National Book Award for Young People's Literature 1996 - present

Since 1950 the National Books Awards -- the nation's preeminent literary prize -- has been awarded to recognize "books of exceptional merit written by Americans". In 1996, The National Book Foundation, which presents the awards, added the additional category of Young People's Literature to the already existing categories of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The winners of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature from 1996 to the present are:

2006 The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume One: The Pox Party -M. T. Anderson


2005 The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy - Jeanne Birdsall







2004 Godless - Pete Hautman







2003 The Canning Season - Polly Horvath






2002 The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer






2001 True Believer (Make Lemonade Trilogy) - Virginia Euwer Wolff







2000 Homeless Bird - Gloria Whelan






1999 When Zachary Beaver Came to Town - Kimberly Willis Holt







1998 Holes - Louis Sachar







1997 Dancing on the Edge - Han Nolan






1996 Parrot in the Oven: Mi vida - Victor Martinez








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