| Author | Title |
| Alcott, Louisa May | Eight Cousins |
Banks, Lynne Reid | The Return of the Indian |
| Bauer, Joan | Stand Tall |
| Bond, Nancy | A String in the Harp |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul | Bud, Not Buddy |
| Erickson, John R. | Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog |
| George, Jean | On the Far Side of the Mountain |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Pictures of Hollis Woods |
Hahn, Mary Downing | December Stillness |
| Hamilton, Virginia | M.C. Higgins, the Great |
| Hansen, Joyce | I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy a Freed Girl |
| Henkes, Kevin | Olive's Ocean |
| Hobbs, William | Jason's Gold |
| Hom, Jennifer L. | Our Only May Amelia |
| Hunt, Irene | The Lottery Rose |
| Lasky, Kathryn | Beyond the Burning Time |
| Neville, Emily Cheaney | It's Like This Cat |
| Park, Linda Sue | A Single Shard |
| Paulsen, Gary | Brian's Winter |
| Peterson, Katherine | Jip, His Story |
| Snyder, Zilphia Keatley | Egypt Game |
| Soto, Gary | Baseball in April and Other Stories |
| Speare, Elizabeth George | The Bronze Bow |
| Steinbeck, John | The Red Pony |
| Taylor, Mildred D | The Land |
| Taylor, Theodore | Walking Up a Rainbow(Avon Flare Book) |
| Tolan, Stephanie S. | surviving the Applewhites |
| Woodson, Jacqueline | Feathers |
| Wright, Betty Ren | The Dollhouse Murders |
| Zindel, Paul | The Pigman |