| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Peter Abrahams |
Down the Rabbit Hole
6 up |
| Jennifer Allison |
Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator
6 up |
| Margaret Bechard |
Spacer and Rat
7 up |
| Jeanne Birdsall |
The Penderwicks
4 up |
| Betty G. Birney |
Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs
4 up |
| Gary Blackwood |
Second Sight
5 up |
| Elise Broach |
Shakespeare's Secret
5 up |
| Suzanne Collins |
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
4 up |
| James M. Deem |
Bodies from the ash
5 up |
| Frances O'Roark Dowell |
Chicken Boy
5 up |
| Clare B. Dunkle |
By These Ten Bones
7 up |
| Sid Fleischman |
The giant rat of Sumatra
4 up |
| James Cross Giblin |
Good brother, bad brother
6 up |
| Nancy Graff |
Taking Wing
5 up |
| Shannon Hale |
Princess Academy
6 up |
| Pete Hautman |
Invisible
7 up |
| Carl Hiaasen |
Flush
5 up |
| Julius Lester |
Day of Tears
7 up |
| David Lubar |
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
7 up |
| Isaac Millman |
Hidden Child
4 up |
| Gerald Morris |
The lioness & her knight
6 up |
| Donna Jo Napoli |
The king of Mulberry Street
5 up |
| Lynne Rae Perkins |
Criss Cross
6 up |
| Daniel Pinkwater |
The Artsy Smartsy Club
4 up |
| Rebecca Rupp |
The return of the dragon
4 up |
| Graham Salisbury |
Eyes of the Emperor
7 up |
| Joyce Sidman |
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
4 up |
| Pamela S. Turner |
Gorilla Doctors
4 up |
| Gloria Whelan |
Listening for lions
5 up |
| Tim Wynne-Jones |
A thief in the house of memory
7 up |
