• Kate DiCamillo — Because of Winn-Dixie
• Patricia MacLachlan — Sarah, Plain and Tall
• Jacqueline Woodson — Brown Girl Dreaming
• Ann M. Martin — Rain Reign
• Andrew Clements — Frindle
• Beverly Cleary — Ramona Quimby, Age 8
• Sharon Creech — Walk Two Moons
• Barbara O'Connor — Wish
• Linda Urban — A Crooked Kind of Perfect
• Deborah Wiles — Each Little Bird That Sings
• Wendy Mass — A Mango-Shaped Space
• Lisa Graff — Absolutely Almost
• Katherine Applegate — The One and Only Ivan
• Jennifer L. Holm — The Fourteenth Goldfish
• Lois Lowry — Number the Stars