| Year |
Author(s) |
Book Title |
Publisher |
|---|
| 1997[5] |
Nancy Farmer |
A Girl Named Disaster |
Orchard Books |
| Will Hobbs |
Far North |
HarperCollins |
| Binjamin Wilkomirski |
Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood |
Schocken |
| Philip Pullman |
The Golden Compass / Northern Lights |
Scholastic Point |
| John Gilstrap |
Nathan's Run |
Pinnacle Books |
| Walter Dean Myers |
One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album |
Harcourt Brace |
| Rob Thomas |
Rats Saw God |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Joshua Blum, Bob Holman and Mark Pellington |
The United States of Poetry |
Harry N. Abrams |
| Mel Glenn |
Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? A Mystery in Poems |
Lodestar Books |
| Rich Wallace |
Wrestling Sturbridge |
Random House Children's Books |
| 1998[6] |
Annette Curtis Klause |
Blood and Chocolate |
Random House |
| Edward Bloor |
Tangerine |
Harcourt |
| Jon Krakauer |
Into Thin Air |
Villard Books |
| Joyce McDonald |
Swallowing Stones |
Ember |
| Karen Hesse |
Out of the Dust |
Scholastic Incorporated |
| Marjorie Reynolds |
Starlite Drive-In |
Penguin Group |
| Robert Cormier |
Tenderness |
Random House Children's Books |
| Sara Tuvel Bernstein |
Seamstress |
Berkley Books |
| Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
Growing Up in Coal Country |
Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Walter Dean Myers |
Harlem |
Scholastic Press |
| 1999[7] |
Margaret Peterson Haddix |
Among the Hidden |
Simon and Schuster |
| Penny Colman |
Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts |
Holt |
| J. K. Rowling |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Harry Potter, Book One) |
Scholastic Press |
| Louis Sachar |
Holes |
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
| Jacqueline Woodson |
If You Come Softly |
Putnam |
| Jean Ferris |
Love Among the Walnuts |
Harcourt Brace |
| Kimberly Willis Holt |
My Louisiana Sky |
Holt Publishing |
| Anita Lobel |
No Pretty Pictures: a Child of War |
Greenwillow |
| Ben Mikaelsen |
Petey |
Hyperion |
| Joan Bauer |
Rules of the Road |
Putnam |
| 2000[8] |
Laurie Halse Anderson |
Speak |
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
| Orson Scott Card |
Ender's Shadow |
Tor |
| Kimberly Willis Holt |
When Zachary Beaver came to Town |
Henry Holt & Co |
| Sherryl Jordan |
The Raging Quiet |
Simon and Schuster |
| Laura and Tom McNeal |
Crooked |
Alfred A. Knopf |
| Carolyn Meyer |
Mary, Bloody Mary |
Harcourt Brace |
| Walter Dean Myers |
Monster |
HarperCollins |
| Lensey Namioka |
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break |
Delacorte Press |
| Connie Porter |
Imani All Mine |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Irene Gut Opdyke |
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer |
Alfred A. Knopf |
| 2001[9] |
Adam Bagdasarian |
Forgotten Fire |
DK |
| Joan Bauer |
Hope was Here |
G. P. Putnam's Sons |
| Tracy Chevalier |
Girl with a Pearl Earring |
E. P. Dutton |
| Jon Katz |
Geeks: How Two Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho |
Villard |
| E. L. Konigsburg |
Silent to the Bone |
Jean Karl Book/Atheneum Books |
| Gary Paulsen |
The Beet Fields |
Delacorte Press |
| Pam Munoz Ryan |
Esperanza Rising |
Scholastic Press |
| Jerry Spinelli |
Stargirl |
Alfred A. Knopf |
| Gloria Whelan |
Homeless Bird |
HarperCollins |
| Ruth White |
Memories of Summer |
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
| 2002[10] |
Ann Brashares |
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
Delacorte |
| Robert Cormier |
The Rag and Bone Shop |
Delacorte |
| Chris Crutcher |
Whale Talk |
HarperCollins |
| Alex Flinn |
Breathing Underwater |
HarperCollins |
| A. M. Jenkins |
Damage |
HarperCollins |
| Richard Mosher |
Zazoo |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Garth Nix |
Lirael |
HarperCollins |
| Mildred D. Taylor |
The Land |
Penguin Putnam |
| Rita Williams-Garcia |
Every Time a Rainbow Dies |
William Morrow |
| Virginia Euwer Wolff |
True Believer |
