1st: The Honeybee Man, by Lela Nargi
DHH: The Honeybee Man, by Lela Nargi; Ruby in Her Own Time, by Jonathan Emmett; T Is for Terrible, by Peter McCarty
2nd: The Honeybee Man, by Lela Nargi
3rd: Cook Prize nominee: Follow the Moon Home, by Deborah Hopkinson and Philippe Cousteau
4th: Some Kind of Courage, by Dan Gemeinhart
5th: Rios only--I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark, by Debbie Levy