- Journey to nowhere, Mary Jane Auch
- How I found the Strong, a Civil War story, by Margaret McMullan
- Soldier's heart, a novel of the Civil War, Gary Paulsen
- A long way from Chicago, a novel in stories, Richard Peck
- The first four years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams
- Our only May Amelia, by Jennifer L. Holm
- The Wednesday wars, by Gary D. Schmidt
- Mary, Queen of Scots, queen without a country, by Kathryn Lasky
- Portraits of Little women, Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Elephant run, Roland Smith
- The coastwatcher, Elise Weston
- On the wings of heroes, Richard Peck
- Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop
- Color me dark, the diary of Nellie Lee Love, the great migration North, by Patricia McKissack
- Deathless divide, Justina Ireland
- The well, David's story, Mildred D. Taylor
- Kaiulani, the people's princess, by Ellen Emerson White
- The journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, the Donner Party expedition, by Rodman Philbrick
- The upstairs room, by Johanna Reiss
- Esperanza rising, by Pam MunĚoz Ryan
- The Ravenmaster's secret, escape from the Tower of London, Elvira Woodruff
- A year down yonder, Richard Peck
- Lady of Ch'iao Kuo, Warrior of the South, by Laurence Yep
- The journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, a pilgrim boy, Plimoth Plantation, 1620, by Ann Rinaldi
- Portraits of Little women, Susan Beth Pfeffer
- The friendship, Mildred D. Taylor ; pictures by Max Ginsburg
- Portraits of Little women, Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Yellow star, by Jennifer Roy
- The journal of Wong Ming-Chung, a Chinese miner, by Laurence Yep
- The kite fighters, by Linda Sue Park ; illustrated by Eung Won Park
- My face to the wind, the diary of Sarah Jane Price, a prairie teacher, by Jim Murphy
- Abenaki captive, by Muriel L. Dubois
- West to a land of plenty, the diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, by Jim Murphy
- Roller skates, written by Ruth Sawyer ; and illustrated by Valenti Angelo
- Bread and roses, too, by Katherine Paterson
- Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen
- Fair weather, a novel, by Richard Peck
- The mostly true adventures of Homer P. Figg, Rodman Philbrick
- Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
- The good master, written and illustrated by Kate Seredy
- Voyage on the great Titanic, the diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912, by Ellen Emerson White
- The cay, Theodore Taylor
- The Dragon's child, a story of Angel Island, Laurence Yep ; with Kathleen S. Yep
- On Tide Mill Lane, Melissa Wiley ; illustrations by Dan Andreasen
- The bronze bow, Elizabeth George Speare
- A thousand never evers, Shana Burg
- Portraits of Little women, Susan Beth Pfeffer
- My heart is on the ground, the diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl, by Ann Rinaldi
- Neela, victory song, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Counting on Grace, Elizabeth Winthrop