2004

Ursula K. Le Guin.  Tales from Earthsea and others

Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history and magic of the place.

2003

Nancy Garden. Annie on My Mind and others

Liza puts aside her feelings for Annie after the disaster at school, but eventually she allows love to triumph over the ignorance of people.

2002

Paul Zindel. The Pigman and others

A teenage boy and girl, high school sophomores from unhappy homes, tell of their bizarre relationship with an old man.

2001

Robert Lipsyte. One Fat Summer and others

Overweight Bobby Marks hates the summertime because he can't hide under heavy clothing. Then he gets a job grooming the grounds of Dr. Kahn's estate, and it isn't long before he finds out how terrifying and exhilirating, how dangerous and wonderful, one fat summer can be.

2000

Chris Crutcher. Running Loose and others

Louie, a high school senior in a small Idaho town, learns about sportsmanship, love, and death as he matures into manhood.

1999

Anne McCaffrey. Dragonflight and others

To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. Now the time has come for Lessa to take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa's world is threatened by Thread, which falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world.

1998

Madeleine L'Engle. A Wrinkle in Time and others

Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.

1997

Gary Paulsen. Hatchet and others

After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.

1996

Judy Blume. Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret and others

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

1995

Cynthia Voigt. Dicey's Song and others

Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.

1994

Walter Dean Myers. Hoops and others

A teenage basketball player from Harlem is befriended by a former professional player who, after being forced to quit because of a point shaving scandal, hopes to prevent other young athletes from repeating his mistake.

1993

M.E. Kerr. Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack and others

Fifteen-year-old Tucker's life changes in many ways when he meets the unusual overweight girl who gives his cat a home.

1992

Lois Duncan. I Know What You Did Last Summer and others

Four teen-agers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mysterious figure seeking revenge.

1991

Robert Cormier. The Chocolate War and others

A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.

1990

Richard Peck. The Last Safe Place on Earth and others

Fifteen-year-old Todd sees his perfect suburban world start to unravel when his little sister has her mind poisoned by a member of a fundamentalist sect and he begins to notice signs of censorship in his community.

1989

No Award given.

1988

S.E. Hinton. The Outsiders and others

The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.