| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Matthew Tobin Anderson |
Strange Mr. Satie
4 up |
| Frances Arrington |
Prairie whispers
5 up |
| Kimberly Brubaker Bradley |
For freedom
6 up |
| Ann Cameron |
Colibri
6 up |
| Bonnie Christensen |
The daring Nellie Bly
4 up |
| Esme Raji Codell |
Sahara Special
4 up |
| Suzanne Collins |
Gregor the Overlander
4 up |
| Karen Cushman |
Rodzina
5 up |
| Kate DiCamillo |
The Tale of Despereaux
4 up |
| Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
The Conch Bearer
5 up |
| Jeanne DuPrau |
The City of Ember
5 up |
| Kristine L. Franklin |
Grape thief
5 up |
| Russell Freedman |
In defense of liberty
6 up |
| Jan Greenberg |
Runaway Girl
7 up |
| Mary Downing Hahn |
Hear the Wind Blow
6 up |
| Kevin Henkes |
Olive's Ocean
5 up |
| Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
Gifts from the sea
4 up |
| Ronald Koertge |
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup
7 up |
| Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton |
Facing The Lion: Growing Up Maasai On The African Savanna
6 up |
| Laura Williams McCaffrey |
Alia Waking
5 up |
| Gerald Morris |
The ballad of Sir Dinadan
6 up |
| Kathleen O'Dell |
Agnes Parker...Girl In Progress
4 up |
| Gary Paulsen |
How Angel Peterson Got His Name
5 up |
| Richard Peck |
The River Between Us
7 up |
| Tor Seidler |
Brainboy and the DeathMaster
4 up |
| Stephen R. Swinburne |
The woods scientist
4 up |
| Ruth White |
Tadpole
5 up |
| Janet S Wong |
Minn and Jake's almost terrible summer
4 up |
| Jacqueline Woodson |
Locomotion
5 up |
| Jane Yolen |
Sword of the rightful king
7 up |
