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Nutmeg Book Awards: 2021 Nominees

2021 Nutmeg Award Nominees

Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to We don't eat our classmates! by Ryan T. Higgins in the Catalog

2021 Winner

Link to After the Fall by Dan Sanitat in the Catalog
Link to Because by Mo Willems in the Catalog
Link to Borrowing bunnies : the surprising true tale of fostering rabbits by Cynthia Lord in the Catalog
Link to The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell in the Catalog

Intermediate Nominees Grades 4-6

Link to Restart by Gordon Korman in the Catalog

2021 Winner

Link to Framed! by James Ponti in the Catalog
Link to Front Desk by Kelly Yang in the Catalog
Link to The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff in the Catalog
Link to I Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted in the Catalog

Middle School Nominees Grades 7-8

Link to New Kid by Jerry Craft in the Catalog

2021 Winner

Link to The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton in the Catalog
Link to The epic fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya in the Catalog
Link to Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake in the Catalog
Link to The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani in the Catalog

High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin in the Catalog

2021 Winner

Link to After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay in the Catalog
Link to American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott in the Catalog
Link to Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, in the Catalog
Link to Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu in the Catalog