2011 Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2010 Cryptid Hunter by Roland Smith
2009 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2008 So B. It by Sarah Weeks
2007 Abduction! by Peg Kehret
2006 The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2005 Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
2004 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2003 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
2002 Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2001 Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
2000 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
1999 Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts
1998 Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
1997 Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
1996 Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
1995 Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
1994 Strider by Beverly Cleary
1993 The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
1992 Don't Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
1991 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1990 The Dark and Deadly Pool by Lois Lowery Nixon
1989 Wait Till Helen Come by Mary Downing Hahn
1988 A Deadly Game of Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon
1987 Third Eye by Lois Duncan
1986 Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan