2006: Last Shot by John Feinstein
2005: In Darkness, Death by Dorothy Hoobler
2004: Acceleration by Graham McNamee
2003: The Wessex Papers #1: Trust Falls by Daniel Parker
2002: The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
2001: Counterfeit Son by Elaine Marie Alphin
2000: Never Trust a Dead Man by Vivian Vande Velde
1999: Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin
1998: Ghost Canoe by Will Hobbs
1997: Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts
1996: Prophecy Rock by Rob MacGregor
1995: Toughing It by Nancy Springer
1994: The Name of the Game was Murder by Joan Lowery Nixon
1993: A Little Bit Dead by Chap Reaver
1992: The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor
1991: Mote by Chap Reaver
1990: Show Me the Evidence by Alane Ferguson
1989: Incident at Loring Groves by Sonia Levitin