| Author | Title |
| Louise Borden | Across the Blue Pacific The Little Ships Sleds on Boston Commons |
| Eve Bunting | The Blue and The Gray Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story Pop's Bridge |
| Henry Cole | Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad |
| Shane W. Evans | Lillian's Right to Vote (illustrator) We March |
| Candace Fleming | A Big Cheese for the White House Boxes for Katie Papa's Mechanical Fish |
| Karen Hesse | The Cats in Krasinski Square Witness |
| Patricia McKissack | Never Forgotten Stitchin' and Pullin' |
| Susan Meyer | New Shoes |
| Walter Dean Myers | Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam |
| Faith Ringgold | Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky Harlem Renaissance Party |
| Marisabina Russo | I Will Come Back For You |
| Pam Munoz Ryan | Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride The Dreamer |
Scott O'Dell, author of The Island of the Blue Dolphins, established the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction in 1982. It is given annually to "a meritorious book published in the previous year for children or young adults."
Across So Many Seas
Heroes: a Novel of Pearl Harbor
Amil and the After
All Aboard the Schooltrain: a Little Story from the Great Migration
Rivka's Presents
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