Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2021 Abdul-Jabbar, Kareen with Becoming Kareem Little, Brown and 2017 Obstfeld, Raymond Company 1994 Ackerman, Karen Leaves in October Atheneum 1991 1988 Adler, C.S. The Cat That Was Left Behind Houghton Mifflin 1981 2019 Alexander, Kwame Booked Houghton Mifflin 2014 X 2017 Alexander, Kwame The Crossover Houghton Mifflin 2014 1989 Alexander, Lloyd The Illyrian Adventure Dutton 1986
2022 Allen, Kate The Line Tender Dutton Children’s 2019 Books
2001 Almond, David Skellig Delacorte 1998
2004 Alphin, Elaine Marie Ghost Soldier Holt 2001
2010 Amato, Mary The Naked Mole-Rat Letters Holiday House 2005
2006 Anderson, Janet S. The Last Treasure Dutton 2003
2019 Anderson, John David Ms. Bixby's Last Day Walden Pond 2016
2011 Anderson, Laurie Halse Chains Simon & Schuster 2008
X 2003 Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793 Simon & Schuster 2000
2013 Angelberger, Tom The Strange Case of Origami Yoda Amulet 2010
2010 Applegate, Katherine Home of the Brave Feiwel & Friends 2007
2015 Applegate, Katherine The One and Only Ivan HarperCollins 2012
2021 Arden, Katherine Small Spaces G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2018
2002 Armstrong, Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World Crown 1998 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2022 Athaide, Tina Orange for the Sunsets Katherine Tegan 2019 Books
2020 Atkins, Laura & Yogi, Stan Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Heydey 2017
2014 Atkinson, Elizabeth I, Emma Freke Carolrhoda 2010
2012 Auch, Mary Jane One-Handed Catch Holt 2006
2005 Auch, Mary Jane Ashes of Roses Holt 2002
2017 Auxier, Jonathan The Night Gardener Abrams 2014
2021 Auxier, Jonathan Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Amulet Books 2018
1988 Avi The Fighting Ground Lippincott 1987
1994 Avi Nothing but the Truth Orchard 1991
1999 Avi Poppy Orchard 1995
2001 Avi Poppy and Rye Avon 1998
1993 Avi The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Orchard 1990
1999 Bachrach, Susan Tell Them We Remember Little 1994
1991 Ballard, Robert Exploring the Titanic Scholastic 1988
2007 Balliet, Blue Chasing Vermeer Scholastic 2001
X 1998 Banks, Lynne Reid The Indian in the Cupboard Doubleday 1981
1997 Banks, Lynne Reid The Mystery of the Cupboard Morrow 1993
1989 Banks, Lynne Reid The Return of the Indian Doubleday 1986
2015 Barrow, Randi Saving Zasha Scholastic 2011 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2007 Barry, Dave & Ridley, Pearson Peter and the Starcatchers Hyperion 2004
2011 Bartoletti, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared Scholastic 2008
2013 Baskin, Nora Raleigh Anything but Typical Simon & Schuster 2009
2015 Bauer, Joan Almost Home Viking 2012
2002 Bauer, Joan Backwater Putnam 1999
2014 Bauer, Joan Close to Famous Viking 2011
2003 Bauer, Joan Hope Was Here Putnam 2000
2001 Bauer, Joan Rules of the Road Putnam 1998
1996 Bauer, Joan Squashed Delacorte 1992
2005 Bauer, Joan Stand Tall Putnam 2002
1988 Bauer, Marion Dane On My Honor Houghton Mifflin 1986
1990 Bauer, Marion Dane Touch the Moon Clarion 1987
2005 Bauer, Marion Dane Runt Clarion 2002
1991 Bawden, Nina Henry Lothrop 1998
1996 Beattie, Owen Buried in Ice Scholastic 1992
1990 Beatty, Patricia Charley Skedaddle Morrow 1987
2020 Beatty, Robert Serafina and the Black Cloak Disney-Hyperion 2015
1991 Bellairs, John The Eyes of the Killer Robot Dial 1986
2018 Bertman, Jennifer The Book Scavenger Henry Holt 2015
2021 Bigelow, Lisa Jenn Drum Roll, Please Harper - HarperCollins 2018 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2010 Bingham, Kelly L. Shark Girl Candlewick 2007
2008 Birdsall, Jeanne The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Knopf 2005 Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
2019 Black, Holly & Clare, The Iron Trial Scholastic Press 2014 Cassandra
2000 Blackslee, Ann A Different Kind of Hero Cavendish 1997
1990 Blackwood, Gary Wild Timothy Atheneum 1987
2001 Bloor, Edward Tangerine Harcourt 1997
2009 Blume, Lesly M. M. Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Knopf 2006 Somerset Sisters
2003 Bodett, Tom Williwaw! Knopf 1999
2020 Bowling, Dusti Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus Sterling Children's 2017 Books
2017 Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker The War that Saved My Life Dial 2015
2014 Bragg, Georgia How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Walker 2011 Awfully Famous
2003 Bridges, Ruby Through My Eyes Scholastic 1999
2021 Brimner, Larry Dane Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 Calkins Creek - 2017 Highlights
1990 Brittain, Bill Dr. Dredd’s Wagon of Wonders Harper & Row 1987
2012 Broach, Elise Masterpiece Holt 2008
2008 Broach, Elise Shakespeare’s Secret Henry Holt 2005
2022 Brosgol, Vera Be Prepared First Second 2019 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2018 Brown, Don Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Houghton Mifflin 2015 Orleans
2008 Bruchac, Joseph Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines Dial 2005 of World War II
1988 Bulla, Clyde A Lion to Guard Us Crowell 1981
1994 Bunting, Eve Is Anybody There? Lippincott 1988
2012 Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces Scholastic 2009
2019 Burg, Ann E. Unbound Scholastic 2016
1991 Byars, Betsy Cracker Jackson Viking Kestral 1985
1988 Byars, Betsy The Cybil War Viking 1982
1989 Byars, Betsy The Not-Just-Anybody-Family Dell 1987
1997 Byars, Betsy Wanted… Mud Blossom Delacorte 1991
2022 Callender, Kacen King and the Dragonflies Scholastic Press 2020
1997 Calvert, Patricia Bigger Atheneum 1994
