Indian Paintbrush books by author
Indian Paintbrush books by date

2019-2020

Winner To be announced

First runner-up To be announced

Second runner-up To be announced

Nominees
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Hero by Jennifer Li Shotz
Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo
One for Sorrow: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart
Sunny by Jason Reynolds
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

2018-2019

Winner The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Bradley

First runner-up Restart by Gordon Korman

Second runner-up Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Other Nominees
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel Brown
Dragonwatch by Brandon Mull
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord
Listen, Slowly by Thanhha Lai
Under Their Skin by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate

2017-2018

Winner The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

First runner-up Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Second runner-up Wish by Barbara O'Connor

Other Nominees
Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Last in a Long Line of Rebels by Lisa Lewis Tyre
Old Wolf: A Fable by Avi
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Swing Sideways by Nanci Turner Steveson

2016-2017

Winner A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

First runner-up El Deafo by Cece Bell

Second runner-up The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence

Other Nominees
Beneath by Roland Smith
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
The Menagerie by Tui and Kari Sutherland
Soar by Joan Bauer
The Thing about Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
Woof by Spencer Quinn

2015-2016

Winner The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

First runner-up My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith

Second runner-up Beholding Bee by Kimberly Newton Fusco

Other Nominees
Dash by Kirby Larson
Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Lincoln's Grave Robbers by Steve Sheinkin
The Mark of the Dragonfly by Jaleigh Johnson
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
Plunked by Michael Northrop
The Rookie Bookie by L. Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz
The Secret of Midway by Steve Watkins
Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff
Tracing Stars by Erin E. Moulton
The Wednesdays by Julie Bourbeau

2014-2015

Winner Unstoppable by Tim Green

First runner-up Fake Mustache: Or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind by Tom Angleberger

Second runner-up The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible ... On Schindler's List by Leon Leyson

Other Nominees
Anything but Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin
The Boy on Cinnamon Street by Phoebe Stone
A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
Fourmile by Watt Key
Icefall by Matthew Kirby
Legend of the Ghost Dog by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
Prairie Evers by Ellen Airgood
The Search for Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Jacobson
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

2013-2014

Winner Wonder by R. J. Palacio

First runner-up The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Second runner-up Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice

Other Nominees
Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
Bulu: African Wonder Dog by Dick Houston
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Game Changers by Mike Lupica
Grounded by Kate Klise
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Pie by Sarah Weeks
Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
Wolf Storm by Dee Garretson
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Zero to Hero by Henry Winkler

2012-2013

Winner Saving Zasha by Randi G. Barrow

First runner-up Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper

Second runner-up Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Other Nominees
13 Treasures by Michelle Harrison
Bull Rider by Suzanne Williams
Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Dog Lost by Ingrid Lee
Drizzle by Kathleen Van Cleve
The Flint Heart by Katherine Paterson
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Powerless by Matthew Cody
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

2012

Winner The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

First runner-up The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

Second runner-up I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis

Other Nominees
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
The Clockwork Three by Matthew Kirby
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Flawed Dogs: The Shocking Raid on Westminster by Berkeley Breathed
Hero by Mike Lupica
Lone Wolf by Kathryn Lasky
Masters of Disaster by Gary Paulsen
Secret of the Night Ponies by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Storm Runners by Roland Smith
Storyteller by Patricia Reilly Giff
Tango: The Tale of an Island Dog by Eileen Beha
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord

2011

Winner The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull

First runner-up The Name of This Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch

Second runner-up Savvy by Ingrid Law

Other Nominees
Everything for a Dog by Ann M. Martin
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O’Connor
Kickoff! by Tiki and Ronde Barber
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
Mudshark by Gary Paulsen
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
Schooled by Gordon Korman
The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego Garcia
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff

2010

Winner Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn

First runner-up The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Second runner-up Football Hero by Tim Green

Other Nominees
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Jackie's Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs
Kenny and the Dragon by Tony Diterlizzi
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
Listen! by Stephanie S. Tolan
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy by Jeanne Birdsall
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt

2009

Winner Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

First runner-up The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Second runner-up The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Other Nominees
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
The Fairy-Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Getting Air by Dan Gutman
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Heat by Mike Lupica
The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valiant Marshal in the West by Gary Paulsen
The Legend of the Wandering King by Laura Gallego Garcia
No Talking by Andrew Clements
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Swindle by Gordon Korman
Toby Wheeler, Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer by Thatcher Heldring
Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata

