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