1997 Nominees
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• Beardance by Will Hobbs
• The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson (Winner)
• Bigger by Patricia Calvert
• Cat Running by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
• Daniel's Story by Carol Matas
• Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
• George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
• Jericho's Journey by G. Clifton Wisler
• Jim-Dandy by Hadley Irwin
• Julie by Jean Craighead George
• The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood
• The Mystery of the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
• Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
• Quake! By Joe Cottonwood
• Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory Maguire
• Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss
• The Toilet-Paper Tigers by Gordon Korman
• Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
• Wanted: Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars
• Who's There? By Stephanie Tolan