| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| K. A. Applegate |
Home of the Brave
6 up |
| Edward Irving Wortis |
The Traitors\u2019 Gate
5 up |
| Natalie Babbitt |
Jack Plank Tells Tales
4 up |
| Ibtisam Barakat |
Tasting The Sky
7 up |
| Loree Griffin Burns |
Tracking Trash
5 up |
| Andrew Clements |
No Talking
4 up |
| Christopher Paul Curtis |
Elijah of Buxton
6 up |
| Russell Freedman |
Who Was First?
5 up |
| John Grandits |
Blue Lipstick
6 up |
| Jessie Haas |
Chase
5 up |
| Shannon Hale |
Book of a Thousand Days
6 up |
| Kirkpatrick Hill |
Do Not Pass Go
6 up |
| Jennifer L. Holm |
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf
5 up |
| John Hulme |
The Glitch in Sleep
5 up |
| Lynne Jonell |
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
4 up |
| Cynthia Kadohata |
Cracker!
6 up |
| Jeff Kinney |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 up |
| Gordon Korman |
Schooled
6 up |
| Adam Rex |
The True Meaning of Smekday
5 up |
| James Rumford |
Beowulf
4 up |
| Laura Amy Schlitz |
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
5 up |
| Gary D. Schmidt |
The Wednesday Wars
6 up |
| Brian Selznick |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
4 up |
| Roland Smith |
Elephant Run
7 up |
| James Sturm |
Satchel Paige
6 up |
| Sarah L. Thomson |
Dragon's Egg
4 up |
| Linda Urban |
A Crooked Kind of Perfect
5 up |
| Sara Varon |
Robot Dreams
4 up |
| Rosemary Wells |
Red Moon at Sharpsburg
6 up |
| Ruth White |
Way Down Deep
5 up |
