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Nutmeg Book Awards: High School Grades 9-12

2026 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to The 9:09 Project by Mark H. Parsons in the catalog.

Link to For Lamb by Lesa Cline-Ransome in the catalog.

Link to Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow in the catalog.

Link to The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe in the catalog.

Link to The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes in the catalog

Link to Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang in the catalog

Link to The Silence That Binds Us by Joanna Ho in the catalog

Link to Spin by Rebecca Caprara in the catalog

Link to The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White in the catalog.

Link to Throwback by Maureen Goo in the catalog

2025 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir in the catalog

2025 Winner

Link to All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir in the catalog

Link to As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoula Katouh in the catalog

Link to A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik in the catalog

Link to Golden Arm by Carl Deuker in the catalog

Link to The Honeys by Ryan La Sala in the catalog

Link to I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys in the catalog

Link to Kneel by Candace Buford in the catalog

Link to Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles in the catalog

Link to The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson in the catalog

2024 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to Heartstopper 1 by Alice Oseman in the Catalog

2024 Winner

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 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

2023 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link toThe Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes in the Catalog

2023 Winner

Link to All Eyes on Her by L. E. Flynn in the Catalog

Link to The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan in the Catalog

Link to Flamer by Nike Curato in the Catalog

Link to Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez in the Catalog

Link to The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune in the Catalog

Link to More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood in the Catalog

Link to Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi in the Catalog

Link to We Are Not Free by Traci Chee in the Catalog

Link to What I Carry by Jennifer Longo in the Catalog

2022 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

Link to Sadie by Courtney Summers in the Catalog

2022 Winner

Link to Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer in the Catalog

Link to A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer, in the Catalog

Link to Darius the Great is not Okay by Adib Khorram in the Catalog

Link to Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia in the Catalog

Link to The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe in the Catalog

Link to The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys in the Catalog

Link to Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea in the Catalog

Link to When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A. J. Ste iger in the Catalog

Link to Solo by Kwame Alexander in the Catalog

2021 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

Link to Dread Nation by Justina Ireland in the Catalog

Link to A heart in a body in the world by Deb Caletti in the Catalog

Link to Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe by Preston Norton in the Catalog

Link to The Nowhere Girls by Amy Lynn Reed in the Catalog

Link to The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo in the Catalog

2020 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2020 Winner

2019 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2019 Winner

2018 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2018 Winner

2017 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2017 Winner

2016 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2016 Winner

2015 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2015 Winner

2014 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

2014 Winner

2014 was the first year of the High School Nutmeg level.

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