WINNERS
 


The CYRM Committee is proud to announce the 2007-2008 CYRM winners.  There were almost 500,000 votes this year!  Thank you for your participation and keep on reading!

Congratulations to the 2008 Winners!
Announced May 1, 2008

Superdog Each Little Bird That Sings The Schwa Was Here Private Peaceful Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
Primary

Dex: The Heart of a Hero (originally published as Superdog: The Heart of a Hero) by Caralyn Buehner. Illustrated by Mark Buehner. (Harper Collins, 2004)

Intermediate

Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles. (Harcourt, 2005)

Middle School/Junior High

The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman. (Dutton Children's Books, 2004)

Young Adult

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpugo. (Scholastic Press, 2003)

Picture Books for Older Readers

Mr. Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch. Illustrated by Devin Asch. (Kids Can Press, 2004)

 

 

PAST WINNER AND NOMINEESS
By Year
Primary Booklist
Intermediate Booklist
Middle School/Junior High Booklist
Young Adult Booklist
Picture Books for Older Readers Booklist

 

 


PAST WINNERS BY YEAR PRINTER- FRIENDLY VERSION
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1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 NOTES
1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005  
1978  1982 1986 1990  1994 1998 2002  2006  

 

2007 Winners

Primary

My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003)

Intermediate

Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise, illustrated by Patrick Benson (Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2004)

Middle School/Junior High

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko (Putnam's, 2004)

Young Adult

Shattering Glass by Gail Giles (Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster, 2002)

Picture Books for Older Readers

Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse, illustrated by Wendy Watson (Scholastic Press, 2004)

 

2006 Winners

Primary

Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland (Duttons Children's Books, 2003)

Intermediate

The Good Dog by Avi (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001)

Middle School/Junior High

12 Again by Sue Corbett (Dutton's Children's Books, 2002)

Young Adult

After by Francine Prose (HarperCollins, 2003)

Picture Books for Older Readers

Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming and Stacey Dressen-McQueen (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2003)

 

2005 Winners
Primary Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming and
G. Brian Karas
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002)
Intermediate Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech (Joanna Cotler, 2002)
Middle School/Junior High Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements (Philomel Books, 2002)
Young Adult Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (Philomel Books, 2001)
Picture Books for Older Readers Mr. Lincoln's Way by Patricia Polacco (Philomel, 2001)

 

2004 Winners
Primary A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech (HarperCollins, 2001)
Intermediate The School Story by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster, 2001)
Middle School/Junior High Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen (Knopf, 2001)
Young Adult Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioka (Delacorte Press, 1999)
Picture Books for Older Readers And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon by Janet Stevens (Harcourt, 2001)

 

2003 Winners
Primary I Will Never, Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child (Candlewick, 2000)
Intermediate Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick, 2000)
Middle School/Junior High Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen (HarperCollins, 2001)
Young Adult Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters (Little Brown, 2000)
Picture Books for Older Readers The Babe and I by David Adler (Harcourt Brace, 1999)

 

 

2002 Winners
Primary Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (Houghton Mifflin, 1999)
Intermediate Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman (Hyperion, 1997)
Middle School/Junior High Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998)
Young Adult Bad by Jean Ferris (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998)
Picture Books for Older Readers Weslandia by Paul Fleischman (Candlewick, 1999)

 

 

2001 Winners
Primary Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement (HarperCollins, 1998)
Intermediate Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman (Avon, 1997)
Middle School/Junior High Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
Young Adult Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace, 1998)

 

 

2000 Winners
Primary Lost by Paul Brett Johnson and Celeste Lewis (Orchard, 1996)
Intermediate Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan (Scholastic, 1999)
Middle School/Junior High Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine (Harper Trophy, 1998)
Young Adult Breaking Boxes by A.M. Jenkins (Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998)

 

 

1999 Winners
Primary Livingstone Mouse by Pam Edwards. Illustrated by Henry Cole (HarperCollins, 1996)
Intermediate The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story by Sid Fleischman. Illustrated by Peter Sis (Greenwillow Press, 1995)
Middle School/Junior High Under the Blood-Red Sun by Graham Salisbury (Delacorte Press, 1994)
Young Adult The Only Alien on the Planet by Kristen Randle (Scholastic, 1995)

 

 

1998 Winners
Primary Dog Breath by Dav Piley (Blue Sky Press, 1994)
Intermediate The Junkyard Dog by Erika Tamar (Knopf, 1995)
Middle School/Junior High The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis (Delacorte, 1995)
Young Adult Ironman by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow, 1995)

 

 

1997 Winners
Primary Don't Fidget a Feather by Erica Silverman. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler (Macmillan, 1994)
Intermediate Jennifer Murdley's Toad by Bruce Coville (Harcourt, 1992; Pocket Books, 1993)
Middle School/Junior High Sparrow Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen (Hyperion, 1993)
Young Adult Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher (Greenwillow, 1993; Dell, 1995)

 

 

1996 Winners
Primary Stellaluna by Janell Cannon (Harcourt Brace, 1994)
Intermediate Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion Books, 1994)
Middle School/Junior High Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (Scholastic, 1993)
Young Adult Shadow of the Dragon by Sherry Garland (Harcourt Brace, 1994)

 

 

1995 Winners
Primary Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh (Houghton, 1992)
Intermediate Stonewords: A Ghost Story by Pam Conrad (HarperCollins, 1990; 1991)
Middle School/Junior High Rescue John McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen (Hyperion, 1991; 1993)
Young Adult Downriver by Will Hobbs (Atheneum, 1991; Bantam/Starfire, 1992)

 

 

