1989 (7-9) Winner: Blume, Judy - Superfudge (Fudge Books # 3) 1st Runner-Up: Bunting, Eve - Ghost of Departure Point 2nd Runner-Up: Thomasma, Kenneth - Soun Tetoken: Nez Perce Boy 1990 (7-9) Winner: Bunting, Eve - Someone Is Hiding on Alcatraz Island 1st Runner-Up: Blume, Judy - Tiger Eyes 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): Mazer, Harry - When the Phone Rang 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): Wallace, Bill - Red Dog 1990 (10-12) Winner: Allende, Isabel - Of Love and Shadows 1st Runner-Up: Koontz, Dean - Watchers 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): Auel, Jean - Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children # 1) 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): King, Stephen - Pet Sematary 1991 (7-9) Winner: Wallace, Bill - Trapped in Death Cave 1st Runner-Up: Pike, Christopher - Chain Letter 2nd Runner-Up: Winthrop, Elizabeth - the Castle in the Attic 1991 (10-12) Winner: Peck, Richard - Princess Ashley 1st Runner-Up: Card, Orson Scott - Ender's Game (Ender s Game # 1) 2nd Runner-Up: Anthony, Piers - On a Pale Horse (Incarnations of Immortality # 1) 1992 (7-12) Winner: Blake, Michael - Dances with Wolves 1st Runner-Up: Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet (Brian s Saga # 1) 2nd Runner-Up: Nixon, Joan Lowery 1993 (7-12) Winner: McClung, Robert - Hugh Glass, Mountain Man 1st Runner-Up: Blume, Judy - Fudge-a-mania (Fudge Books # 4) 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): Martin, Ann - Missing since Monday 2nd Runner-Up (Tie): McMurtry, Larry - Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove # 1) 1994 (7-12) Winner: Miklowitz, Gloria - Desperate Pursuit 1st Runner-Up: Duncan, Lois - Locked in Time 2nd Runner-Up: Stine, R. L. - Phone Calls 1995 (7-12) Winner: Crichton, Michael - Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park # 1) 1st Runner-Up: Grisham, John - The Client 2nd Runner-Up: McDaniel, Lurlene - Baby Alicia Is Dying
1996 (7-12) Winner: Nixon, Joan Lowery - Whispers from the Dead 1st Runner-Up: Lowery, Lois - Giver (Giver #1) 2nd Runner-Up: Anonymous - It Happened to Nancy 1997 (7-12) Winner: Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet (Brian s Saga # 1) 1st Runner-Up: Crichton, Michael - Lost World (Jurassic Park # 2) 2nd Runner-Up: Hahn, Mary Downing - Wait Till Helen Comes 1998 (7-12) Winner: Philbrick, Rodman - Freak the Mighty 1st Runner-Up: Zindel, Paul - Doom Stone 2nd Runner-Up: Paulsen, Gary - Brian's Winter (Brian s Saga # 3) 1999 (7-12) Winner: Canfield, Jack - Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul 1st Runner-up: McDaniel, Lurlene - Angels Watching Over Me 2nd Runner-up: Hesse, Karen - Out of the Dust 2000 (7-12) Winner: Pelzer, Dave - A Child Called "It" 1st Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Year 1) 2nd Runner-up: Canfield, Jack - Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul II 2001 Winner: Bernall, Misty - She Said Yes : the Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall 1st Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2) 2nd Runner-up: Zindel, Paul - Raptor 2002 Winner: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Year 3) 1st Runner-up: Pelzer, Dave - The Lost Boy 2nd Runner-up: Rennison, Louise - Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson # 1) 2003 Winner: Sachar, Louis - Holes (Holes #1) 1st Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Year 4) 2nd Runner-up: Sparks, Nicholas - A Walk to Remember 2004 Winner: Shan, Darren - Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Cirque Du Freak # 1) 1st Runner-Up: McCormick, Patricia - Cut 2nd Runner-Up: Sones, Sonya - What My Mother Doesn't Know
