Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
YA Novels in Verse
289 books — 315 voters

Stealing Buddha's Dinner by Bich Minh NguyenThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonWhen the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka
Asian-American Books
544 books — 328 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonSold by Patricia McCormick
Diversity in Young Adult and Middle Grade
1,917 books — 1,216 voters

North and South by John JakesLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,587 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechOut of the Dust by Karen HesseA Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
The Most Deserving Newbery
116 books — 3,000 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineHoles by Louis SacharThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters