Books in The Judy Lopez Memorial Awards
Supporting Excellence in Literature for Children Ages 9-12 Year Olds. The award is granted for works of literary excellence, and is judged by a panel of librarians, educators, and publishing professionals. The winning author receives a signature engraved bronze medal, originally sculpted by Alex Shagin and modeled after Judy Lopez’ daughter, who was then 9 years old.
2024
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Jawbreaker | Christina Wyman | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Girl From Earth's End | Tara Dairman | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Dreamatics | Michelle Cuevas | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Probability of Everything | Sarah Everett | Honor | Log In To Like |
2023
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Maizy Chen's Last Chance | Lisa Yee | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Door of No Return | Kwame Alexander | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Tumble | Celia C. Pérez | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Three Strike Summer | Skyler Schrempp | Honor | Log In To Like |
2022
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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How to Find What You're Not Looking For | Veera Hiranandani | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna | Alda P. Dobbs | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Red, White, and Whole | Rajani LaRocca | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Starfish | Lisa Fipps | Honor | Log In To Like |
2021
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Everything Sad is Untrue: a True Story | Daniel Nayeri | Winner | Log In To Like |
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When Stars are Scattered | Victoria Jamieson | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A Wish in the Dark | Christina Soontornvat | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Sara and the Search for Normal | Wesley King | Honor | Log In To Like |
2020
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Look Both Ways: a Tale Told in Ten Blocks | Jason Reynolds | Winner | Log In To Like |
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A Place to Belong | Cynthia Kadohata | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Line Tender | Kate Allen | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Stargazing | Jenn Wang | Honor | Log In To Like |
2019
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge | M.T. Anderson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Sweep: the Story of a Girl and Her Monster | Jonathan Auxier | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Night Diary | Veera Hiranandani | Honor | Log In To Like |
2018
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Refugee | Alan M. Gratz | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The First Rule of Punk | Celia C. Pérez | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Wonderling | Mira Bartók | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street | Karina Yan Glaser | Honor | Log In To Like |
2017
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Pax | Sara Pennypacker | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Full of Beans | Jennifer L. Holm | Honor | Log In To Like |
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What Elephants Know | Eric Dinerstein | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Wild Robot | Peter Brown | Honor | Log In To Like |
2016
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The War That Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer | Kelly Jones | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Stella Starlight | Sharon M. Draper | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Sign of the Cat | Lynne Jonell | Honor | Log In To Like |
2015
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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El Deafo | Cece Bell | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Madman of Piney Woods | Christopher Paul Curtis | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Egg & Spoon | Gregory Maguire | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Rain Reign | Ann M. Martin | Honor | Log In To Like |
2014
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp | Kathi Appelt | Winner | Log In To Like |
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One Came Home | Amy Timberlake | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Rump: the True Story of Rumpelstiltskin | Liesl Shurtliff | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Thing About Luck | Cynthia Kadohata | Honor | Log In To Like |
2013
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Wonder | R.J. Palacio | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Starry River of the Sky | Grace Lin | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A Diamond in the Desert | Kathryn Fitzmaurice | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Shadow on the Mountain | Margi Preus | Honor | Log In To Like |
2012
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Icefall | Matthew J. Kirby | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Close to Famous | Joan Bauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Bird in a Box | Andrea Davis Pinkney | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Breaking Stalin's Nose | Eugene Yelchin | Honor | Log In To Like |
2011
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Grounded | Kate Klise | Winner | Log In To Like |
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One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Clockwork Three | Matthew J. Kirby | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Haunting of Charles Dickens | Lewis Buzbee | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Ninth Ward | Jewell Parker Rhodes | Honor | Log In To Like |
2010
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | Jacqueline Kelly | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Girl Who Threw Butterflies | Mick Cochrane | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had | Kristin Levine | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Heart of a Shepherd | Rosanne Parry | Honor | Log In To Like |
2009
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball | Kadir Nelson | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Shooting the Moon | Frances O'Roark Dowell | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Savvy | Ingrid Law | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street | Jeanne Birdsall | Honor | Log In To Like |
2008
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Wednesday Wars | Gary D. Schmidt | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Book of a Thousand Days | Shannon Hale | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Home of the Brave | Katherine Applegate | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Revolution is Not a Dinner Party | Ying Chang Compestine | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Elephant Run | Roland Smith | Honor | Log In To Like |
2007
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Green Glass Sea | Ellen Klages | Winner | Log In To Like |
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A Drowned Maiden's Hair: a Melodrama | Laura Amy Schlitz | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Road to Paris | Nikki Grimes | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Gemini Summer | Iain Lawrence | Honor | Log In To Like |
2006
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Harry Sue | Sue Stauffacher | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Whales on Stilts | M.T. Anderson | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Tequila Worm | Viola Canales | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs | Betty G. Birney | Honor | Log In To Like |
