| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tony Abbott |
Firegirl
5 up |
| Matthew Tobin Anderson |
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
5 up |
| Mary Jane Auch |
One-Handed Catch
5 up |
| Frances O'Roark Dowell |
Phineas L. MacGuire\u2026Erupts
4 up |
| Sarah Ellis |
Odd Man Out
6 up |
| Sid Fleischman |
Escape!
6 up |
| Sid Fleischman |
The White Elephant
4 up |
| Susan Fletcher |
Alphabet of Dreams
7 up |
| Russell Freedman |
Marco Polo
5 up |
| Isabella Hatkoff |
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
4 up |
| Will Hobbs |
6 up |
| Cynthia Kadohata |
Weedflower
6 up |
| Watt Key |
Alabama moon
6 up |
| Mark Kurlansky |
The story of salt
4 up |
| Kirby Larson |
Hattie Big Sky
6 up |
| Iain Lawrence |
Gemini Summer
5 up |
| Martine Leavitt |
Keturah And Lord Death
7 up |
| Janet Taylor Lisle |
Black duck
6 up |
| Cynthia Lord |
Rules
5 up |
| Lois Lowry |
Gossamer
5 up |
| K. A. Nuzum |
A Small White Scar
6 up |
| Katherine Paterson |
Bread and roses, too
5 up |
| Susan Patron |
The Higher Power of Lucky
4 up |
| Shelley Pearsall |
All of the above
6 up |
| Laura Amy Schlitz |
A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
5 up |
| Sharon Shinn |
Dream-maker's Magic
6 up |
| Nancy Springer |
The Case of the Missing Marquess
5 up |
| Stephanie S. Tolan |
Listen!
5 up |
| Megan Whalen Turner |
The King of Attolia
6 up |
| Elizabeth Winthrop |
Counting on Grace
5 up |
