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Below is a list of the Mark Twain Readers Award winners. This is a great place to find a new author or book to try out. This is an outstanding list of childrens books and authors.
| Deep and Dark and Dangerous | Mary Downing Hahn | 2010 |
| The Sea of Monsters | Rick Riordan | 2009 |
| The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan | 2008 |
| Abduction! | Peg Kehret | 2007 |
| The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau | 2006 |
| Wenny Has Wings | Janet Lee Carey | 2005 |
| Zach's Lie | Roland Smith | 2004 |
| Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate Dicamillo | 2003 |
| Dork In Disguise | Carol Gorman | 2002 |
| Holes | Louis Sachar | 2001 |
| Saving Shiloh | Phyllis Naylor | 2000 |
| Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio | Peg Kehret | 1999 |
| Titanic Crossing | Barbara Williams | 1998 |
| Time for Andrew | Mary Hahn | 1997 |
| Ghosts of Mercy Manor | Betty Ren Wright | 1996 |
| The Man Who Loved Clowns | June Rae Wood | 1995 |
| Shiloh | Phyllis Naylor | 1994 |
| Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | 1993 |
| The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story | Mary Downing Hahn | 1992 |
| All about Sam | Lois Lowry | 1991 |
| There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom | Louis Sachar | 1990 |
| Sixth-Grade Sleepover | Eve Bunting | 1989 |
| Baby-Sitting is a Dangerous Job | Willo Davis Roberts | 1988 |
| The War with Grandpa | Robert Kimmel Smith | 1987 |
| The Dollhouse Murders | Betty Ren Wright | 1986 |
| A Bundle of Sticks | Pat Rhoads Mauser | 1985 |
| The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ | Betty Miles | 1984 |
| The Girl with the Silver Eyes | Willo Davis Roberts | 1983 |
| The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot | Marian Place | 1982 |
| Soup for President | Robert Newton Peck | 1981 |
| Pinballs | Betsy Byars | 1980 |
| Champion of Merrimack County | Roger Drury | 1979 |
| Ramona the Brave | Beverly Cleary | 1978 |
| The Ghost of Saturday Night | Sid Fleischman | 1977 |
| The Home Run Trick | Scott Corbett | 1976 |
| How to Eat Fried Worms | Thomas Rockwell | 1975 |
| It's a Mile from Here to Glory | Robert C. Lee | 1974 |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH | Robert C. O'Brien | 1973 |
| Sounder | William H. Armstrong | 1972 |