1996 Campbell, Eric The Place of Lions Harcourt 1991
2009 Carbone, Elisa Blood on the River: James Town 1607 Viking 2006
2004 Carbone, Elisa Storm Warriors Knopf 2001
2012 Carmichael, Clay Wild Things Front Street 2009
1992 Carris, Joan Hedgehogs in the Closet Lippincott 1988
2020 Cartaya, Pablo The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora Viking 2017
2011 Cassidy, Cathy Scarlett Viking 2006
2016 Cavanaugh, Nancy This Journal Belongs to Ratchet Sourcebooks 2013 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2021 Cervantes, Angela Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring Scholastic Press 2018
1995 Choi, Sook Nyul Year of the Impossible Goodbyes Houghton Mifflin 1991
2018 Chmakova, Svetlana Awkward Yen 2015
2006 Choldenko, Gennifer Al Capone Does My Shirts Putnam 2004
1999 Christian, Peggy The Bookstore Mouse Harcourt 1995
1988 Cleary, Beverly Dear Mr. Henshaw Morrow 1983
2012 Clements, Andrew Extra Credit Atheneum 2009
X 1999 Clements, Andrew Frindle Simon & Schuster 1996
2001 Clements, Andrew The Landry News Simon & Schuster 1999
2004 Clements, Andrew Things Not Seen Philomel 2002
2015 Close, Chuck Chuck Close Face Book Abrams 2012
1990 Cochran, Barbara I Am the Universe Atheneum 1986
2012 Cochrane, Mick The Girl Who Threw Butterflies Knopf 2009
2006 Codell, Esmé Sahara Special Hyperion 2003
X 2012 Cody, Matthew Powerless Knopf 2009
2016 Cody, Matthew Will in Scarlet Knopf 2013
1998 Coerr, Eleanor Meiko and the Fifth Treasure Putnam 1993
2007 Collins, Suzanne Gregor the Overlander Scholastic 2003
X 2011 Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games Scholastic 2003
1988 Conford, Ellen Seven Days to a Brand New Me Little, Brown 1981
1996 Conly, Jane Crazy Lady! HarperCollins 1993
1989 Conly, Jane Racso and the Rats of NIMH HarperCollins 1986 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
1993 Conly, Jane R-T, Margaret and the Rats of NIMH HarperCollins 1990
2018 Connor, Leslie All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook Katherine Tegen 2016
2020 Connor, Leslie The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle Katherine Tegan 2018
2011 Connor, Leslie Waiting for Normal HarperCollins 2008
1992 Conrad, Pamela My Daniel Harper & Row 1989
1989 Conrad, Pamela Prairie Songs Harper & Row 1987
2002 Cooney, Caroline Burning Up Delacorte 1999
X 1995 Cooney, Caroline Flight #116 Is Down Scholastic 1992
1993 Cooney, Caroline The Face on the Milk Carton Bantam 1990
1995 Cooper, Susan The Boggart Macmillan 1993
1998 Cottonwood, Joe Quake! Scholastic 1995
2008 Couloumbis, Audrey The Misadventures of Maude March, or, Scholastic 1995 Trouble Rides a Fast Horse
1996 Coville, Bruce Jennifer Murdley’s Toad Harcourt 1992
2021 Craft, Jerry New Kid Harper - HarperCollins 2019
1998 Creech, Sharon Absolutely Normal Chaos HarperCollins 1995
2006 Creech, Sharon Granny Torrelli Makes Soup HarperCollins 2003
2007 Creech, Sharon Heartbeat Cotler 2004
2004 Creech, Sharon Love That Dog HarperCollins 2001
2019 Creech, Sharon Moo HarperCollins 2016
2005 Creech, Sharon Ruby Holler Cotler 2002
1997 Creech, Sharon Walk Two Moons HarperCollins 1994 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2007 Cummings, Priscilla Red Kayak Dutton 2004
2002 Curtis, Christopher Paul Bud, Not Buddy Delacorte 1999
1998 Curtis, Christopher Paul The Watsons Go To Birmingham Delacorte 1995
1997 Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy Clarion 1994
1999 Cushman, Karen The Ballad of Lucy Whipple Clarion 1996
X 1991 Dahl, Roald Matilda Viking 1988
1989 Dahl, Roald The BFG Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1982
2000 Danziger, Paula P.S. Longer Letter Later Scholastic 1998
2022 Day, Christine I Can Make This Promise Harper 2019
1992 Deaver, Julie Say Goodnight, Gracie Harper & Row 1988
2022 Dee, Barbara Maybe He Just Likes You Aladdin 2019
1999 DeFelice, Cynthia The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1996
2005 DeFelice, Cynthia Under the Same Sky Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2003
1993 DeFelice, Cynthia Weasel Macmillan 1990
1996 Deuker, Carl Heart of a Champion Little, Brown 1993
1993 Deuker, Carl On the Devil’s Court Little, Brown 1988
2002 DeYoung, C. Coco A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt Delacorte 1999
2021 Diaz, Alexandra The Only Road Simon & Schuster 2016
2002 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie Candlewick 2000
2008 DiCamillo, Kate The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Candlewick 2006
2006 DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux Candlewick 2003
2006 Divakaruni, Chitra The Conch Bearer Roaring Brook 2003 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2008 Dowell, Frances O’Roark Chicken Boy Atheneum 2005
2004 Dowell, Frances O’Roark Dovey Coe Atheneum 2000
2010 Dowell, Frances O’Roark Shooting the Moon Atheneum 2008
2013 Draper, Sharon M. Out of My Mind Atheneum 2010
2017 Draper, Sharon M. Stella by Starlight Atheneum 2015
1995 Drucker, Malka Jacob’s Rescue: A Holocaust Story Bantam 1993
2019 Dumas, Firoozeh It Ain't So Awful, Falafel Clarion 2016
1988 Duncan, Lois Chapters: My Growth as a Writer Little, Brown 1982
1995 Duncan, Lois Don’t Look Behind You Delacorte 1989
1991 Duncan, Lois Locked in Time Little, Brown 1985
2006 DuPrau, Jeanne The City of Ember Random House 2003
1990 Dygard, Thomas Halfback Tough Morrow 1986
1991 Dygard, Thomas The Rookie Arrives Morrow 1988
1988 Dygard, Thomas Wilderness Peril Morrow 1985
2018 Eagar, Lindsay Hour of the Bees Candlewick 2016
1991 Ehrlich, Amy Where It Stops, Nobody Knows Dial 1988