Atheneum |
| 2003[11] |
Iain Lawrence |
The Lightkeeper's Daughter |
Random House/Delacorte Press |
| E. R. Frank |
America |
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book |
| Laurie Halse Anderson |
Catalyst |
Penguin Putnam/Viking Press |
| Nancy Farmer |
The House of the Scorpion |
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Book |
| Naomi Shihab Nye |
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East |
HarperCollins/Greenwillow |
| Elizabeth Partridge |
This Land Was Made For You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie |
Penguin Putnam/Viking |
| Gordon Korman |
Son of the Mob |
Hyperion Books for Children |
| Peter Nelson |
Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis |
Random House/Delacorte Press |
| M. T. Anderson |
Feed |
Candlewick Press |
| Christopher Moore |
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal |
HarperCollins/William Morrow & Co. |
| 2004[12] |
Martha Brooks |
True Confessions of a Heartless Girl |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books |
| Jennifer Donnelly |
A Northern Light |
Harcourt |
| Mark Haddon |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel |
Random House/Doubleday |
| Angela Johnson |
The First Part Last |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| David Levithan |
Boy Meets Boy |
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf |
| Joyce Maynard |
The Usual Rules |
St. Martin's Press |
| Edith Pattou |
East |
Harcourt Children's Books |
| Adam Rapp |
33 Snowfish |
Candlewick Press |
| Jonathan Stroud |
The Amulet of Samarkand
(Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One) |
Hyperion Books for Children/Miramax |
| Craig Thompson |
Blankets: An Illustrated Novel |
Top Shelf Productions |
| 2005[13] |
Joshua Braff |
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green |
Workman Publishing Co. / Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill |
| Christopher Paul Curtis |
Bucking the Sarge |
Random House/Wendy Lamb |
| Phillip Hoose |
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Melanie Kroupa Books |
| David Levithan |
The Realm of Possibility |
Random House Children's Books/Alfred A. Knopf |
| Melina Marchetta |
Saving Francesca |
Random House Children's Books/Alfred A. Knopf |
| Michael Morpurgo |
Private Peaceful |
Scholastic |
| Kenneth Oppel |
Airborn |
HarperCollins Children's Book Group/Eos Press |
| Adam Rapp |
Under the Wolf, Under the Dog |
Candlewick Press |
| Benjamin Alire Saenz |
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood |
Cinco Puntos Press |
| Sarah Weeks |
So B. It: a novel |
HarperCollins Children's Books/ Laura Geringer Books |
| 2006[14] |
Said Hyder Akbar and Susan Burton |
Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager's Story |
Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Susan Campbell Bartoletti |
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow |
Scholastic |
| Kalisha Buckhanon |
Upstate |
St. Martin's Press |
| John Green |
Looking for Alaska |
E. P. Dutton |
| Chris Lynch |
Inexcusable |
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books |
| Stephenie Meyer |
Twilight: A Novel
(Twilight, Book One) |
Little, Brown & Co./Megan Tingley |
| Brian K. Vaughan with Adrian Alphona (Illus.) |
Runaways: Volume 1 HC |
Marvel Press |
| Scott Westerfeld |
Peeps |
Penguin Books/Razorbill |
| Chris Wooding |
Poison |
Scholastic/Orchard |
| Markus Zusak |
I am the Messenger |
Alfred A. Knopf |
| 2007[15] |
M. T. Anderson |
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party |
Candlewick Press |
| Alan Gratz |
Samurai Shortstop |
Penguin Group/Dial Press |
| Sonya Hartnett |
Surrender |
Candlewick Press |
| Patricia McCormick |
Sold |
Hyperion |
| Meghan Nuttall Sayres |
Anahita's Woven Riddle |
Abrams Books/Amulet Books |
| John Smelcer |
The Trap |
Henry Holt & Co |
| Megan Whalen Turner |
The King of Attolia |
HarperCollins/Greenwillow |
| Nancy Werlin |
The Rules of Survival |
Penguin Group/Dial Press |
| Gene Luen Yang and Lark Pien |
American Born Chinese |