2005 Winner: Paolini, Christopher - Eragon (Inheritance # 1) 1st Runner-Up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) 2nd Runner-Up: Shan, Darren - Vampire s Assistant (Cirque Du Freak # 2) Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia - Shattered Mirror Colfer, Eoin - Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl # 3) Farmer, Nancy - The House of the Scorpion Funke, Cornelia Caroline - Inkheart (Inkworld # 1) Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Among the Barons (Shadow Children # 4) Horowitz, Anthony - Point Blank (Alex Rider # 2) Martin, Ann M. - A Corner of the Universe Peretti, Frank - Hangman s Curse (Veritas Project # 1) Rennison, Louise - Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson # 4) Snicket, Lemony - The Reptile Room VanDraanen, Wendelin - Flipped Warren, Andrea - Surviving Hitler 2005-2006 Winner: Mikaelsen, Ben - Touching Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear # 1) 1st Runner-up: Shan, Darren - Tunnels of Blood (Cirque Du Freak # 3) 2nd Runner-up: Albom, Mitch - The Five People You Meet in Heaven Brashares, Ann - Girls in Pants: the Third Summer of the Sisterhood (Traveling Pants # 3) Cohn, Rachel - Gingerbread Colfer, Eoin - The Supernaturalist Haddix, Margaret Peterson - Escape from Memory Henkes, Kevin - Olive s Ocean Horowitz, Anthony - Skeleton Key (Alex Rider # 3) Korman, Gordon - Son of the Mob (Son of the Mob # 1) Peretti, Frank - Nightmare Academy (Veritas Project # 2) Rennison, Louise - Away Laughing on a Fast Camel (Confessions of Georgia Nicolson # 5) Ryan, Pam Munoz - Esperanza Rising Sleator, William - The Boy Who Couldn t Die Snicket, Lemony - The Slippery Slope (Series of Unfortunate Events # 10)
2006-2007 Winner: Paolini, Christopher - Eldest (Inheritance # 2) 1st Runner-up: Meyer, Stephenie - Twilight (Twilight # 1) 2nd Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Year 6) Bradley, Alex - 24 Girls in 7 Days Brashares, Ann - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Traveling Pants # 1) Draper, Sharon - Double Dutch Farmer, Nancy - The House of the Scorpion Funke, Cornelia Caroline - Inkspell (Inkworld # 2) Haddix, Margaret - Double Identity Horowitz, Anthony - Scorpia (Alex Rider # 5) Korman, Gordon - Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle (Son of the Mob # 2) Paulsen, Gary - Brian's Hunt (Brian s Saga # 5) Smith, Roland - Jack's Run (Zach's Lie # 2) Updale, Eleanor - Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman? (Montmorency # 1) Westerfeld, Scott - Uglies (Uglies # 1) 2007-2008 Winner: Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon (Twilight # 2) 1st Runner-up: Westerfeld, Scott - Pretties (Uglies # 2) 2nd Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Year 5) Butler, Dori Hillestad - Do You Know the Monkey Man? Flanagan, John - Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice # 1) Horowitz, Anthony - Ark Angel (Alex Rider # 6) Morton- Shaw, Christine - Riddles of Epsilon Patterson, James - The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride # 1) Rees, Celia - Pirates! The True and Remarkable Adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates Reilly, Matthew - Crash Course (Hover Car Racer # 1) Riordan, Rick - Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians # 1) Shan, Darren - Lord Loss (The Demonata # 1) Skelton, Matthew - Endymion Spring Spinelli, Jerry - Milkweed Zevin, Gabrielle - Elsewhere
2008-2009 Winner: Hopkins, Ellen - Crank (Kristina Snow # 1) 1st Runner-up: Rowling, J. K. - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Year 6) 2nd Runner-up: Riordan, Rick - The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians # 3) Black, Holly - The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles # 1) Carman, Patrick - Atherton : House of Power (Atherton # 1) Crutcher, Chris - Deadline Flanagan, John - The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice # 2) Friend, Natasha - Perfect Horowitz, Anthony - Snakehead (Alex Rider # 7) Kostick, Conor - Epic (Avatar Chronicles #1) Patterson, James - School's Out - Forever (Maximum Ride # 2) Shan, Darren - Demon Thief (Demonata # 2) Smith, Roland - Peak Sonnenblick, Jordan - Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Westerfeld, Scott - Specials (Uglies # 3) 2009-2010 Winner: Collins, Suzanne - Hunger Games (Hunger Games # 1) 1st Runner-up: Asher, Jay - Thirteen Reasons Why 2nd Runner-up: Meyer, Stephenie- Breaking Dawn (Twilight # 4) Alexie, Sherman - Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian Colfer, Eoin- Artemis Fowl: the Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl # 6) Flanagan, John - Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice # 3) Friend, Natasha- Bounce Hobbs, Will- Go Big or Go Home Korman, Gordon- Schooled Lupica, Mike- Travel Team Mangum, Kay Lynn-Secret Journal of Brett Colton Mull, Brandon- Fablehaven (Fablehaven # 1) Myers, Walter Dean- Sunrise over Fallujah Paolini, Christopher- Brisingr (Inheritance # 3) Shan, Darren- Demon Apocalypse (Demonata # 6)
2010-2011 Winner: Riordan, Rick - the Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians # 5) 1st Runner-up: Meyer, Stephenie - The Host 2nd Runner-up (Tie): Fitzpatrick, Becca - Hush, Hush 2nd Runner-up (Tie): Mikaelsen, Ben - Ghost of Spirit Bear (Spirit Bear # 2) Cashore, Kristin - Graceling Cast, P. C. and Kristin - Marked (House of Night # 1) Clayton, Emma - The Roar Efaw, Amy - After Flanagan, John - Erak's Ransom (Ranger s Apprentice # 7) Green, Tim - Football Genius Hopkins, Ellen - Impulse Kadohata, Cynthia - Cracker! : the Best Dog in Vietnam Lichtman, Wendy - Do the Math: Secrets, Lies and Algebra Mead, Richelle - Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy # 1) Smith, Roland - Tentacles 2011-2012 Winner: Collins, Suzanne - Catching Fire (Hunger Games # 2) 1st Runner-up: Hopkins, Ellen - Glass (Kristina Snow # 2) 2nd Runner-up: Dashner, James - Maze Runner (Maze Runner # 1) Brewer, Heather - Eighth Grade Bites (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod # 1) Cashore, Kristin - Fire Clare, Cassandra - Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices # 1) Collins, Suzanne - Catching Fire (Hunger Games # 2) Flanagan, John - Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice # 9) Green, Tim - Football Hero Kagawa, Julie - Iron King (Iron Fey # 1) Shusterman, Neal - Unwind Sparks, Nicholas - Last Song Stiefvater, Maggie - Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls # 1) Strasser, Todd - Blood on My Hands Van Draanen, Wendelin - Confessions of Serial Kisser White, Kiersten - Paranormalcy (Paranormalcy # 1)
2012-2013 Winner: Roth, Veronica - Divergent (Divergent #1) 1st Runner-up: Riordan, Rick - Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus #1) 2nd Runner-up: Condie, Allyson Braithwaite - Matched (Matched Trilogy #1) Dashner, James - Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) DeStefano, Lauren - Wither (Chemical Garden #1) Donnelly, Jennifer - Revolution Evans, Richard Paul - Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25 (Michael Vey #1) Goodman, Alison - Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Eon # 1) Grant, Michael - Gone (Gone #1) Green, John - The Fault in Our Stars Grisham, John - Theodore