Book of the Year Archive

2023 - Winner to be determined
Nominees:

• The Adventure is Now by Jess Redman
• Alone by Megan Freeman
• The Aquanaut by Dan Santat
• Case Files Little Claws by Eliot Schrefer
• Elvis, Me, and the Lemonade Stand Summer by Leslie Gentile
• Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter
• Just Roll with it by Veronica Agarwal
• List of Unspeakable Fears by J. Kasper Kramer
• That Thing About Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar
• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff

2022 - Go with the Flow by Lily Williams
Nominees:

• Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian
• The Barren Grounds by David Robertson
• Becoming Muhammad Ali: A Novel by James Patterson
• City Spies by James Ponti
• The Fabulous Zed Watson by Basil Sylvester
• If We Were Giants by Dave Matthews
• Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
• Starfish by Lisa Fipps
• When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson

2021 - Bloom by Kenneth Oppel (Winner)
Nominees:

• The Best of Iggy by Annie Barrows 
• The Case of the Missing Auntie by Michael Hutchinson
• Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee.
• Me and Banksy by Tanya Lloyd Kyi.
• Operation Frog Effect by Sarah Scheerger.
• Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga.
• Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly.
• Stargazing by Jen Wang.
• A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry

2020 - The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell (Winner)
Nominees:

• Arlo Finch by John August
• Float by Laura Martin
• Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• Journey Forward: When we play our drums, they sing! ; Lucy & Lola by Richard Van Camp, Monique Gray Smith
• Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy Mcanulty
• Missing Mike by Shari Green
• Nightbooks by J.A. White
• Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks
• Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech

2019 - Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (Winner)
Nominees:

• Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
• Greetings From Witness Protection by Jake Burt
• Heartwood Hotel: A True Home by Kallie George
• Chase by Linwood Barclay
• The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
• Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
• The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
• Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
• Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell

2018 - The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (Winner)
Nominees:

• Big Wish by Brandon Robshaw
• Heart of a Champion by Ellen Schwartz
• Beetle Boy by M. G. Leonard
• Edge of Extinction: The Ark Plan by Laura Martin
• A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
• The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks
• The Case of the Missing Moonstone by Jordan Stratford
• Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
• A Bandit's Tale by Deborah Hopkinson

2017 - Speechless by Jennifer Mook-Sang (Winner)
Nominees:

• The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• Lost in the Backyard by Alison Hughes
• A Dark Inheritance by Chris d'Lacey
• Random Acts by Valerie Sherrard
• Outside in by Sarah Ellis
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
• Galaxy's Most Wanted by John Kloepfer
• Masterminds by Gordon Korman
• The Nest by Kenneth Oppel

2016 - Game Over by Pete Watson (Winner)
Nominees:

• 33 minutes by Todd Hasak-Lowy
• Curiosity by Gary Blackwood
• Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery at Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
• Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
• The Fourteen Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
• The Iron Trail by Holly Black
• The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
• Odd Weird & Little by Patrick Jennings
• Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

2015 - Cartboy and the Time Capsule by L.A. Campbell (Winner)
Nominees:

• Road Trip by Gary Paulsen
• Mister Orange by Truus Matti
• The Metro Dogs of Moscow by Rachelle Delaney
• Ungifted by Gordon Korman
• Popular Clone by M.E. Castle
• Stranded by Jeff Probst
• Pickle by Kim Baker
• Jinx by Sage Blackwood
• The Forbidden Stone by Tony Abbott

2014 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (Winner)
Nominees:

• The Adventures of Beanboy by Lisa Harkrader
• The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner
• Wild Things by Clay Carmichael
• Run, Marco, Run by Norma Charles
• Wondla by Tony DiTerlizzi
• Box of Shocks by Chirs McMahen
• Storm Runners by Roland Smith

2013 - Sidekicks by Dan Santat (Winner)
Nominees:

• Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
• Green by Laura Roberts
• Penny Dreadful by Laurel Snyder
• Saving Zasha by Randi Barrow
• Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
• Unsinkable by Gordon Korman
• We the Children by Andrew Clements
• White Crane by Sandy Fussell
• Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

2011 - How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor (Winner)
Nominees:

• Cyberia by Chris Lynch
• Dream Catcher by Stella Calahasen
• Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkles
• The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
• The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
• Lost Riders by Elizabeth Laird
• The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
• Safe as Houses by Eric Walters
• The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis

2010 - Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale (Winner)
Nominees:

• Champ by Marcia Jones
• Gypsy Crown by Kate Forsyth
• How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson
• Ivan the Terrible by Ann Fine
• Listen! by Stephanie Tolan
• Out on a Limb by Gail Banning
• Pete's Gold by Luanne Armstrong
• The Talent Thief by Alex Williams
• Vampire's Visit by David A. Poulsen

2008 - Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Nominees:

• The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
• Odd Man Out by Sarah Ellis
• The Trenches by Jim Eldridge
• Magyk by Angie Sage
• Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost by Cornelia Funke
• The Onts by Dan Greenburg
• Give My Regrets to Broadway by Bruce Hale
• Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
• Chu Ju's House by Gloria Whelan

2007 - Eragon by Christopher Paolini

2006 - Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng (Winner)

2000 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Winner)
Nominees:

• Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
• Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
• The Hollow Tree by Janet Lunn
• The Belonging Place by Jean Little
• Ella Enchanted by Gail Levine
• Disconnected by Shelley Hrdlitschka
• Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
• Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
• Under Emily's Sky by Ann Alma

1998 - Poppy by Avi (Winner)
Nominees:

• Ellen's secret by Jean Booker
• The dark garden by Margaret Buffie
• The midwife's apprentice by Jaren Cushman
• Yuit by Yvette Edmonds
• Dark of the moon by Barbara Haworth-Attard
• Castle Tourmandyne by Monica Hughes
• Cougar Cove by Julie Lawson
• Past tense by Ken Roberts
• Shabash! by Ann Walsh

1996 - The Giver by Lois Lowry. (Winner)
Nominees:

• Who's got Gertie? And how can we get her back? by Linda Bailey
• The dragon's egg by Allison Baird
• The year of impossible goodbyes by Sook Nyue Choi
• What happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney
• Out of the blue by Sarah Ellis
• Something weird is going on by Christie Harris
• A night without stars by James Howe
• The lights go on again by Kit Pearson
• Zlata's diary: a child's life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipovic