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Nutmeg Book Awards: 2024 Nominees

2024 Nutmeg Award Nominees

Elementary Nominees Grades 2-3

Link to Abdul's Story byJamilah Thompkins-Bigelow in the Catalog
Link to Ablaze with Color: a Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey in the Catalog
Link to All the Way to the Top by Annette Bay Pimentel in the Catalog
Link to Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack by Stacy McNulty in the Catalog
Link to Cornbread and Poppy by Matthew Cordell in the Catalog
Link to Dear Earth... from Your Friends in Room 5 by Erin Dealey in the Catalog
Link to The Elephants Come Home by Kim Tomsic in the Catalog
Link to The Fastest Girl on Earth! by Dean Robbins in the Catalog
Link to How to Find a Fox by Kate Gardner in the Catalog
Link to It fell from the sky by the Fan Brothers in the Catalog
Link to The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess by Tom Gauld in the Catalog
Link to Mellybean and the Giant Monster by Jen Marlin in the Catalog
Link to Sir Ladybug by Corey R. Tabor in the Catalog
Link to Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar in the Catalog
Link to Wind Riders #1: Rescue on Turtle Beach by Jen Marlin in the Catalog

Intermediate Nominees Grades 4-6

Link to The Accidental Apprentice by Amanda Foody in the Catalog
Link to American As Paneer Pie by Supiya Kelkar in the Catalog
Link to The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips in the Catalog
Link to Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson & Robbi Behr in the Catalog
Link to Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit in the Catalog
Link to Leonard (my life as a cat) by Charlie Sorosiak in the Catalog
Link to The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm in the Catalog
Link to Raising Lumie by Joan Bauer in the Catalog
Link to Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie in the Catalog
Link to Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse in the Catalog

Middle School Nominees Grades 7-8

Link to Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston in the Catalog
Link to Ana on the Edge by A. J. Sass in the Catalog
Link to Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone in the Catalog
Link to Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley in the Catalog
Link to Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga in the Catalog
Link to Playing the Cards You're Dealt by Varian Johnson in the Catalog
Link to Spin by Lamar Giles in the Catalog
Link to Stowaway by John David Anderson in the Catalog
Link to Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas in the Catalog
Link to The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf in the Catalog

High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to The Bridge by Bill Konigsberg in the Catalog
Link to Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley in the Catalog
Link to Girls like Us by Randi Pink in the Catalog
Link to Heartstopper 1 by Alice Oseman in the Catalog
Link to Heroine byBill Konigsberg in the Catalog
Link to How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland in the Catalog
Link to In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner in the Catalog
Link to Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko in the Catalog
Link to Three things I know are true by Betty Culley in the Catalog
Link to Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon in the Catalog