2004 Ellis, Deborah The Breadwinner Groundwood 2000
1991 Ellis, Sarah A Family Project Macmillan 1986
2005 Ellsworth, Loretta The Shrouding Woman Holt 2002
2016 Engle, Margarita Mountain Dog Holt 2013
2014 Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird: (Mok’ing-bûrd) Philomel 2010
2008 Evans, Douglas MVP*: Magellan Voyage Project Front Street 2004 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
X 2016 Evans, Richard Paul Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 Simon Pulse/Mercury 2011 Ink
2013 Falls, Kat Dark Life Scholastic 2010
2005 Fama, Elizabeth Overboard Cricket 2002
2005 Farmer, Nancy The House of the Scorpion Atheneum 2002
2007 Farmer, Nancy The Sea of Trolls Atheneum 2004
2019 Federle, Tim Better Nate Than Ever Simon & Schuster 2013
2007 Feinstein, John Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery Knopf 2005
1995 Fenner, Carol Randall’s Wall Macmillan 1991
1998 Fenner, Carol Yolanda’s Genius McElderry 1995
2013 Ferrari, Michael Born to Fly Delacorte 2009
2007 Ferris, Jean Once Upon a Marigold Harcourt 2002
2015 Fitzmaurice, Kathryn A Diamond in a Desert Viking 2012
2014 Flanagan, John The Outcasts Philomel 2011
2008 Flanagan, John The Ruins of Gorland Philomel 2011
1996 Fleischman, Paul Bull Run HarperCollins 1993
2005 Fleischman, Paul Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story Houghton Mifflin 2002 About Brain Science
2000 Fleischman, Paul Seedfolks HarperCollins 1997
2002 Fleischman, Sid Bandit’s Moon Greenwillow 1998
1989 Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy Greenwillow 1986
2001 Fletcher, Ralph Flying Solo Clarion 1998 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2001 Fletcher, Susan Shadow Spinner Atheneum 1998
2003 Fogelin, Adrian Crossing Jordan Peachtree 2000
1990 Fosburgh, Liza Mrs. Abercorn and the Bunce Boys Four Winds 1986
2000 Franklin, Kristine Lone Wolf Candlewick 1997
1996 Freedman, Russell Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Clarion 1993
2010 Freedman, Russell Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Holiday House 2006 Montgomery Bus Boycott
1999 Freedman, Russell Kids at Work Clarion 1994
2019 Freedman, Russell We Will Not be Silent Clarion 2016
2013 Friend, Natasha Bounce Scholastic 2007
2011 Frost, Helen Diamond Willow Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2008
2016 Frost, Helen Hidden Talents Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2011
2006 Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Darby Candlewick 2002
2013 Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book HarperCollins 2008
2018 Ganda, Martin I Will Always Write Back Little, Brown 2015
2022 Gemeinhart, Dan The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Henry Holt and 2019 Company
1997 George, Jean Craighead Julie HarperCollins 1994
2010 George, Jessica Day Dragon Slippers Bloomsbury 2007
2015 George, Jessica Day Tuesdays at the Castle Bloomsbury 2007
2013 Gephart, Donna How to Survive Middle School Delacorte 2010
2019 Gephart, Donna Lily and Dunkin Delacorte 2016 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2020 Gibbs, Stuart Space Case Simon & Schuster 2014
2014 Gidwitz, Adam A Tale Dark and Grimm Dutton 2010
2019 Gidwitz, Adam The Inquisitor's Tale Dutton 2016
2000 Giff, Patricia Reilly Lily’s Crossing Delacorte 1997
2003 Giff, Patricia Reilly Nory Ryan’s Song Delacorte 2000
2003 Giff, Patricia Reilly Pictures of Hollis Woods Lamb 2002
1990 Graeber, Charlotte Fudge Lothrop 1987
2010 Graff, Lisa The Thing About Georgie HarperCollins 2006
X 2020 Gratz, Alan Refugee Scholastic Press 2017
2006 Green, Michelle Y. A Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie Dial 2002 “Peanut” Johnson
2015 Green, Tim Unstoppable HarperCollins 2012
2015 Greenwald, Tommy Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading Roaring Brook 2011
1993 Greer, Gery This Island Isn’t Big Enough for the Four of Us Crowell 1987
1992 Grove, Vicki Good-bye, My Wishing Star Putnam 1988
2001 Gutman, Dan Honus & Me Avon 1997
2002 Gutman, Dan The Million Dollar Shot Hyperion 1997
2003 Gutman, Dan Jackie and Me Avon 1999
1991 Haas, Dorothy The Secret Life of Dilly McBean Bradbury 1986
2002 Haddix, Margaret Among the Hidden Simon & Schuster 1998
2011 Haddix, Margaret Found Simon & Schuster 2008
1998 Haddix, Margaret Running Out of Time Simon & Schuster 1995 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2009 Hah, Jenny Shug Simon & Schuster 2006
X 2010 Hahn, Mary Downing All the Lovely Bad Ones Clarion 2008
1989 Hahn, Mary Downing Daphne’s Book Clarion 1991
1995 Hahn, Mary Downing Stepping on the Cracks Clarion 1991
2008 Hahn, Mary Downing The Old Willis Place Clarion 2004
1996 Hahn, Mary Downing Time for Andrew Clarion 1994
X 1990 Hahn, Mary Downing Wait Til Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Clarion 1986
2008 Hale, Shannon Princess Academy Bloomsbury 2005
2007 Hannigan, Katherine Ida B.: … and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Greenwillow 2004 Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
2008 Harlow, Joan Hiatt Thunder From the Sea McElderry 2004
2019 Hashimi, Nadia One Half From the East HarperCollins 2016
2020 Hautman, Pete Slider Candlewick 2017
2013 Hawkins, Aaron The Year Money Grew on Trees Houghton Mifflin 2010
2022 Heiligman, Deborah Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Godwin Books 2019 Sinking of “The Children’s Ship”
2000 Henkes, Kevin Sun & Spoon Morrow 1997
2011 Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea Viking 2008
1990 Hermes, Patricia Kevin Corbett Eats Flies Harcourt 1986
1995 Hesse, Karen Letters from Rifka Holt 1992
1998 Hesse, Karen Phoenix Rising Holt 1994
