A star [*] indicates a Golden Sower Award winner.
Esperanza Rising – Pam Munoz Ryan
Holding Up the Earth – Dianne E. Gray
Hope Was Here – Joan Bauer
The Last Book in the Universe – Rodman Philbrick
Blackwater – Eve Bunting
Petey – Ben Mikaelsen
Framed in Fire – David Patneaude
Armageddon Summer – Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville
Rules of the Road – Joan Bauer
The Maze – Will Hobbs
Sang Spell – Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
[*] Don’t You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey – Margaret Peterson HaddixTangerine – Edward Bloor
The Music of Dolphins – Karen Hesse
Ella Enchanted – Gale Levine
Stones in Water – Donna Jo Napoli
[*] Freak the Mighty – W.R. PhilbrickOthers See Us – William Sleator
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – Avi
Children of the River – Linda Crew