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|  Winner Crank by Ellen Hopkins |  First runner-up Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling |   Second runner-up The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan | 
2007-2008
|  Winner New Moon by Stephenie Meyer |  First runner-up Pretties by Scott Westerfeld |  Second runner-up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling | 
2006-2007
|  Winner Eldest by Christopher Paolini |  First runner-up Twilight by Stephenie Meyer |   Second runner-up Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling | 
2005-2006
|  Winner Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen |  First runner-up Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan |  Second runner-up The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom | 
2005
|  Winner Eragon by Christopher Paolini |  First runner-up Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling |  Second runner-up The Vampire’s Assistant by Darren Shan | 
2004
|  Winner A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan |  First runner-up Cut by Patricia McCormick |  Second runner-up What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones | 
2003
|  Winner Holes by Louis Sachar |  First runner-up Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling |   Second runner-up A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks | 
2002
|  Winner Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling |  First runner-up The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer |  Second runner-up Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison | 
 2001
|  Winner She Said Yes by Misty Bernall |  First runner-up Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling |  Second runner-up Raptor by Paul Zindel | 
2000
|  Winner A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer |  First runner-up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling |  Second runner-up Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II by Jack Canfield |