1994 Hest, Amy Love You, Solider Four Winds 1991 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2016 Hiaasen, Carl Chomp Knopf 2012
X 2005 Hiaasen, Carl Hoot Knopf 2002
2011 Hiaasen, Carl Scat Knopf 2009
1998 High, Linda Oatman Hound Heaven Holiday 1995
1990 Hilgartner, Beth A Murder for Her Majesty Houghton Mifflin 1986
1992 Hill, Douglas Blade of the Poisoner Macmillan 1987
2003 Hill, Kirkpatrick The Year of Miss Agnes McElderry 2000
1993 Hill, Kirkpatrick Toughboy and Sister Macmillan 1990
2018 Hilton, Marilyn Full Cicada Moon Dial 2015
2020 Hiranandani, Veera The Night Diary Dial Books 2018
2008 Hobbs, Valerie Defiance Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2005
1997 Hobbs, Will Beardance Atheneum 1993
1995 Hobbs, Will Bearstone Atheneum 1989
2010 Hobbs, Will Crossing the Wire HarperCollins 2003
1999 Hobbs, Will Far North Morrow 1996
2006 Hobbs, Will Jackie’s Wild Seattle HarperCollins 2003
2003 Hobbs, Will Jason’s Gold Morrow 1999
1998 Hobbs, Will Kokopelli’s Flute Atheneum 1995
2015 Hobbs, Will Never Say Die HarperCollins 2013
2001 Hobbs, Will The Maze Morrow 1998
2004 Hobbs, Will Wild Man Island HarperCollins 2002
1998 Hoffius, Stephen Winners and Losers Simon & Schuster 1993 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2017 Hoffman, Alice Nightbird Wendy Lamb 2015
2017 Holczer, Tracy The Secret Hum of a Daisy G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2014
1994 Holland, Isabelle The Journey Home Scholastic 1990
2017 Holm, Jennifer L. The Fourteenth Goldfish Random House 2014
2013 Holm, Jennifer L. Turtle in Paradise Random House 2010
2009 Holm, Jennifer L. Penny from Heaven Random House 2006
2018 Holt, K.A. House Arrest Chronicle 2015
2017 Holt, K.A. Rhyme Schemer Chronicle 2014
2003 Holt, Kimberly Willis Dancing in Cadillac Light Putnam 2001
2001 Holt, Kimberly Willis My Louisiana Sky Henry Holt 1998
2002 Holt, Kimberly Willis When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Henry Holt 1999
2004 Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn Philomel 1999
2017 Hopkinson, Deborah The Great Trouble Knopf 2013
2016 Hopkinson, Deborah Titanic: Voices from the Disaster Scholastic 2012
X 2004 Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker Philomel 2001
2002 Horvath, Polly The Trolls Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1999
1992 Howard, Ellen Her Own Song Atheneum 1988
1995 Hughes, Monica Invitation to the Game Simon & Schuster 1993
2017 Hunt, Lynda Mullaly Fish in a Tree Nancy Paulsen 2015
2015 Hunt, Lynda Mullaly One for the Murphys Penguin 2012
1993 Hunter, Mollie The Mermaid Summer Harper & Row 1988
2006 Ibbotson, Eva Journey to the River Sea Dutton 2001 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2007 Ibbotson, Evan The Star of Kazan Dutton 2004
1997 Irwin, Hadley Jim-Dandy McElderry 1994
2019 Jacobson, Jennifer Richard Paper Things Candlewick 2015
1994 Jacques, Brian Mattimeo Philomel 1989
1992 Jacques, Brian Redwall Philomel 1986
2020 Jamieson, Victoria All's Faire in Middle School Dial 2017
2018 Jamieson, Victoria Roller Girl Dial 2015
1992 Jensen, Dorothea The Riddle of Penncroft Farm Gulliver 1989
2021 Johnson, Varian The Parker Inheritance Arthur A. Levine - 2018 Scholastic, Inc.
2017 Johnston, E.K. The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Carolrhoda 2014 Trondheim
2006 Johnston, Tony Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio Blue Sky 2001
1988 Jukes, Mavis Blackberries in the Dark Knopf 1985
1994 Keehn, Sally I Am Regina Philomel 1991
1994 Kehret, Peg Cages Dutton 1991
2000 Kehret, Peg Earthquake Error Cobblehill 1996
1996 Kehret, Peg Horror at the Haunted House Dutton 1992
1992 Kehret, Peg Nightmare Mountain Cobblehill/Dutton 1989
1999 Kehret, Peg The Richest Kids in Town Cobblehill 1994
2001 Kehret, Peg Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Whitman 1996
2012 Kelly, Jacqueline The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Holt 2009 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2010 Kent, Rose Kimchi & Calamari HarperCollins 2007
2009 Key, Watt Alabama Moon Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2006
2019 King, Amy Sarig Me and Marvin Gardens Arthur A. Levine 2017
1988 King-Smith, Dick Babe, the Gallant Pig Crown 1985
1991 King-Smith, Dick Harry’s Mad Crown 1984
2000 Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie As Long as There are Mountains Cobblehill 1997
2015 Kirby, Matthew J. The Clockwork Three Scholastic 2010
2009 Klages, Ellen The Green Glass Sea Viking 2006
2002 Klise, Kate Regarding the Fountain Avon 1998
2016 Knowles, Johanna See You at Harry’s Candlewick 2012
2000 Konigsburg, E.L. The View from Saturday Atheneum 1996
2017 Korman, Gordon Masterminds Balzer + Bray 2015
2004 Korman, Gordon No More Dead Dogs Hyperion 2000
2020 Korman, Gordon Restart
2011 Korman, Gordon Schooled Hyperion 2007
1997 Korman, Gordon The Toilet Paper Tigers Scholastic 1993
1998 Korman, Gordon The Twinkie Squad Scholastic 1992
2015 Korman, Gordon Ungifted HarperCollins 2012
2008 LaFaye, A. Worth Simon & Schuster 2004
2013 LaFleur, Suzanne Love, Aubrey Random House 2009
2013 Lai, Thanhha Inside Out & Back Again HarperCollins 2011
2018 Lai, Thanhha Listen, Slowly HarperCollins 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2019 Lamana, Julie Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere Chronicle 2014
2009 Larson, Kirby Hattie Big Sky Delacorte 2006
1993 Lauber, Patricia Seeing Earth from Space Orchard 1990
1991 Lauber, Patricia Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mt. St. Bradbury 1986 Helens
2011 Law, Ingrid Savvy Dial 2008
