1998 Nominees
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• Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
• Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters by Patricia and Frederick McKissack
• Climb or Die by Edward Myers
• The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• The Great Fire by Jim Murphy
• Harris & Me by Gary Paulsen
• Hound Heaven by Linda Oatman High
• Kokopelli's Flute by Will Hobbs
• The Magnificent Mummy Maker by Elvira Woodruff
• Meiko and the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr
• Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park (Winner)
• Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse
• Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix
• Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan
• Twinkie Squad by Gordon Korman
• Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
• The Watsons Go To Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Winners and Losers by Stephen Hoffius
• Yolanda's Genius by Carol Fenner