1994 Winners
Primary High-Wire Henry by Mary Calhoun. Illustrated by Erick Ingraham (Morrow, 1991)
Intermediate Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts (Atheneum, 1991)
Middle School/Junior High There's a Girl in My Hammerlock by Jerry Spinelli (Simon & Schuster, 1991; 1993)
Young Adult We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier (Delacorte, 1991; Dell, 1993)

 

 

1993 Winners
Primary Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow, 1990; Mulberry Books, 1992)
Intermediate Fudge-a-Mania by Judy Blume (Dutton, 1990; Dell, 1991)
Middle School/Junior High Something Upstairs by Avi (Orchard, 1988; Avon, 1990)
Young Adult The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause (Delacorte, 1990; Dell, 1992)

 

 

1992 Winners
Primary Never Spit on Your Shoes by Denys Cazet (Clarion, 1986; Orchard Books, 1990)
Intermediate All About Sam by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1988)
Middle School/Junior High Sniper by Theodore Taylor (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989)
Young Adult A Sudden Silence by Eve Bunting (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1989)

 

 

1991 Winners
Primary Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester. Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (Houghton Mifflin, 1988)
Intermediate Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith (Crown, 1987; Dell, 1988)
Middle School/Junior High December Stillness by Mary Downing Hahn (Clarion, 1988)
Young Adult Night Kites by M.E. Kerr (Harper & Row, 1986)

 

 

1990 Winners
Primary Eyes of the Dragon by Margaret Leaf. Illustrated by Ed Young (Lothrop, 1987)
Intermediate The War with Grandpa by Robert K. Smith (Delacourt, 1984)
Middle School/Junior High The Other Side of Dark by Joan Lowery Nixon (Delacorte, 1986; Dell, 1987)
Young Adult Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt (Atheneum, 1996; Fawcett, 1987)

 

 

1989 Winners
Primary What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? by Carol Carrick. Illustrated by Donald Carrick (Clarion, 1986)
Intermediate The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop (Holiday House, 1985; Bantam, 1986)
Middle School/Junior High The Stalker by Joan Lowery Nixon (Delacorte, 1985)
Young Adult The Face at the Edge of the World by Eve Bunting (Ticknor, 1985; Dell, 1986)

 

 

1988 Winners
Primary If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Illustrated by Felicia Bond (Harper & Row, 1985; Scholastic, 1988)
Intermediate Be a Perfect Person in Just 3 Days by Stephen Manes (Houghton Mifflin, 1982; Bantam, 1987)
Middle School/Junior High The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn (Scribner, 1983; Penguin, 1985)
Young Adult Interstellar Pig by William Sleator (Dutton, 1984)

 

 

1987 Winners
Primary The Napping House by Audrey Wood. Illustrated by Don Wood Harcourt Brace, 1984
Intermediate The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright (Holiday House, 1983; Scholastic, 1985)
Middle School/Junior High You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye by Patricia Hermes (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1982; Scholastic, 1984)
Young Adult Pursuit by Michael French (Delacorte, 1981; Dell, 1983)

 

 

1986 Winners
Primary Space Case by Edward Marshall. Illustrated by James Marshall (Dial, 1980)
Intermediate Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements (Viking, 1981; Scholastic, 1982)
Middle School/Junior High Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts (Atheneum, 1980; Scholastic, 1982)
Young Adult The Darkangel by Meredith Pierce (Little Brown, 1982; Dell, 1982)

 

 

1985 Winners
Primary Herbie's Troubles by Carol Chapman. Illustrated by Kelly Oechsli (Dutton, 1981)
Intermediate The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (Doubleday, 1980; Avon, 1982)
Middle School/Junior High Taking Terri Mueller by Norma Fox Mazer (Morrow, 1983; Avon, 1981)
Young Adult The Truth Trap by Frances Miller (Dutton, 1980; Dell, 1982)

 

 

1984 Winners
Primary Bagdad At It by Phyllis Green. Illustrated by Joel Schick (Watts, 1980)
Intermediate The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor (Doubleday, 1981)
Middle School/Junior High There's a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger (Delacorte, 1980; Dell, 1982)
Young Adult Stranger with My Face by Lois Duncan (Little, Brown, 1981; Dell, 1982)

 

 

1983 Winners
Primary Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer (Scholastic, 1977)
Intermediate Superfudge by Judy Blume (Dutton, 1980; Dell, 1981)
Middle School/Junior High Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume (Bradbury, 1981; Dell, 1982)
Young Adult Summer of Fear by Lois Duncan (Little, Brown, 1976; Dell, 1977)

 

 

1982 Winners
Primary Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard. Illustrated by James Marshall (Houghton Mifflin, 1977)
Intermediate NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Middle School/Junior High Hail, Hail, Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford (Little, Brown, 1987; Archway, 1980)
Young Adult NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)

 

 

1981 Winners
Primary NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Intermediate Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls (Doubleday, 1977; Dell 1979)
Middle School/Junior High NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Young Adult A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin, 1977; Bantam, 1979)

 

 

1980 Winners
Primary Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet (Houghton Mifflin, 1977)
Intermediate NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Middle School/Junior High The Pinballs by Betsy Byars (Harper & Row, 1977)
Young Adult NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)

 

 

1979 Winners
Primary NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Intermediate Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl (Knopf, 1975)
Middle School/Junior High NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Young Adult The Late Great Me by Sandra Scoppettone (Putnam, 1976)

 

 

1978 Winners
Primary Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate. Illustrated by Diane de Groat (Crown, 1975)
Intermediate NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Middle School/Junior High NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)
Young Adult NO AWARD GIVEN (see NOTES)