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Nutmeg Book Awards: High School Grades 9-12

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2025 High School Nominees Grades 9-12

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 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 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 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

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.