Mark Twain Award: Previous Winners

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2008 - Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan

2007 - Abduction!
Peg Kehret

2006 - The City of Ember
Jean Duprau

2005 - Wenny Has Wings
Janet Lee Carey

2004 - Zach's Lie
Roland Smith

2003 - Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo

2002 - Dork in Disguise
Carol Gorman

2001 - Holes
Louis Sachar

2000 - Saving Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1999 - Small Steps: The Year I got Polio
Peg Kehret

1998 - Titanic Crossing
Barbara Williams

1997 - Time for Andrew
Mary Downing Hahn

1996 - The Ghosts of Mercy Manor
Betty Ren Wright

1995 - The Man Who Loved Clowns
June Rae Wood

1994 - Shiloh
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

1993 - Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli

1992 - The Doll in the Garden
Mary Downing Hahn

1991 - All about Sam
Lois Lowry

1990 - There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Louis Sachar

1989 - Sixth Grade Sleepover
Eve Bunting

1988 - Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job
Willo Davis Roberts

1987 - The War with Grandpa
Robert Kimmel Smith

1986 - The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright

1985 - A Bundle of Sticks
Pat Rhoads Mauser

1984 - The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ
Betty Miles

1983 - The Girl with the Silver Eyes
Willo Davis Roberts

1982 - The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot
Marian T. Place

1981 - Soup for President
Robert Newton Peck

1980 - The Pinballs
Betsy Byars

1979 - The Champion of Merrimack County
Roger Drury

1978 - Ramona the Brave
Beverly Cleary

1977 - The Ghost on Saturday Night
Sid Fleischman

1976 - The Home Run Trick
Scott Corbett

1975 - How to Eat Fried Worms
Thomas Rockwell

1974 - It's a Mile from Here to Glory
Robert C. Lee

1973 - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert O'Brien

1972 - Sounder
William Armstrong

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