Winners
| Year | Title | Author | Grades |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | When You Reach Me | Rebecca Stead | |
| 2011 | 11 Birthdays | Wendy Mass | |
| 2010 | Found | Margaret Peterson Haddix | |
| 2009 | The Mysterious Benedict Society | Trenton Lee Stewart | |
| 2008 | The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | |
| 2007 | The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo | |
| 2006 | Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Georgia Byng | |
| 2005 | The Thief Lord | Cornelia Funke | |
| 2004 | Jackie & Me | Dan Gutman | |
| 2003 | Artemis Fowl | Eoin Colfer | |
| 2002 | Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | |
| 2001 | Holes | Louis Sachar | |
| 2000 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | |
| 1999 | Frindle | Andrew Clements | |
| 1998 | Crash | Jerry Spinelli | |
| 1997 | Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger | Louis Sachar | |
| 1996 | The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi | |
| 1995 | Hatchet | Gary Paulsen | |
| 1994 | Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | |
| 1993 | Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | |
| 1992 | Matilda | Roald Dahl | |
| 1991 | There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar | |
| 1990 | No award was given; Dr. Constant was on sabbatical | ||
| 1989 | The Chocolate Touch | Patrick Skene Catling | |
| 1988 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks | |
| 1987 | Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls | |
| 1986 | Dear Mr. Henshaw | Beverly Cleary | |
| 1985 | Nothing's Fair in the Fifth Grade | Barthe DeClements | |
| 1984 | Charlotte's Web | E.B. White | |
| 1983 | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume | 4th-6th |
| 1983 | Stranger with My Face | Lois Duncan | 7th-9th |
| 1982 | James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl | 4th-6th |
| 1982 | Killing Mr. Griffin | Lois Duncan | 7th-9th |
| 1981 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Katherine Paterson | 4th-6th |
| 1981 | A Summer to Die | Lois Lowry | 7th-9th |
| 1980 | Chocolate Fever | Robert Kimmel Smith | 4th-6th |
| 1980 | Summer of My German Soldier | Bette Greene | 7th-9th |
| 1979 | The Cricket in Times Square | George Selden | 4th-6th |
| 1979 | The Cat Ate My Gymsuit | Paula Danziger | 7th-9th |
| 1978 | Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh | Robert C. O'Brien | 4th-6th |
| 1978 | That Was Then, This Is Now | S. E. Hinton | 7th-9th |
| 1977 | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | Judy Blume | |
| 1976 | How to Eat Fried Worms | Thomas Rockwell |
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