1990 Lawlor, Laurie Addie Across the Prairie Whitman 1986
2003 Lawrence, Iain The Wreckers Delacorte 1998
2021 Leatherdale, Mary Beth Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees Annick Press 2017
2002 Levine, Gail Carson Dave at Night HarperCollins 1999
X 2000 Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted HarperCollins 1997
2007 Levine, Karen Hana’s Suitcase Whitman 2002
2014 Levine, Kristin The Lions of Little Rock Putnam 2012
2017 Levine, Kristin The Paper Cowboy G.P. Putnam’s Sons 2014
2019 Lewis, John March, Book 1 Top Shelf 2016
2018 Leyson, Leon The Boy on the Wooden Box Atheneum 2013
2012 Lin, Grace Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Little Brown & Co. 2009
2009 Lisle, Janet Taylor Black Duck Philomel 2006
2003 Lisle, Janet Taylor The Art of Keeping Cool Atheneum 2000
1988 Lord, Bette Bao In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson HarperCollins 1984
2009 Lord, Cynthia Rules Scholastic 2006 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2017 Lowery, Lynda Blackmon Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story Dial 2015 of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
1993 Lowry, Lois All About Sam Houghton Mifflin 1988
1989 Lowry, Lois Anastasia at Your Service Houghton Mifflin 1982
1991 Lowry, Lois Anastasia on Her Own Houghton Mifflin 1985
2003 Lowry, Lois Gathering Blue Houghton Mifflin 2000
X 1996 Lowry, Lois The Giver Houghton Mifflin 1993
2009 Lowry, Lois Gossamer Houghton Mifflin 2006
X 1992 Lowry, Lois Number the Stars Houghton Mifflin 2006
X 2015 Lu, Marie Legend Putnam 2011
2004 Lubar, David Hidden Talents Tor 1999
2009 Lupica, Mike Heat Scholastic 2005
1996 MacBride, Rober Lea Little House on Rocky Ridge HarperCollins 1993
1996 MacLachlan, Patricia Baby Delacorte 1993
1994 MacLachlan, Patricia Journey Delacorte 1991
1988 MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plan and Tall HarperCollins 1985
1998 MacLachlan, Patricia Skylark HarperCollins 1994
2012 Magoon, Kekla The Rock and the River Aladdin 2009
2016 Magoon, Kekla Camo Girl Aladdin 2011
1997 Maguire, Gregory Seven Spiders Spinning Clarion 1994
2004 Malone, Patricia The Legend of Lady Ilena Delacorte 2002
1993 Malterre, Elona The Last Wolf of Ireland Clarion 1990 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
1989 Manes, Stephen Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days Houghton Mifflin 1982
1996 Marino, Jan The Day Elvis Came to Town Little, Brown 1991
2022 Marks, Janae From the Desk of Zoe Washington Katherine Tegan 2020 Books
2009 Marrin, Albert Oh, Rats!: The Story of Rats and People Dutton 2006
2021 Marsh, Katherine Nowhere Boy Roaring Brook Press 2018
2004 Martin, Ann M. Belle Teal Scholastic 2001
1991 Martin, Ann M. Missing Since Monday Holiday House 1986
2017 Martin, Ann M. Rain Reign Feiwel & Friends 2014
1989 Martin, Ann M. With You and Without You Holiday House 1986
2011 Mass, Wendy 11 Birthdays Scholastic 2009
2012 Mass, Wendy Every Soul a Star Little Brown & Co. 2008
2010 Mass, Wendy Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Little, Brown 2006
1997 Matas, Carol Daniel’s Story Scholastic 1993
1993 Matas, Carol Lisa’s War Macmillan 1989
1990 Mazer, Norma Fox After the Rain Morrow 1987
1991 Mazer, Norma Fox Silver Morrow 1988
2021 McAnulty, Stacy The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl Random House 2018
2005 McCaughrean, Geraldine The Kite Rider HarperCollins 2002
2002 McElfresh, Lynn E. Can You Feel the Thunder? Atheneum 1999
1990 McGowen, Tom The Magician’s Apprentice Lodestar 1987
1989 McInerney, Judith Judge Benjamin: Superdog Secret Holiday House 1987 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2007 McKernan, Victoria Shackleton’s Stowaway Knopf 2005
1988 McKinley, Robin The Blue Sword Greenwillow 1982
2011 McKissack, Patricia C. A Friendship for Today Scholastic 2007
1996 McKissack, Patricia The Dark Thirty Knopf 1992
1998 McKissack, Patricia & Frederick Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Scholastic 1994 Quarters
1999 Mead, Alice Junebug Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1995
2014 Meloy, Maile The Apothecary Putnam 2011
1996 Meyer, Carolyn Where the Broken Heart Still Beats Gulliver 1992
1999 Meyer, Carolyn White Lilacs Harcourt 1993
2016 Meyer, Marissa Cinder Thorndike 2012
2013 Meyer, Susan Lynn Black Radishes Delacorte 2010
2001 Mikaelson, Ben Petey Hyperion 1998
2000 Mikaelson, Ben Stranded Hyperion 1995
2004 Mikaelson, Ben Touching Spirit Bear HarperCollins 2001
1994 Miller, Mary Jane Me and My Name Viking 1990
2000 Mills, Claudia Losers, Inc. Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1997
2002 Mills, Claudia You’re a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1999
2020 Moore, David Barclay The Stars Beneath Our Feet Alfred A. Knopf 2017
2000 Morpurgo, Michael The Butterfly Lion Viking 1997
2010 Morpurgo, Michael The Mozart Question Candlewick 2006
1994 Morpurgo, Michael Waiting for Anya Viking 1990 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
Winner Year Author Title Publisher Copyright
2003 Morris, Gerald The Squire’s Tale Houghton Mifflin 1998
2014 Morton-Shaw, Christine The Hunt for the Seventh HarperCollins 2008
2011 Mull, Brandon Fablehaven Shadow Mountain 2006
2013 Mulligan, Andy Trash Random House 2010
1998 Murphy, Jim The Great Fire Scholastic 1995
1998 Myers, Edward Climb or Die Hyperion 1994
1993 Myers, Walter Dean Scorpions Harper & Row 1988
2006 Naidoo, Beverley The Other Side of Truth HarperCollins 2000
2002 Namioka, Lensy Ties that Bind, Ties that Break Delacorte 1999
2000 Napoli, Dona Jo Stones in Water Dutton 1997