2005
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Sea of Trolls | Nancy Farmer | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Schwa Was Here | Neal Shusterman | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Al Capone Does My Shirts | Gennifer Choldenko | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Gifts | Ursula K. Le Guin | Honor | Log In To Like |
2004
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Way a Door Closes | Hope Anita Smith | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Locomotion | Jacqueline Woodson | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Wolving Time | Patrick Jennings | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau | Honor | Log In To Like |
2003
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Red Rose Box | Brenda Woods | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Same Stuff as Stars | Katherine Paterson | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Loser | Jerry Spinelli | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Sparks Fly Upward | Carol Matas | Honor | Log In To Like |
2002
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Shipwrecked! The True Story of a Japanese Boy | Rhoda Blumberg | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Fair Weather | Richard Peck | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Flipped | Wendelin Van Draanen | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Any Small Goodness | Tony Johnston | Honor | Log In To Like |
2001
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Esperanza Rising | Pam Muñoz Ryan | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Shakespeare's Scribe | Gary Blackwood | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Homeless Bird | Gloria Whelan | Honor | Log In To Like |
2000
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Gate in the Wall | Ellen Howard | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Francie | Karen English | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Dave at Night | Gail Carson Levine | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Through My Eyes | Ruby Bridges | Honor | Log In To Like |
1999
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War | Anita Lobel | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Beyond the Mango Tree | Amy Bronwen Zemser | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods | Ann Cameron | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key | Jack Gantos | Honor | Log In To Like |
1998
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Habibi | Naomi Shihab Nye | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Red Scarf Girl | Ji-li Jiang | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Treasures in the Dust | Tracey Porter | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Circle of Magic: Sandry's Book | Tamora Pierce | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Tru Confessions | Janet Tashjian | Honor | Log In To Like |
1997
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker | Cynthia DeFelice | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Frindle | Andrew Clements | Honor | Log In To Like |
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When I Was Your Age | Amy Ehrlich | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Clara and the Hoodoo Man | Elizabeth Partridge | Honor | Log In To Like |
1996
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Spying on Miss Müller | Eve Bunting | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The King's Shadow | Elizabeth Alder | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Been to Yesterday | Lee Bennett Hopkins | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Big Bazoohley | Peter Carey | Honor | Log In To Like |
1995
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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My Brother, My Sister, and I | Yoko Kawashima Watkins | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Memoirs of a Bookbat | Kathryn Lasky | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Seven Spiders Spinning | Gregory Maguire | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright | Ron Koertge | Honor | Log In To Like |
1994
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Boggart | Susan Cooper | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Freak the Mighty | Rodman Philbrick | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Scooter | Vera B. Williams | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Timothy of the Cay | Theodore Taylor | Honor | Log In To Like |
1993
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Blue Skin of the Sea | Graham Salisbury | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Words of Stone | Kevin Henkes | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Good-bye, Billy Radish | Gloria Skurzynski | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Just Like Martin | Ossie Davis | Honor | Log In To Like |
1992
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Year of Impossible Goodbyes | Sook Nyul Choi | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen | Lloyd Alexander | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Tails of the Bronx | Jill Pinkwater | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Journey | Patricia MacLachlan | Honor | Log In To Like |
1991
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle | Avi Avi | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Baseball in April | Gary Soto | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Weasel | Cynthia DeFelice | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Cousins | Virginia Hamilton | Honor | Log In To Like |
1990
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Winter Room | Gary Paulsen | Winner | Log In To Like |
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My Daniel | Pam Conrad | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Bill Peet: An Autobiography | Bill Peet | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Lucie Babbidge's House | Sylvia Cassedy | Honor | Log In To Like |
1989
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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The Trouble with Gramary | Betty Levin | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt | Patricia MacLachlan | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Scorpions | Walter Dean Myers | Honor | Log In To Like |
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The Devil's Arithmetic | Jane Yolen | Honor | Log In To Like |
1988
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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M.E. and Morton | Sylvia Cassedy | Winner | Log In To Like |
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The Goats | Brock Cole | Honor | Log In To Like |
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Rabble Starkey | Lois Lowry | Honor | Log In To Like |
1987
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Come a Stranger | Cynthia Voigt | Winner | Log In To Like |
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On My Honor | Marion Dane Bauer | Honor | Log In To Like |
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After the Dancing Days | Margaret Rostkowski | Honor | Log In To Like |
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So Far from the Bamboo Grove | Yoko Kawashima Watkins | Honor | Log In To Like |
1986
| Book | Author | Award Level | Completed | |
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Prairie Songs | Pam Conrad | Winner | Log In To Like |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall | Patricia MacLachlan | Honor | Log In To Like |
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South African Quirt | Walter Edmonds | Honor | Log In To Like |
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A Blue-Eyed Daisy | Cynthia Rylant | Honor | Log In To Like |