1990 Nominees
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Addie Across the Prairie by Laurie Lawlor
After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
Charley Skedaddle by Patricia Beatty
Dr. Dredd's Wagon of Wonders by Bill Brittain
The Friendship by Mildred Taylor
Fudge by Charlotte Graeber
Halfback Tough by Thomas Dygard
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I am the Universe by Barbara Corcoran
Izzy, Willy Nilly by Cynthia Voigt
Kevin Corbett Eats Flies by Patricia Hermes
The Kid in the Red Jacket by Barbara Park
Magician's Apprentice by Tom McGowen
Mrs. Abercorn and the Bunce Boys by Liza Fosburgh
A Murder for her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner
Night Cry by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Touch the Moon by Marion Bauer
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn (Winner) 
Wild Timothy by Gary Blackwood