2006 Young Hoosier Book Award
Winners
Picture Book: My Lucky Day, written and illustrated by Keiko Kasza
Intermediate: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Middle Grades: The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
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
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
6~8: Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
1987 ~ 4~6: The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
6~8: 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 Picture Book: 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 Picture Book: 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, illus. by Janet
Steven
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: 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, illus.
by Mark Beuhner
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, illus. by Jamichael
Henterly
4~6: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
6~8: 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 by Robert Blake
4~6: Small Steps by Peg Kehret
6~8: Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
2002 ~ K~3 Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger
4~6 Cliff Hanger (National Parks Mystery #3) by Gloria Skurzynski &
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
2004~ Picture Book The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein
Intermediate Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin
Middle Grades Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
2005~ Picture Book Ted written and illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
Intermediate Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Middle Grades Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
2006~ Picture Book My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
Intermediate The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Middle Grades The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
2007~ Picture Book Arrowhawk by Lola Schaefer
Intermediate Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Middle Grades Abduction! by Peg Kehret