1990 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Night Cry Atheneum 1984
2000 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Saving Shiloh Atheneum 1997
X 1994 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh Macmillan 1991
1999 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Shiloh Season Atheneum 1996
1988 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Agony of Alice Atheneum 1985
1998 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Fear Place Atheneum 1994
2014 Neri, G. Ghetto Cowboy Candlewick 2011
2016 Ness, Patrick A Monster Calls Candlewick 2011
2007 Newman, Lesléa Hachiko Waits Henry Holt 2004
2014 Nicholls, Sally Ways to Live Forever Scholastic 2008
2015 Nielsen, Jennifer A. The False Prince Scholastic 2012
X 2018 Nielsen, Jennifer A. A Night Divided Scholastic 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2021 Nielsen, Jennifer A. Resistance Scholastic Press 2018
1994 Nixon, Joan Lowery Whispers from the Dead Delacorte 1989
2022 Noah, Trevor It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a Delacorte Press 2019 South African Childhood
2010 Nuzum, K.A. A Small White Scar Joanna Cotler 2006
2012 O’Connor, Barbara Greetings from Nowhere Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2008
1989 O’Dell, Scott Streams to the River, River to the Sea Houghton Mifflin 1986
2021 Oh, Ellen Spirit Hunters Harper - HarperCollins 2017
2022 Ogle, Rex Free Lunch Norton Young Readers 2019
2007 Oppel, Kenneth Airborn Eos 2004
2022 Oppel, Kenneth Inkling Alfred A. Knopf 2018
2000 Oppel, Kenneth Silverwing Simon & Schuster 1997
2002 Oppel, Kenneth Sunwing Simon & Schuster 2000
X 2014 Palacio, R.J. Wonder Knopf 2012
X 2006 Paolini, Christopher Eragon Knopf 2002
X 1998 Park, Barbara Mick Harte Was Here Knopf 1995
1992 Park, Barbara My Mother Got Married: And Other Disasters Knopf 1989
2003 Park, Barbara The Graduation of Jake Moon Atheneum 2000
1990 Park, Barbara The Kid in the Red Jacket Knopf 1987
2006 Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard Clarion 2001
2015 Park, Linda Sue A Long Walk to Water Clarion 2010
2009 Park, Linda Sue Project Mulberry Clarion 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2005 Park, Linda Sue When My Name was Keoko Clarion 2002
2012 Parry, Rosanne Heart of a Shepherd Random House 2009
1994 Patent, Dorothy Gray Wolf, Red Wolf Clarion 1990
2015 Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw Dogs on Duty: Soldiers’ Best Friends on the Walker 2012 Battlefield and Beyond
1999 Paterson, Katherine Jip: His Story Lodestar 1996
1995 Paterson, Katherine Lyddie Dutton 1991
1995 Paterson, Katherine Park’s Quest Dutton 1988
1996 Patneaude, David Someone Was Watching Whitman 1993
2001 Patneaude, David The Last Man’s Reward Whitman 1996
2007 Patneaude, David Thin Wood Walls Houghton Mifflin 2004
2008 Pattou, Edith East Harcourt 2003
1996 Paulsen, Gary Canyons Delacorte 1990
1998 Paulsen, Gary Harris & Me Harcourt 1993
1990 Paulsen, Gary Hatchet Bradbury 1987
2001 Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog Years Delacorte 1998
1995 Paulsen, Gary The Haymeadow Delacorte 1992
1993 Paulsen, Gary The Voyage of the Frog Orchard 1989
2012 Paulsen, Gary Woods Runner Random House 2010
2009 Paver, Michelle Wolf Brother HarperCollins 2004
2011 Pearsall, Shelley All Shook Up Knopf 2008
2008 Pearsall, Shelley Crooked River Knopf 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2018 Pearsall, Shelley The Seventh Most Important Thing Knopf 2015
2005 Pearsall, Shelley Trouble Don’t Last Knopf 2002
2001 Peck, Richard A Long Way from Chicago Dial 1998
2003 Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder Dial 2000
2004 Peck, Richard Fair Weather Dial 2001
1988 Peck, Richard Remembering the Good Times Delacorte 1985
2006 Peck, Richard The River Between Us Dial 2003
1994 Peck, Richard Voices after Midnight Delacorte 1989
1992 Peet, Bill Bill Peet: An Autobiography Houghton Mifflin 1989
2020 Pérez, Celia C. The First Rule of Punk Viking 2017
2013 Perkins, Lynne Rae As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth Greenwillow 2010
2014 Perkins, Mitali Bamboo People Charlesbridge 2010
1995 Peysner, Stella The Night the Whole Class Slept Over Clarion 1991
2009 Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life as We Knew It Harcourt 2006
1997 Philbrick, Rodman Freak the Mighty Scholastic 1993
2012 Philbrick, Rodman The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Blue Sky Press 2009
2006 Philbrick, Rodman The Young Man and the Sea Blue Sky 2004
1991 Pitts, Paul Racing the Sun Avon-Camelot 1988
1997 Polacco, Patricia Pink and Sy Philomel 1994
2000 Porter, Tracy Treasures in the Dust HarperCollins 1997
2015 Potter, Ellen Slob Philomel 2009
1989 Prelutsky, Jack The New Kid on the Block Greenwillow 1984 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2016 Preus, Margi Shadow on the Mountain Abrams 2012
2018 Priest, Cherie I Am Princess X Arthur A. Levine 2015
2012 Prineas, Sarah The Magic Thief HarperCollins 2008
2003 Pullman, Phillip I Was a Rat! Knopf 2000
1993 Rabe, Berniece Tall Enough the World Watts 1989
2021 Ramee, Lisa Moore A Good Kind of Trouble Balzer + Bray - 2019 HarperCollins
1999 Randle, Kirsten D. The Only Alien on the Planet Scholastic 1995
2020 Rappaport, Doreen. 42 is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Candlewick 2017 Jackie Robinson, American Hero
2004 Reeder, Carolyn Foster’s War Scholastic 1998
1993 Reeder, Carolyn Shades of Gray Macmillan 1989
2014 Reedy, Trent Words in the Dust Scholastic 2011
1997 Reiss, Kathryn Time Windows Harcourt 1991
2020 Reynolds, Jason As Brave as You A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book 2016
