1988 Nominees
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• Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Babe, the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
• Blackberries in the Dark by Mavis Jukes
• Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
• The Cat That was Left Behind by C.S. Adler
• Chapters: My Growth as a Writer by Lois Duncan
• The Cybil War by Betsy Byars
• Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
• Fighting Ground by Avi
• Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt
• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
• The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks (Winner)
• Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
• Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Bulla
• On My Honor by Marion Bauer
• Remembering the Good Times by Richard Peck
• Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Seven Days to a Brand New Me by Ellen Conford
• Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare
• Wilderness Peril by Thomas Dygard