Blue Marlin Publications
The Young Hoosier Book Award
Winners 1995 - 2004
1995 - K-3: Enchanted Wood by Ruth Sanderson
- - - -4-6: Horror At the Haunted House by Peg Kehret
- - - -6-8: Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
1996 - K-3: Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
- - - -4-6: Ghost in the House by Betty Ren Wright
- - - -6-8: Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
1997 - K-3: Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolan, illus. by Mark Beuhner
- - - -4-6: Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger by Louis Sachar
- - - -6-8: Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen
1998 - K-3: Heart of a Tiger by Marsha Diane Arnold, illus. by Jamichael Henterly
- - - -4-6: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
- - - -6-8: Doom Stone by Paul Zindel
1999 - K-3: My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
- - - -4-6: Frindle by Andrew Clements
- - - -6-8: Twisted Summer by Willo Davis Roberts
2000 - K-3: Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
- - - -4-6: Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- - - -6-8: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
2001 - K-3: Akiak by Robert Blake
- - - -4-6: Small Steps by Peg Kehret
- - - -6-8: Forged by Fire by Sharon Draper
2002 - K-3 Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger
- - - -4-6 Cliff Hanger (National Parks Mystery#3) by Gloria Skurzynski & Alane Ferguson
- - - -6-8 Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2003 - K-3 Mr. Tanen’s Ties by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- - - -4-6 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- - - -6-8 Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
2004- Picture Book The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein
- - - Intermediate Ghost Soldier by Elaine Marie Alphin
- - - Middle Grades Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares