City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 2005 Wenny Has Wings by Janet Lee Carey (made into a Japanese movie Ano sora wo Oboetaru) 2004 Zach's Lie by Roland Smith 2003 Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 2002 Dork In Disguise by Carol Gorman 2001 Holes by Louis Sachar 2000 Saving Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor 1999 Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret 1998 Titanic Crossing by Barbara Williams 1997 Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn 1996 Ghosts of Mercy Manor by Betty Ren Wright 1995 The Man Who Loved Clowns by June Rae Wood 1994 Shiloh by Phyllis Naylor 1993 Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 1992 The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn 1991 All About Sam by Lois Lowry 1990 There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar 1989 Sixth-Grade Sleepover by Eve Bunting 1988 Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job by Willo Davis Roberts 1987 The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith 1986 The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright 1985 A Bundle of Sticks by Pat Rhoads Mauser 1984 The Secret Life of the Underwear Champ by Betty Miles 1983 The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts 1982 The Boy Who Saw Bigfoot by Marian Place 1981 Soup for President by Robert Newton Peck 1980 Pinballs by Betsy Byars 1979 Champion of Merrimack County by Roger W. Drury 1978 Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary 1977 The Ghost of Saturday Night by Sid Fleischman 1976 The Home Run Trick by Scott Corbett 1975 How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell 1974 It's a Mile from Here to Glory by Robert C. Lee 1973 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien 1972 Sounder by William H. Armstrong See also 1971–1972 Mark Twain Awards nominees 1972–1973 Mark Twain Awards nominees References External links Mark Twain Award winners 1972– booklist at WorldCat The MASL Readers Awards – point of entry to all four Missouri School Librarians reader choice book awards Mark Twain Awards American children's literary awards Awards established in 1972 Missouri culture Missouri education-related lists