1999 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
2000 – Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
2002 – Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2004 – shared award Hoot by Carl Hiassen & Double Fudge by Judy Blume
2006 - The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
2008 - Eragon by Christopher Paolini
2010 - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2012- The Magic Thief by Book by Catherine Fisher and Sarah Prineas
2014- Wonder by R. J. Palacio
2016- Because of Mr. Terupt by Bob Buyea
2018- The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2020- Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
2022- Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
2024- Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander