crooked Kind of Perfect – Linda Urban Round Like a Ball – Lisa C. Ernst Cow that Laid an Egg – Andy Cutbill Eleven – Patricia R. Giff Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature – Robin Brande Look Closely Across the Desert – Frank Serafini Duck Soup – Jackie Urbanovic Gollywhopper – Jody Feldman Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman Robots: from Everyday to Out of This World – Editors of YES Magazine Woolbur – Leslie Helakoski Highway Cats – Janet T. Lisle H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education – Mark Waldern Jackson & Bud’s Ride: America’s First Cross-Country Automobile Trip- Elizabeth Sloppy Joe – David Keane The Leanin’ Dog – K.A. Nuzum Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins Zachary Z. Packrat & His Amazing Collections: Based on a True Story-Brooke Bessesen Little Audrey – Ruth White London Eye Mystery – Siobhan Dowd Wangari’s Trees of Peace: a True Story of Africa- Jeannette Winter Princess Pig – Eileen Spinelli Seer of Shadows – Avi My Fair Godmother – Janette Rallison Trout are Made of Trees – April P. Sayre Martha in the Middle – Jan Fearnley Sky Inside – Clare Dunkle Palace of Mirrors – Margaret P. Haddix