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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 and the first graphic novel in 2014. The first graphic novel high school list was announced in May 2024.
Historical List: Click here to download an Excel spreadsheet historical list of ALL past winners and nominees.
2023-2024
| Picture Books |
Oliver Jeffers |
There's a Ghost in This House |
| Grades 3-5 |
Katherine Applegate
Illustrated by Charles Santoso
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Odder |
| Graphic Novels 3-5 |
Johnnie Christmas |
Swim Team |
| Grades 6-8 |
A.S. King |
Attack of the Black Rectangles
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| Graphic Novels 6-8 |
Claribel A. Ortega
Illustrated by Rose Bousamra
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Frizzy |
| High school |
Kelly DeVos
Ruta Sepetys
|
Eat Your Heart Out
I Must Betray You
|
2022-2023
| Picture Books |
Ryan T. Higgins |
Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, he did.)
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| Grades 4 – 6 |
Gordan Korman |
Unplugged
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| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Megan Wagner Lloyd |
Allergic
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| Grades 6 – 9 |
Lisa Fipps |
Starfish
|
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Ira Marcks |
Shark Summer |
| High school |
Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
The Inheritance Games
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2021-2022
| Picture Books |
Terry, Eric & Devin Fan |
The Barnabus Project |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
James Ponti |
City Spies |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Varian Johnson |
Twins |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Rob Harrell |
Wink |
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Trung Le Nguyen |
The Magic Fish |
| High school |
Holly Jackson |
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder |
2020-2021
| Picture Books |
Megan Lacera
|
Zombies Don't Eat |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Rosanne Parry |
A Wolf Called Wander |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Shannon Hale |
Best Friends |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Alan Gratz
Lindsay Lackey
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Allies
All The Impossible Things
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| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
R. J. Palacio |
White Bird |
| High school |
Adam Silvera |
What If It's Us |
2019-2020
| Picture Books |
Adam Rex |
Are You Scared, Darth? |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Kelly Yang |
Front Desk |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Ian Boothby |
Sparks! |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Jewell Parker Rhodes |
Ghost Boys |
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Svetlana Chmakova |
Crush |
| High school |
Jarrett Krosoczka |
Hey, Kiddo |
2018-2019
| Picture Books |
Drew Daywalt |
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Katherine Applegate |
Wishtree |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Molly Ostertag |
The Witch Boy
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| Grades 6 – 9 |
Gordon Korman |
Restart |
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Victoria Jamieson |
All's Faire in Middle School
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| High school |
Karen M. McManus |
One of Us is Lying |
2017-2018
| Picture Books |
Antoinette Portis |
Best Frints in the Whole Universe |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Peter Brown |
The Wild Robot |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Raina Telgemeier |
Ghosts |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Jennifer A. Nielsen |
A Night Divided |
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Ichigo Takano |
Orange: The Complete Collection, 1 |
| High school |
Nicola Yoon |
The Sun is Also a Star |
2016-2017
| Picture Books |
Bethany Barton |
I’m Trying to Love Spiders: (It Isn’t Easy) |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
W. Bruce Cameron |
Ellie’s Story: A Dog’s Purpose Novel |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
Jennifer Holm |
Sunny Side Up |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Victoria Laurie |
When |
| Graphic Novels 6 – 9 |
Victoria Jamieson |
Roller Girl |
| High school |
Nicola Yoon |
Everything, Everything |
2015 – 2016
| Picture Books |
Chris Gall |
Dog vs. Cat |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Jennifer Holm |
The Fourteenth Goldfish |
| Graphic Novels 4 – 6 |
CeCe Bell |
El Deafo |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Kwame Alexander |
The Crossover |
| High school |
Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
The Naturals |
2014 – 2015
| Picture Books |
Drew Daywalt |
The Day the Crayons Quit |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Chris Grabenstein |
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library |
| Grades 4 – 6, Graphic Novel |
Dave Roman |
Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
Candace Fleming |
On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave |
| High school |
Rainbow Rowell |
Eleanor & Park |
2013 – 2014
| Picture Books |
Aaron Reynolds |
Creepy carrots! |
| Grades 4 – 6 |
Gordon Korman |
Ungifted |
| Grades 4 – 6, Graphic Novel |
Dan Santat |
Sidekicks |
| Grades 6 – 9 |
R. J. Palacio |
Wonder |
| High school |
John Green |
The fault in our stars |
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 |
Soap! Soap! Don’t Forget the Soap! |
| Grade 4-6 |
Mary Downing Hahn |
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story |
| Grade 6-9 |
Joan Lowery Nixon |
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 |
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