2008

Winner The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

First runner-up A Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin

Second runner-up Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata

Other Nominees
Beyond the Deepwoods by Paul Stewart
The Fire Within by Chris D’Lacey
The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Midnight Rider by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica
Mud City by Deborah Ellis
Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry
Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements
Takini: Lakota Boy Alerts Sitting Bull by Kenneth Thomasma
Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey

2007

Winner Dragon Rider by Cornelia Caroline Funke

First runner-up Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman

Second runner-up Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng

Other Nominees
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Buttermilk Hill by Ruth White
The Heroic Adventure of Hercules Amsterdam by Melissa Glenn Haber
LightLand by Heather McCutchen
Maggie's Door by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America by Gordon Korman
The Perils of Peppermints by Barbara Brooks Wallace
The River Between Us by Richard Peck
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
Stranded in Boringsville by Catherine Bateson
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards by Katelan Janke
Worth by A. LaFaye

2006

Winner No Dogs Allowed! by Bill Wallace

First runner-up Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris

Second runner-up Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Other Nominees
Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson
Blue Fingers: A Ninja’s Tale by Cheryl Aylward Whitesel
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Circle of Doom by Tim Kennemore
The Dark Hills Divide by Patrick Carman
Ida B: ... And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
The Merchant of Death by D. J. MacHale
The Ravenmaster’s Secret by Elvira Woodruff
Rodzina by Karen Cushman
The School Story by Andrew Clements
Secret of the Black Widow by Eugene M. Gagliano
TruckDogs: A Novel in Four Bites by Graeme Base

2005

Winner The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo

First runner-up Double Fudge by Judy Blume

Second runner-up Partners in the Wilderness: Travis’s Choice by Ed Kienzle

Other Nominees
The Capture by Kathryn Lasky
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide by Toni DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Parvana’s Journey by Deborah Ellis
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
Talon and the Dragons of Crinnelia by Diana Metz
What Would Joey Do? by Jack Gantos
Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs by Betsy Gould Hearne

2004

Winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

First runner-up Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Second runner-up The Thief Lord by Cornelia Caroline Funke

Other Nominees
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis & Clark Tribe by Roland Smith
The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
The Contest by Gordon Korman
Dread Mountain by Emily Rodda
The Good Dog by Avi
The Hideout by Peg Kehret
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
The Hunted by Gloria Skurzynski
The Janitor's Boy by Andrew Clements
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

2003

Winner Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

First runner-up The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket

Second runner-up The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

Other Nominees
Choosing Up Sides by John H. Ritter
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
Down the Yukon by Will Hobbs
Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Jaguar by Roland Smith
The Lake of Tears by Emily Rodda
A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith
My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly Giff
Promises to the Dead by Mary Downing Hahn
Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori
Westward to Home: Joshua's Diary by Patricia Hermes

2002

Winner Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

First runner-up The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

Second runner-up Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Other Nominees
A Blizzard Year: Timmy’s Almanac of the Seasons by Gretel Ehrlich
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
The Case of the Measled Cowboy by John Erickson
Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, the Great Migration North by Patricia McKissack
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Ghost Horses by Gloria Skurzynski
Jason's Gold by Will Hobbs
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt
Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary
The Truth about Sacajawea by Kenneth Thomasma
The Wanderer by Sharon Creech

2001

Winner Holes by Louis Sachar

First runner-up Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey

Second runner-up Sasquatch by Roland Smith

Other Nominees
The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Doe Sia: Bannock Girl and the Handcart Pioneers by Kenneth Thomasma
Eye of the Great Bear by Bill Wallace
The Girls’ Revenge by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Maze by Will Hobbs
My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl by Ann Rinaldi
P. S. Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
Perloo the Bold by Avi
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
The Skull of Truth by Bruce Coville
Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulsen

2000

Winner Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

First runner-up Upchuck and the Rotten Willy by Bill Wallace

Second runner-up The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia C. DeFelice

Other Nominees
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell by Kristiana Gregory
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Pleasing the Ghost by Sharon Creech
Rage of Fire by Gloria Skurzynski
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
There’s an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George
Thunder Cave by Roland Smith
Wolf Shadows by Mary Casanova
The World's Worst Fairy Godmother by Bruce Coville
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

1999

Winner Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

First runner-up Falling Up: Poems and Drawings by Shel Silverstein

Second runner-up The Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace

Other Nominees
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger
Amee-nah: Zuni Boy Runs the Race of His Life by Kenneth Thomasma
Bad, Badder, Baddest by Cynthia Voigt
Call Me Francis Tucket by Gary Paulsen
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Help! I'm Trapped in My Sister's Body by Todd Strasser
The Music of Dolphins by Karen Hesse
The Return of Santa Paws by Nicholas Edwards
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
Wagon Train 911 by Jamie Gilson