X 2019 Reynolds, Jason Ghost Atheneum 2016
2021 Reynolds, Jason Long Way Down Atheneum 2017
2022 Rhodes, Jewell Parker Ghost Boys Little, Brown and 2018 Company
2013 Rhodes, Jewell Parker Ninth Ward Little, Brown 2010
1995 Riddell, Ruth Ice Warrior Atheneum 1992
1989 Ride, Sally To Space and Back Lothrop 1986
X 2009 Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief Hyperion 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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1993 Ritchie, Alan Erin McEwan, Your days are Numbered Knopf 1990
2006 Ritter, John H. The Boy Who Saved Baseball Philomel 2003
1992 Roberts, Willo Davis What Could Go Wrong? Atheneum 1989
2003 Robinet, Harriette Gillem Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues Atheneum 2000
X 1997 Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever HarperCollins 1994
2015 Rocklin, Joanne The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook Abrams 2012
2008 Rodman, Mary Ann Yankee Girl Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2004
1999 Rodowsky, Colby Hannah in Between HarperCollins 1994
2001 Rodowsky, Colby The Turnabout Shop Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1998
2016 Rose, Caroline Starr May B.: A Novel Schwartz & Wade 2012
X 2001 Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Scholastic 1997
2011 Roy, Jennifer Yellow Star Marshall Cavendish 2006
1990 Ruckman, Ivy Night of the Twisters Crowell 1984
2007 Ryan, Pam Muñoz Becoming Naomi León Scholastic 2004
2017 Ryan, Pam Muñoz Echo Scholastic 2015
2004 Ryan, Pam Muñoz Esperanza Rising Scholastic 2000
2001 Ryan, Pam Muñoz Riding Freedom Scholastic 1998
2018 Sachar, Louis Fuzzy Mud Delacorte 2015
X 2002 Sachar, Louis Holes Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1998
2021 Saeed, Aisha Amal Unbound Nancy Paulsen Books 2018
2016 Sanderson, Brandon The Rithmatist Tor 2013
2020 Sands, Kevin The Blackthorn Key Aladdin 2015 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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1998 Salisbury, Graham Under the Blood Red Sun Delacorte 1994
1994 Schlein, Miriam The Year of the Panda Crowell 1990
2009 Schlitz, Laura Amy A Drowned Maiden’s Hair: A Melodrama Candlewick 2006
2014 Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now Clarion 2011
2018 Schmidt, Gary D. Orbiting Jupiter Clarion 2015
2005 Schmidt, Gary D. Straw into Gold Clarion 2001
2011 Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble Clarion 2008
2010 Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars Clarion 2007
2021 Schmitt, Adam P. Speechless Candlewick 2018
2022 Schwab, Vicroria City of Ghosts Scholastic Press 2018
2012 Scieszka, Jon Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories Viking 2008 about Growing Up Scieszka
2011 Scott, Michael The Alchemyst Delacorte 2007
1995 Seabrooke, Brenda Judy Scuppernong Cobblehill 1990
2009 Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret Scholastic 2007
2013 Senzai, N.H. Shooting Kabul Simon & Schuster 2010
1992 Service, Pamela Stinker from Space Scribner 1988
2011 Shafer, Audrey The Mailbox Delacorte 2006
2015 Sheinkin, Steve Bomb: The Race to Build -and Steal- the Macmillan 2012 World’s Most Dangerous Weapon
2016 Sheinkin, Steve Lincoln’s Grave Robbers Scholastic 2013
2017 Sheinkin, Steve The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Roaring Brook 2014 Fight for Civil Rights Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2019 Sheinkin, Steve Undefeated Roaring Brook 2016
2009 Sherlock, Patti Letters from Wolfie Viking 2004
2014 Sheth, Kashmira Boys Without Names Balzer + Bray 2010
2016 Shurtliff, Liesl Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin Knopf 2013
2001 Shusterman, Neal The Dark Side of Nowhere Little, Brown 1997
2008 Shusterman, Neal The Schwa Was Here Dutton 2004
2020 Shusterman, Neal Scythe Simon & Schuster, 2016 BFYR
2005 Siebold, Jan Doing Time Online Whitman 2002
1988 Silverstein, Shel A Light in the Attic Harper & Row 1981
2016 Sloan, Holly Goldberg Counting by 7s Dial 2011
2022 Sloan, Holly Goldberg & To Night Owl From Dogfish Dial Books for Young 2019 Wolitzer, Meg Readers
1995 Slote, Alfred Finding Buck McHenry HarperCollins 1991
2018 Smith, Roland Beneath Scholastic 2015
2010 Smith, Roland Elephant Run Hyperion 2007
2012 Smith, Roland Peak Harcourt, Inc. 2007
2004 Smith, Roland Zach’s Lie Hyperion 2001
2012 Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl Putnam 2008
1997 Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Cat Running Delacorte 1994
2001 Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Gib Rides Home Delacorte 1998
1995 Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Song of the Gargoyle Delacorte 1991 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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X 2008 Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie Scholastic 2004
2019 Sonnenblick, Jordan Falling Over Sideways Scholastic Press 2016
2011 Sonnenblick, Jordan Notes from a Midnight Driver Scholastic 2006
1988 Speare, Elizabeth The Sign of the Beaver Houghton Mifflin 1983
2002 Spinelli, Jerry Crash Knopf 1997
X 1993 Spinelli, Jerry Maniac Magee Little, Brown 1990
2003 Spinelli, Jerry Stargirl Knopf 2000
1995 Spinelli, Jerry There's a Girl in My Hammerlock Simon & Schuster 1991
1995 Springer, Nancy Colt Dial 1991
2010 St. John, Lauren The White Giraffe Dial 2006
2010 Stead, Rebecca First Light Wendy Lamb 2007
2018 Stead, Rebecca Goodbye Stranger Wendy Lamb 2015
2022 Steinkellner, Emma The Okay Witch Aladdin 2019
2019 Stelson, Caren Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story Carolrhoda 2016