Roaring Brook Press/First Second Books |
| Markus Zusak |
The Book Thief |
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf |
| 2008[16] |
Sherman Alexie with Ellen Forney (Illus.) |
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian |
Little, Brown & Co. |
| Ishmael Beah |
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier |
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sarah Crichton |
| Jenny Downham |
Before I Die |
Random House/David Fickling |
| Stephanie Hemphill |
Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath |
Random House/Alfred A. Knopf |
| Lloyd Jones |
Mister Pip |
Dell Publishing/Dial Press |
| Derek Landy |
Skulduggery Pleasant: The Sceptor of the Ancients
(Skulduggery Pleasant, Book One) |
HarperCollins |
| Mal Peet |
Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal |
Candlewick Press |
| Matthew Polly |
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China |
Penguin Group USA/Gotham Books |
| Brian Selznick |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel |
Scholastic |
| Shaun Tan |
The Arrival |
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine |
| 2009[17] |
Robin Bowman |
It's Complicated: The American Teenager |
Umbrage Editions |
| Suzanne Collins |
The Hunger Games |
Scholastic |
| Leslie Conner |
Waiting for Normal |
HarperCollins/HarperTeen |
| Matt de la Pena |
Mexican WhiteBoy |
Delacorte Press |
| Siobhan Dowd |
Bog Child |
Random House/David Fickling Books |
| Christine Fletcher |
Ten Cents a Dance |
Bloomsbury |
| Joseph Monninger |
Baby |
Boyd Mills Press/Front Street |
| Terry Pratchett |
Nation |
HarperCollins |
| Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki |
Skim |
House of Anansi Press / Groundwood Books |
| Coert Voorhees |
The Brothers Torres |
Disney/Hyperion |
| 2010[18] |
Sarah Rees Brennan |
Demon's Lexicon
(The Demon's Lexicon, Book One) |
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing/Margaret K. McElderry |
| Paul Griffin |
The Orange Houses |
Penguin/Dial Books |
| M. H. Herlong |
The Great Wide Sea |
Penguin/Viking |
| Catherine Jinks |
The Reformed Vampire Support Group |
Harcourt/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Donna Jo Napoli |
Alligator Bayou |
Random House / Alfred A. Knopf |
| David Small |
Stitches: A Memoir |
W. W. Norton & Co |
| Rebecca Stead |
When You Reach Me |
Random House/Wendy Lamb |
| Francisco X. Stork |
Marcelo in the Real World |
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
| Laini Taylor |
Lips Touch: Three Times |
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
| Sally M. Walker |
Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland |
Lerner/Carolrhoda Books |
| 2011[19] |
Paolo Bacigalupi |
Ship Breaker |
Little, Brown & Co |
| Jennifer Donnelly |
Revolution |
Random House/Delacorte Press |
| Melina Marchetta |
Finnikin of the Rock |
Candlewick Press |
| Morgan Matson |
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour |
Simon & Schuster |
| Lish McBride |
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer |
Macmillan Children's Book Group/Henry Holt & Co. |
| Andy Mulligan |
Trash |
Random House/David Fickling Books |
| Mitali Perkins |
Bamboo People |
Charlesbridge |
| Dana Reinhardt |
The Things a Brother Knows |
Random House/Wendy Lamb |
| Benjamin Alire Sáenz |
Last Night I Sang to the Monster |
Cinco Puntos Press |
| Marcus Sedgwick |
Revolver |
MacMillian Publishers/Roaring Brook Press |
| 2012[20] |
Rae Carson |
The Girl of Fire and Thorns |
HarperTeen |
| Joshua C. Cohen |
Leverage |
Penguin Group/E. P. Dutton |
| A. S. King |
Everybody Sees the Ants |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Guadalupe Garcia McCall |
Under the Mesquite |
Lee & Low Books |
| Lauren Myracle |
Shine |
Abrams Books/Amulet Books |
| Patrick Ness with Jim Kay (Illus) |
A Monster Calls |
Candlewick Press |
| Ruta Sepetys |
Between Shades of Gray |
Penguin Group/Philomel Books |
| Maggie Stiefvater |
The Scorpio Races |
Scholastic |
| Laini Taylor |
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
(Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Book One) |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Sara Zarr |
How to Save a Life |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| 2013[21] |
Jesse Andrews |
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl |
Abrams Books/Amulet Books |
| Libba Bray |
The Diviners |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Rachel Hartman |
Seraphina |
Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Alethea Kontis |
Enchanted |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Harcourt Children's Books |
| David Levithan |
Every Day |
Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Patricia McCormick |
Never Fall Down |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| Matthew Quick |
Boy 21 |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Benjamin Alire Sáenz |
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Maggie Stiefvater |
The Raven Boys |
Scholastic |
| Elizabeth Wein |
Code Name Verity |
Disney/Hyperion |
| 2014[22] |
Julie Berry |
All the Truth That's in Me |
Penguin Putnam/Viking |
| Kristin Elizabeth Clark |
Freakboy |
Macmillan Publishers/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux |
| Tim Federle |
Better Nate Than Ever |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Tom McNeal |
Far Far Away |
Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Rainbow Rowell |
Eleanor & Park |
Macmillan Publishers/St. Martin's Press |
| Marcus Sedgwick |
Midwinterblood |
Macmillan Publishers/Roaring Brook Press |
| Ruta Sepetys |
Out of the Easy |
Penguin Books/Philomel Books |
| Andrew A. Smith with Sam Bosma (Illus.) |
Winger |
Simon & Schuster |
| Tara Sullivan |
Golden Boy |
Penguin Books/ G. P. Putnam's sons Juvenile |
| Elizabeth Wein |
Rose Under Fire |
Disney/Hyperion |
| 2015[23] |
Jandy Nelson |
I'll Give You the Sun |
Dial Press |
| William Ritter |
Jackaby |
Algonquin |
| John Corey Whaley |
Noggin |
Atheneum Books |
| Jessie Ann Foley |
The Carnival at Bray |
Elephant Rock Books |
| Kwame Alexander |
The Crossover |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Brendan Kiely |
The Gospel of Winter |
Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry |
| E. K. Johnston |
The Story of Owen: Dragon Slayer of Trondheim |
Carolrhoda/Lab |
| Marie Lu |
The Young Elites |
G. P. Putnam's sons |
| Timothee de Fombelle |
Vango |
Candlewick Press |
| E. Lockhart |
We Were Liars |
Delacorte Publishing |
| 2016[24] |
Becky Albertalli |
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| Leigh Bardugo |
Six of Crows |
Holt |
| Kevin Brooks |
The Bunker Diary |
Lerner Publishing Group/Carolrhoda Lab |
| Melanie Crowder |
Audacity |
Philomel Books |
| Daniel José Older |
Shadowshaper |
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
| Jason Reynolds |
The Boy in the Black Suit |
Atheneum Books |
| Laura Ruby |
Bone Gap |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon |
X: A Novel |
Candlewick Press |
| Neal Shusterman |
Challenger Deep |
HarperTeen |
| Adam Silvera |
More Happy than Not |
Soho Teen |
| 2017[25] |
Julie Berry |
The Passion of Dolssa |
Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Traci Chee |
The Reader |
G. P. Putnam's Sons / Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers |
| Frances Hardinge |
The Lie Tree |
Abrams Books |
| Mindy McGinnis |
The Female of the Species |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books |
| Meg Medina |
Burn Baby Burn |
Candlewick Press |
| Jason Reynolds |
Ghost |
Atheneum Books/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| Ruta Sepetys |
Salt to the Sea |
Philomel Books |
| Neal Shusterman |
Scythe |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Nicola Yoon |
The Sun is Also a Star |
Delacorte Press |
| Jeff Zentner |
The Serpent King |
Crown Books for Young Readers |
| 2018[26] |
Elana Arnold |
What Girls Are Made Of |
Lerner Publishing Group/Carolrhoda Lab |
| Leigh Bardugo with Sara Kipin (Illus.) |
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic |
Macmillan Publishers |
| Mackenzi Lee |
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen |
| Sarah Moon |
Sparrow |
Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine |
| Jason Reynolds |
Long Way Down |
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum Books |
| Laini Taylor |
Strange the Dreamer |
Little, Brown & Co |
| Angie Thomas |
The Hate U Give |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| Renee Watson |
Piecing Me Together |
Bloomsbury USA |
| Francesca Zappia |
Eliza and Her Monsters |
HarperCollins/Greenwillow |
| Jeff Zentner |
Goodbye Days |
Crown Books for Young Readers |
| 2019[27] |
Elizabeth Acevedo |
The Poet X |
HarperTeen |
| Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera |
What if It's Us |
HarperTeen |
| Holly Black |
The Cruel Prince
(The Folk of the Air, Book One) |
Little, Brown & Co. |
| Deb Caletti |
A Heart in a Body in the World |
Simon Pulse |
| Justina Ireland |
Dread Nation |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| Tiffany D. Jackson |
Monday's Not Coming |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books |
| Adib Khorram |
Darius the Great is Not Okay |
Dial Press |
| Emma Mills |
Foolish Hearts |
Henry Holt & Co |
| Preston Norton |
Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe |
Disney Hyperion |
| Shivaun Plozza |
Frankie |
Flatiron Books |
| 2020[28] |
Ben Philippe |
The Field Guide to the North American Teenager |
HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray |
| Sharon Biggs Waller |
Girls on the Verge |
Holt |
| Mindy McGinnis |
Heroine |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books |
| Abdi Nazemian |
Like a Love Story |
HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray |
| Julie Berry |
Lovely War |
Viking Press |
| Angie Thomas |
On the Come Up |
HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray |
| Randy Ribay |
Patron Saints of Nothing |
Penguin/Kokila |
| Akwaeke Emezi |
Pet |
Random House/Make Me a World |
| Junauda Petrus |
The Stars and the Blackness between Them |
E. P. Dutton |
| Elizabeth Acevedo |
With the Fire on High |
HarperTeen |
| 2021[29] |
Mindy McGinnis |
Be Not Far from Me |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books |
| Aiden Thomas |
Cemetery Boys |
Macmillan/Swoon Reads |
| Elizabeth Acevedo |
Clap When You Land |
HarperCollins/HarperTeen |
| Frances Hardinge |
Deeplight |
Abrams Books/Amulet Books |
| Tiffany D. Jackson |
Grown |
HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen Books |
| Syed M. Masood |
More Than Just a Pretty Face |
Hachette/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Jordan Ifueko |
Raybearer |
Abrams Books/Amulet Books |
| Kim Johnson |
This Is My America |
Random House Books for Young Readers |
| Jenny Torres Sanchez |
We Are Not from Here |
Penguin Random House/Philomel Books |
| Jennifer Longo |
What I Carry |
Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 2022[30] |
Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon |
Blackout |
HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books |
| Aden Polydoros |
The City Beautiful |
Harlequin/Inkyard Press |
| Angie Thomas |
Concrete Rose |
HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray |
| David Arnold |
The Electric Kingdom |
Penguin Random House/Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Angeline Boulley |
Firekeeper's Daughter |
Macmillan/Henry Holt & Co. Books for Young Readers |
| Raquel Vasquez Gilliland |
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe |
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Jeff Zentner |
In the Wild Light |
Penguin Random House/Crown Books for Young Readers |
| Malinda Lo |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club |
Penguin Random House/Dutton Books |
| Margaret Owen |
Little Thieves |
Macmillan/Henry Holt & Co. Books for Young Readers |
| Amber McBride |
Me (Moth) |
Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends |
| Joan He |
The Ones We're Meant to Find |
Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press |