2017 –

Winner– The Girl Who Drank the Moon   By: Kelly Barnhill

Honored– Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life, The Inquisitor’s Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, and, Wolf Hollow

2016 –

Winner– Last stop on Marked Street   By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Honored– Roller Girl, Echo, and The War that Saved My Life

2015-

Winner– The Crossover   By: Kwame Alexander

Honored– El Deafo, and, Brown Girl Dreaming 

2014 –

Winner– Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures   By: Kate DiCamillo

Honored– Doll Bones, The Year of Billy Miller, One Came Home, and, Paperboy