1998

Winner Crash by Jerry Spinelli

First runner-up Shiloh Season by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Second runner-up Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen

Other Nominees
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Countdown by Ben Mikaelsen
Cyberstorm by Gloria Skurzynski
Dinosaurs Alive! by Shelly Ritthaler
Far North by Will Hobbs
The Ghost of Popcorn Hill by Betty Ren Wright
The Light on Hogback Hill by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Moose Tracks by Mary Casanova
Poppy by Avi
The Richest Kids in Town by Peg Kehret
See You Around, Sam! by Lois Lowry
The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild Pets by Jean Craighead George

1997

Winner Watchdog and the Coyotes by Bill Wallace

First runner-up Stranded by Ben Mikaelsen

Second runner-up Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park

Other Nominees
The Absolutely True Story: How I Visited Yellowstone Park with the Terrible Rupes by Willo Davis Roberts
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
A Christmas Sonata by Gary Paulsen
Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail by Elvira Woodruff
The Girls Get Even by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Lostman’s River by Cynthia C. DeFelice
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic

1996

Winner Moho Wat: A Sheepeater Boy Attempts a Rescue by Kenneth Thomasma

Other Nominees
Addy's Surprise: A Christmas Story by Connie Rose Porter
Aliens Ate My Homework by Bruce Coville
Beardance by Will Hobbs
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
End of the Race by Dean Hughes
Frankie Murphy’s Kiss List by Donna Guthrie
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen
The Journey Home by Isabelle Holland
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons
The Magic School Bus, Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole
Monster Blood III by R. L. Stine
Nasty Stinky Sneakers by Eve Bunting
White Hare's Horses by Penina Keen Spinka

1995

Winner
Rescue Josh McGuire
by Ben Mikaelsen

Other Nominees
The Boggart by Susan Cooper
The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Pat McKissack
Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville
If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School by Kalli Dakos
Jim Ugly by Sid Fleischman
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon by Kristiana Gregory
Mama, Let's Dance by Patricia Hermes
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Sharing Susan by Eve Bunting
Somewhere Just Beyond by Barbara A. Smith
Tuck Triumphant by Theodore Taylor
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen

1994

Winner Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

First runner-up Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar

Second runner-up Weasel by Cynthia C. DeFelice

Other Nominees
Aldo Peanut Butter by Johanna Hurwitz
Dew Drop Dead by James Howe
The D-Poems of Jeremy Bloom: A Collection of Poems about School, Homework, and Life (sort of) by Gordon Korman
Ghost Brother by C. S. Adler
Humbug by Nina Bawden
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
The River by Gary Paulsen
Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli
Wanted: Mud Blossom by Betsy Cromer Byars

1993

Winner Pathki Nana: Kootenai Girl Solves a Mystery by Kenneth Thomasma

First runner-up The Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing Hahn

Second runner-up Totally Disgusting! by Bill Wallace

Other Nominees
All about Sam by Lois Lowry
The Ghost Cadet by Elaine Marie Alphin
Missing by James Duffy
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Practical Joke War by Alane Ferguson
The Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
Shoebag by Mary James
Soup’s Hoop by Robert Newton Peck
Strider by Beverly Cleary
Teacher's Pet by Johanna Hurwitz
Who Invited the Undertaker? by Ivy Ruckman
The Young Black Stallion by Walter Farley

1992

Winner Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

First runner-up Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume

Second runner-up Fudge by Charlotte Towner Graeber

Other Nominees
38 Weeks till Summer Vacation by Mona Kerby
Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade by Elvira Woodruff
The Basement Baseball Club by Jeffrey Kelly
Beetles, Lightly Toasted by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Cricket and the Crackerbox Kid by Alane Ferguson
The Great Male Conspiracy by Betty Bates
Hank the Cowdog: It's a Dog's Life by John Erickson
High Wizardry by Diane Duane
Horrible Harry in Room 2B by Suzy Kline
Lone Star by Barbara Barrie
The Shadowmaker by Ron Hansen

1991

Winner Matilda by Roald Dahl

First runner-up Wait till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn

Second runner-up Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Other Nominees
Amy’s Eyes by Richard Kennedy
Angel’s Mother’s Wedding by Judy Delton
Beauty by Bill Wallace
The Canada Geese Quilt by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Catwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dangerous Ground by Gloria Skurzynski
Don’t Call Me Toad! by Mary Francis Shura
The Ghost Drum: A Cat’s Tale by Susan Price
Glass Slippers Give You Blisters by Mary Auch
Maggie, Too by Joan Lowery Nixon
No Place for Me by Barthe DeClements
Park’s Quest by Katherine Paterson
Prisoner of Vampires by Nancy Garden
The Rainbow People by Lawrence Yep
The Show-and-Tell War and Other Stories about Adam Joshua by Janice Smith
Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann M. Martin
You've Been Away All Summer by Sheila Hayes

