Young Hoosier Book Awards Winners
1975-2003

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1975 - Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
1976 - Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume
1977 - How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
1978 - Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
1979 - Ghost on Saturday Night by Sid Fleischman
1980 - Don’t Hurt Laurie by Willo Davis Roberts
1981 - The Goof That Won the Pennant by Jonah Kalb (not in Lexile library)
1982 - Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford
1983 - Superfudge by Judy Blume
1984 - Jelly Belly by Robert Kimmel Smith
1985 - Operation: Dump the Chump by Barbara Park
1986 - 4-6: When the Boys Ran the House by Joan Carris (not in Lexile library)
           6-8: Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
1987 - 4-6: The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
           6-8: The Third Eye by Lois Duncan
1988 - 4-6: Babysitting Is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts
           6-8: A Deadly Game of Magic by Joan Lowery Nixon
1989 - 4-6: Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright
           6-8: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
1990 - 4-6: Fudge by Charlotte Graeber
           6-8: The Dark and Deadly Pool by Lois Lowery Nixon
1991 -  4-6: Ten Kids, No Pets by Ann Martin
           6-8: Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
1992 - K-3: Heckedy Peg by Don and Audrey Wood
           4-6: Nightmare Mountain by Peg Kehret
           6-8: Don’t Look Behind You by Lois Duncan
1993 - K-3: Tuesday by David Wiesner
           4-6: Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Downing Hahn
           6-8: The Face On the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
1994 - K-3: The Dog Who Had Kittens by Polly Robertus
           4-6: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
           6-8: Strider by Beverly Cleary
1995 - K-3: Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson
           4-6: Horror At the Haunted House by Peg Kehret
           6-8: Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
1996 - K-3: Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
           4-6: A Ghost in the House by Betty Ren Wright
           6-8: Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
1997 - K-3: Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolan (not in Lexile library)
           4-6: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
           6-8: Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
1998 - K-3: Heart of a Tiger by Marsha Diane Arnold
           4-6: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
           6-8: The Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
1999 - K-3: My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
           4-6: Frindle by Andrew Clements
           6-8: Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts
2000 - K-3: Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
           4-6: Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
           6-8: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
2001 - K-3: Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod by Robert Blake
           4-6: Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
           6-8: Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
2002 - K-3 Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
           4-6 Cliff-Hanger by Gloria Skurzynski and Alane Ferguson
           6-8 Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2003 - K-3 Mr. Tanen’s Ties by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
           4-6 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
           6-8 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli


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