1996 Sterman, Betsy Backyard Dragon HarperCollins 1993
1991 Sterman, Betsy Too Much Magic Lippincott 1987
1989 Stollz, Mary Cat Walk HarperCollins 1983
2022 Stone, Nic Clean Getaway Crown Books for 2020 Young Readers
1991 Stover, Marjorie When the Dolls Woke Whitman 1985
2017 Stroud, Jonathan The Screaming Staircase Disney/Hyperion 2013
2018 Sullivan, Tara The Bitter Side of Sweet Putnam’s Sons 2016 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2016 Sullivan, Tara Golden Boy Putnam 2011
1992 Swallow, Pamela Leave it to Christy Putnam 1987
2016 Swanson, James L. The President Has Been Shot Scholastic 2012
2022 Takei, George They Called Us Enemy Top Shelf Productions 2019
2000 Tamar, Erika Alphabet City Ballet HarperCollins 1996
1999 Tamar, Erika The Junkyard Dog Knopf 1995
2010 Tarshis, Lauren Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree Dial 2007
1994 Taylor, Mildred Mississippi Bridge Dial 1990
1990 Taylor, Mildred The Friendship Dial 1987
1999 Taylor, Mildred The Well: David’s Story Dial 1995
1996 Taylor, Theodore Timothy of the Cay Harcourt 1993
X 2013 Telgemeier, Raina Smile Graphix 2010
1992 Thesman, Jean Appointment with a Stranger Houghton Mifflin 1989
1992 Thomas, Jane The Princess in the Pigpen Clarion 1989
2019 Thompson, Lisa The Goldfish Boy Scholastic Press 2017
2000 Tillage, Leon Walker Leon’s Story Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1997
2017 Tingle, Tim How I Became a Ghost: A Choctaw Trail of The RoadRunner Press 2013 Tears Story
2005 Tolan, Stephanie Surviving the Applewhites HarperCollins 2002
1997 Tolan, Stephanie Who’s There? Morrow 1994
2014 Tunnell, Michael O. Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift’s Charlesbridge 2010 “Chocolate Pilot” Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2016 Turnage, Sheila Three Times Lucky Dial 2012
2018 Tyre, Lisa Lewis Last in a Long Line of Rebels Nancy Paulsen 2015
2010 Urban, Linda A Crooked Kind of Perfect Harcourt 2007
2004 Van Draanen, Wendelin Flipped Knopf 2001
2014 Van Draanen, Wendelin The Running Dream Knopf 2011
2002 Van Draanen, Wendelin Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Knopf 1998
2020 Van Draanen, Wendelin Wild Bird Knopf 2017
1991 Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth Three Dog Winter Walker 1987
2005 Vande Velde, Vivian Heir Apparent Harcourt 2002
2015 Vanderpool, Clare Navigating Early Delacorte 2013
2017 Venkatraman, Padma A Time to Dance Nancy Paulsen 2014
1989 Voigt, Cynthia Dicey’s Song Macmillan 1982
1988 Voigt, Cynthia Homecoming Atheneum 1982
1990 Voigt, Cynthia Izzy, Willy Nilly Atheneum 1986
2014 Walker, Sally M. Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of Holt 2011 1917
2007 Walker, Sally M. Secrets of a Civil War Submarine Carolrhoda 2005
1993 Wallace, Bill Beauty Holiday House 1988
1992 Wallace, Bill Red Dog Holiday House 1987
2020 Wang, Jen The Prince and the Dressmaker First Second 2018
2022 Warga, Jasmine Other Words for Home Balzer + Bray 2019
2000 Warren, Andrea Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story Houghton Mifflin 1996 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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2005 Warren, Andrea Surviving Hitler HarperCollins 2001
1989 Watkins, Yoko So Far from the Bamboo Grove Lothrop 1986
2020 Watson, Renee Piecing Me Together Bloomsbury 2017
2005 Weaver, Will Memory Boy HarperCollins 2001
X 2007 Weeks, Sarah So B. It: A Novel HarperCollins 2004
1991 Wells, Rosemary Through the Hidden Door Dial 1987
2012 Westerfeld, Scott Leviathan Simon & Schuster 2009
2003 Whelan, Gloria Homeless HarperCollins 2000
2008 Whelan, Gloria Listening for Lions HarperCollins 2005
1999 Whelan, Gloria Once on This Island HarperCollins 1995
2021 White, J.A. Nightbooks Katherine Tegan Books - 2018 HarperCollins
1999 White, Ruth Belle Prater’s Boy Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1996
2006 White, Ruth Tadpole Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2003
2013 Wiles, Deborah Countdown Scholastic 2010
2007 Wiles, Deborah Each Little Bird That Sings Gulliver 2005
2004 Wiles, Deborah Love, Ruby Lavender Harcourt 2001
2022 Williams, Alicia D. Genesis Begins Again Atheneum 2019
1999 Williams, Laura E. Behind the Bedroom Wall Milkweed 1996
2013 Williams-Garcia, Rita One Crazy Summer Amistad 2010
2009 Wilson, Diane Lee Black Storm Comin’ McElderry 2005
2008 Winerip, Michael Adam Canfield of the Slash Candlewick 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Cumulative List 1988-2022 Updated 4/6/21
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1989 Winthrop, Elizabeth The Castle in the Attic Holiday House 1985
1997 Wisler, G. Clifton Jericho’s Journey Lodestar/Dutton 1993
1995 Wisler, G. Clifton Red Cap Lodestar 1991
2010 Wolf, Joan M. Someone Named Eva Clarion 2007
1997 Wood, June Rae The Man Who Loved Clowns Putnam 1992
1997 Woodruff, Elvira George Washington’s Socks Scholastic 1991
1998 Woodruff, Elvira The Magnificent Mummy Maker Scholastic 1994
2006 Woodruff, Elvira The Ravenmaster’s Secret Scholastic 2003
2007 Woodson, Jacqueline Locomotion Putnam 2003
1993 Wrede, Patricia Dealing with Dragons Harcourt 1990
1994 Wrede, Patricia Searching for Dragons Harcourt 1991
X 1989 Wright, Betty Ren The Dollhouse Murders Holiday House 1983
X 2021 Yang, Kelly Front Desk Arthur A. Levine - 2018 Scholastic, Inc.
2014 Yelchin, Eugene Breaking Stalin’s Nose Holt 2011
1994 Yolen, Jane The Devil’s Arithmetic Viking 1988
1994 Zindel, Paul A Begonia for Miss Applebaum Harper & Row 1989
1992 Zirpoli, Jane Roots in the Outfield Houghton Mifflin 1988