1990

Winner There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar

First runner-up Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Second runner-up Just as Long as We're Together by Judy Blume

Other Nominees
Birthday Burglar & A Very Wicked Headmistress by Margaret Mahy
The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt by Patricia MacLachlan
Fran Ellen's House by Marilyn Sachs
The Happiest Ending by Yoshiko Uchida
Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith
Hobie Hansen, You're Weird by Jamie Gilson
Josie's Beau by Natalie Honeycutt
The Not-Just-Anybody Family by Betsy Cromer Byars
Nutty Can't Miss by Dean Hughes
Paul's Volcano by Beatrice Gormley
Quentin Corn by Mary Stolz
Racso and the Rats of NIMH by Jane Leslie Conly
The Remembering Box by Eth Clifford
A Royal Pain by Ellen Conford
Soup on Fire by Robert Newton Peck
Stinker from Space by Pamela F. Service
This is Your Captain Speaking by Ivy Ruckman

1989

Winner The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks

First runner-up Red Dog by Bill Wallace

Second runner-up Nighty-Nightmare by James Howe

Other Nominees
Black Suits from Outer Space by Gene DeWeese
The Great Mom Swap by Betsy Haynes
Halfback Tough by Thomas J. Dygard
Janet Hamm Needs a Date for the Dance by Eve Bunting
Kevin Corbett Eats Flies by Patricia Hermes
Love, from the Fifth Grade Celebrity by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Magic Book by Willo Davis Roberts
Me and My Veggies by Isaac Whitlatch
Mostly Michael by Robert Kimmel Smith
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Rabble Starkey by Lois Lowry
Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
The Secret Life of Dilly McBean by Dorothy Haas
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You by Barthe DeClements
Valentine Rosy by Sheila Greenwald
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Who's Reading Darci's Diary? by Martha Tolles

1988

Winner The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

First runner-up The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop

Second runner-up The Witches by Roald Dahl

Other Nominees
Back Yard Angel by Judy Delton
Christmas with Ida Early by Robert Burch
The Cuckoo Sister by Vivien Alcock
Daphne’s Book by Mary Downing Hahn
Devil’s Race by Avi
Invisible Lissa by Natalie Honeycutt
Just Tell Me When We’re Dead! by Eth Clifford
Nutty & the Case of the Mastermind Thief by Dean Hughes
Oh Honestly, Angela! by Nancy K. Robinson
The Oscar J. Noodleman Television Network by Stephen Manes
Pets, Vets, and Marty Howard by Joan Davenport Carris
Rich Mitch by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Soup on Ice by Robert Newton Peck
Trapped in the Slickrock Canyon by Gloria Skurzynski
Who Put That Hair in my Toothbrush? by Jerry Spinelli
Wordchanger by Mary Haynes
Yesterday’s Horses by Jean Slaughter Doty

1987

Winner The Hot and Cold Summer by Johanna Hurwitz

First runner-up The Great Rescue Operation by Jean Van Leeuwen

Second runner-up Monster's Ring by Bruce Coville

Other Nominees
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
Blair's Nightmare by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Building Blocks by Cynthia Voigt
Come Sing, Jimmy Jo by Katherine Paterson
Cracker Jackson by Betsy Cromer Byars
The Dancing Cats of Applesap by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
Lenny Kandell, Smart Aleck by Ellen Conford
Omega Station by Alfred Slote
One-Eyed Cat by Paula Fox
Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad
Raising a Mother Isn't Easy by Elisabet McHugh
The Song of Pentecost by W. J. Corbett
The Terrible Truth by Stephen Roos
Tink in a Tangle by Dorothy Haas
Your Former Friend, Matthew by LouAnn Bigge Gaeddert

1986

Winner Naya Nuki: Shoshoni Girl Who Ran by Kenneth Thomasma

First runner-up The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks

Second runner-up Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements

Other Nominees
4B Goes Wild by Jamie Gilson
Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst by Lois Lowry
Banana Blitz by Florence Parry Heide
The Celery Stalks at Midnight by James Howe
The Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Lord
Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Save Queen of Sheba by Louise Moeri
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Summer Switch by Mary Rodgers
Toad Food and Measle Soup by Christine McDonnell
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty
The Wild Children by Felice Holman