| Schmatz, Pat | 2012 |
| Bluefish | |
| Draper, Sharon | 2011 |
| Out of My Mind | |
| Kelly, Jacqueline | 2010 |
| The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | |
| Lin, Grace | 2010 |
| Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | 2009 |
| After Tupac & D Foster | |
| Applegate, Katherine | 2008 |
| Home of the Brave | |
| Pennypacker, Sara | 2007 |
| Clementine | |
| Burch, Christian | 2007 |
| The Manny Files | |
| Wiles, Deborah | 2006 |
| Each Little Bird that Sings | |
| Hannigan, Katherine | 2005 |
| Ida B | |
| Hale, Shannon | 2004 |
| The Goose Girl | |
| Cooney, Caroline | 2003 |
| Goddess of Yesterday | |
| Collier, Kristi | 2003 |
| Jericho Walls | |
| Williams, Vera B. | 2002 |
| Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart | |
| DiCamillo, Kate | 2001 |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | |
| Willner, Gina | 2000 |
| Figuring Out Frances | |
| Holt, Kimberly Willis | 1998 |
| My Louisiana Sky | |
| Spinelli, Jerry | 1997 |
| Wringer | |
| Naidoo, Beverley | 1997 |
| No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa | |
| Freeman, Suzanne | 1996 |
| The Cuckoo's Child | |
| Oughton, Jerrie | 1995 |
| Music from a Place Called Half Moon | |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | 1995 |
| The Watsons Go to Birmingham | |
| Nelson, Theresa | 1994 |
| Earthshine | |
| Wolff, Virginia Euwer | 1993 |
| Make Lemonade | |
| Salisbury, Graham | 1992 |
| Blue Skin of the Sea | |
| Kirby, Susan | 1991 |
| Shadow Boy | |
| Holman, Felice | 1990 |
| Secret City, USA | |
| Reeder, Carolyn | 1989 |
| Shades of Gray | |
| Cameron, Ann | 1988 |
| The Most Beautiful Place in the World | |
| Hahn, Mary Downing | 1988 |
| December Stillness | |
| Lowry, Lois | 1987 |
| Rabble Starkey | |
| Naidoo, Beverley | 1986 |
| Journey to Jo'burg | |
| Adler, C.S. | 1985 |
| With Westie & the Tin Man | |
| Fox, Paula | 1984 |
| One Eyed Cat | |
| Speare, Elizabeth George | 1983 |
| The Sign of the Beaver | |
| Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds | 1983 |
| The Solomon System | |
| Fritz, Jean | 1982 |
| Homesick: My Own Story | |
| Lord, Athena | 1981 |
| A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind | |
| Orgel, Doris | 1978 |
| The Devil in Vienna | |
| Byars, Betsy | 1977 |
| The Pinballs | |
| Silman, Roberta | 1976 |
| Somebody Else's Child | |
| Clymer, Eleanor | 1974 |
| Luke Was There | |
| Smith, Doris Buchanan | 1973 |
| A Taste of Blackberries | |
| Hunter, Mollie | 1972 |
| A Sound of Chariots | |
| Laklan, Carli | 1970 |
| Migrant Girl | |
| Shemin, Margaretha | 1969 |
| The Empty Moat | |
| Lipsyte, Robert | 1967 |
| The Contender | |
| Burch, Robert | 1966 |
| Queenie Peavy | |
| Carlson, Natalie Savage | 1965 |
| The Empty Schoolhouse | |
| Harnden, Ruth | 1964 |
| The High Pasture | |
| Schechter, Betty | 1963 |
| The Peaceable Revolution | |
| Lee, Mildred | 1963 |
| The Rock and the Willow | |
| Sommerfelt, Aimee | 1961 |
| The Road to Agra | |
| Colman, Hila | 1961 |
| The Girl from Puerto Rico | |
| Graham, Lorenz | 1958 |
| South Town | |
| de Jong, Meindert | 1956 |
| The House of Sixty Fathers | |
| Yashima, Taro | 1955 |
| Crow Boy | |
| Corbin, William | 1954 |
| High Road Home | |
| Stolz, Mary | 1953 |
| In a Mirror | |
| Bishop, Claire Huchet | 1952 |
| Twenty and Ten | |
| Buck, Pearl | 1948 |
| The Big Wave | |
| Lenski, Lois | 1947 |
| Judy's Journey | |
| Pease, Howard | 1946 |
| Heart of Danger | |
| Tunis, John | 1943 |
| Keystone Kids | |