Boone, Abduction (Theodore Boone #2) Hand, Cynthia - Unearthly (Unearthly #1) Patterson, James - Middle School, the Worst Years of My Life (Middle School #1) Sones, Sonya - What My Girlfriend Doesn t Know 2013-2014 Winner: Houck, Colleen - Tiger s Curse (Tiger's Curse #1) 1st Runner-up: Lu, Marie - Legend (Legend Novel #1) 2nd Runner-up: Evans, Richard Paul - Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen (Michael Vey #2) Flanagan, John - Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles #1) Forman, Gayle - If I Stay Grant, Michael - BZRK Korman, Gordon - Framed Maberry, Jonathan - Rot and Ruin (Rot & Ruin #1) Marchetta, Melina - Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1) Ness, Patrick - a Monster Calls Shusterman, Neal - Everlost (Skinjacker Trilogy #1) Smith, Roland - I, Q.: Kitty Hawk (I, Q #3) Stiefvater, Maggie - Raven Boys (Raven Cycle #1)
2014-2015 Winner: Green, John - Fault in Our Stars 1st Runner-up: Cass, Kiera - Selection (Selection #1) 2nd Runner-up: Smith, Jennifer - This Is What Happy Looks Like Carman, Patrick - Thirteen Days to Midnight Flanagan, John - Royal Ranger (Ranger's Apprentice #12) Hirsch, Jeff - Darkest Path Kincaid, S. J. - Insignia (Insignia #1) Malala, Yousafzai - I Am Malala Patrick, Cat - Forgotten Sepetys, Ruta - Between Shades of Gray Shan, Darren - Zom-B (Zom-B #1) Shusterman, Neal - Unwholly (Unwind #2) Sloan, Holly Goldberg - Counting by 7's Van Draanen, Wendelin - Running Dream 2015-2016 Winner: Hillenbrand, Laura - Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive (Young Reader Edition) 1st Runner-up: Maas, Sarah - Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) 2nd Runner-up: Mullin, Mike - Ashfall (Ashfall trilogy #1) Bacigalupi, Paolo - Ship Breaker Banks, Anna - of Poseidon (Syrena Legacy #1) Bardugo, Leigh - Shadow and Bone (Grisha Trilogy #1) Forman, Gayle - I Was Here Lee, Stan - Convergence (Zodiac Legacy #1) Meyers, Marissa - Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) Mull, Brandon - World Without Heroes (Beyonders #1) Oppel, Kenneth - Boundless, The Roux, Madeleine - Asylum (Asylum #1) Sanderson, Brandon - Steelheart (Reckoners #1) Schroeder, Lisa - Bridge from Me to You, The Telgemeier, Raina - Drama
2016-2017 Winner: Yoon, Nicola - Everything, Everything 1st Runner-up: Bardugo, Leigh - Six of Crows 2nd Runner-up: Gratz, Alan - Code of Honor Buehrlen, Mg - 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare Hutchinson, Shaun et al. - Violent Ends Jobling, Curtis - Rise of the Wolf Reynolds, Jason - All American Boys Ruby, Laura - Bone Gap Sepetys, Ruta - Salt to the Sea Turner, Pamela S. - Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune 2017-2018 Winner: Shusterman, Neal - Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) 1st Runner-up: Hesse, Monica - Girl in the Blue Coat 2nd Runner-up: Schmidt, Gary D - Orbiting Jupiter Albertalli, Becky - Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Barnes, Jennifer Lynn - Naturals (Naturals #1) Chee, Traci - Reader (Sea of Ink and Gold #1) Hand, Cynthia - My Lady Jane Matharu, Taran - Novice (Summoner #1) Niven, Jennifer - All the Bright Places Roth, Veronica - Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark #1)
2018-2019 Nominees: Alifirenka, Caitlin - I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives Blake, Kendare - Three Dark Crowns Charbonneau, Joelle - Dividing Eden Crowley, Cath - Words in Deep Blue Gratz, Alan - Projeckt 1065 Hamilton, Alwyn - Rebel of the Sands Maniscalco, Kerri - Stalking Jack the Ripper (Stalking Jack the Ripper #1) Murphy, Julie - Dumplin' Reynolds, Jason - Long Way Down Smy, Pam - Thornhill