The National Book Awards

2002
• The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

2001
• True Believer by Virginia Euwer Wolff

2000
• Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan

1999
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt

1998
• Holes by Louis Sachar

1997
• Dancing on the Edge by Han Nolan

1996
• Parrot in the Oven by Victor Martinez