- 2010 Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry
- 2009 The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter
- 2008 Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
- 2007 Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer
- 2006 The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
- 2005 Last Chance Bay by Anne Laurel Carter
- 2004 Boy O'Boy by Brian Doyle
- 2003 Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine
- 2002 Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope by Jean Little
- 2001 Wild Girl & Gran by Nan Gregory
- 2000 Sunwing by Kenneth Oppel
- 1999 Stephen Fair by Tim Wynne-Jones
- 1998 Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
- 1997 Uncle Ronald by Brian Doyle
- 1996 The Tiny Kite of Eddie Wing by Maxine Trottier
- 1995 Summer of the Mad Monk by Cora Taylor
- 1994 Some of the Kinder Planets by Tim Wynne-Jones
- 1993 Ticket to Curlew by Celia Barker Lottridge
- 1992 Eating Between the Lines by Kevin Major
- 1991 Redwork by Michael Bedard
- 1990 The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson
- 1989 Easy Avenue by Brian Doyle
- 1988 A Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
- 1987 Shadow in Hawthorn Bay by Janet Lunn
- 1986 Julie by Cora Taylor
- 1985 Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird by Jean Little
- 1984 Sweetgrass by Jan Hudson
- 1983 Up to Low by Brian Doyle
- 1982 The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn
dec 12 2010 ∞
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