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2013 - 2014 Winners

Intermediate
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Middle School/Jr. High
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Young Adult
Divergent by Veronica Roth
 

2014 - 2015 Winners

Intermediate
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Middle School/Jr. High
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Young Adult
The Fault in Our Stars John Green
 

2015 - 2016 Winners

Intermediate
A Dog Called Homeless by Sarah Lean
Middle School/Jr. High
Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge
Young Adult
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
 
 

2016 - 2017 Winners

Intermediate
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein
Middle School/Jr. High
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
Young Adult
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

2017 - 2018 Winners

Intermediate
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Middle School/Jr. High
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Young Adult
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

2018 - 2019 Winners

Intermediate
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Middle School/Jr. High
Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
Young Adult
Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed

2019 - 2020 Winners

Intermediate
The War I finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Middle School/Jr. High
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Young Adult
Scythe by Neal Shusterman

2020 - 2021 Winners

Intermediate
Restart by Gordon Korman
Middle School/Jr. High
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
Young Adult
All We Have Left by Wendy Mills
 

2021 - 2022 Winners

Intermediate
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
Middle School/Jr. High
The Jigsaw Jungle by Kristin Levine
Young Adult
The Fountain of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

2022 - 2023 Winners

Intermediate
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
Middle School/Jr. High
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Young Adult
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

2023 - 2024 Nominees

Intermediate
We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey
A Game of Fox and Squirrels by Jenn Reese
Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling
Middle School/Jr. High
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
Young Adult
Where I Belong by Marcia Argueta Mickelson
I'm Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger