1999-2000
Winner: White Water by Peter J. Petersen
I Can't Believe I Have To Do This by Jan Alford
Journey to Nowhere by Mary Jane Auch
Spaceman by Jane Cutler
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Spider Boy by Ralph J. Fletcher
Lone Wolf by Kristine L. Franklin
Lily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Sun & Spoon by Kevin Henkes
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Treasures in the Dust by Tracey Porter
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Leon's Story by Leon Walter Tillage
Mustang Flats by G. Clifton Wisler
Turtle on a Fence Post by June Rae Wood