State Award Nominees

Grades 3-5

Bildner, Phil.  A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME
Brown, Peter.  THE WILD ROBOT
Cervantes, Angela. ALLIE, FIRST AT LAST
Coverly, Dave.  NIGHT OF THE LIVING WORMS
Egan, Kate. THE VANISHING COIN
Plourde, Lynn.  MAXI'S SECRETS : (OR WHAT YOU CAN LEARN FROM A DOG)
Ponti, James.  FRAMED!
Reeve, Philip.  PUGS OF THE FROZEN NORTH
Robinson, Sharon.  THE HERO TWO DOORS DOWN
Solomons, David.  MY BROTHER IS A SUPERHERO
Trine, Greg.  WILLY MAYKIT IN SPACE
Vernon, Ursula.  CASTLE HANGNAIL
Weeks, Sarah. SAVE ME A SEAT
Yep, Laurence.  A DRAGON'S GUIDE TO THE CARE AND FEEDING OF HUMANS

Grades 6-8

Barnhill, Kelly.  THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON Dumas, Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.  THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE
Firoozeh.  IT AIN'T SO AWFUL, FALAFEL
Gonzalez, Christina Diaz. MOVING TARGET
Harrington, Karen. COURAGE FOR BEGINNERS
Johnson, Jaleigh.  THE MARK OF THE DRAGONFLY
Key, Watt.  TERROR AT BOTTLE CREEK
Liss, David. RANDOMS
Magoon, Kekla. SHADOWS OF SHERWOOD
Miller, Jeff.  THE NERDY DOZEN
Oppel, Kenneth.  THE NEST
Peterfreund, Diana.  OMEGA
Ponti James.  FRAMED! : A T.O.A.S.T. MYSTERY
Rivers, Karen.THE GIRL IN THE WELL IS ME
Souders, Taryn. HOW TO (ALMOST) RUIN YOUR SUMMER

Teen Reads

Arnold, David. KIDS OF APPETITE
Blake, Kendare. THREE DARK CROWNS
Buxbaum, Julie.  TELL ME THREE THINGS
Hamilton, Alwyn. REBEL OF THE SANDS
Hand, Cynthia.  MY LADY JANE
Kennedy, Katie.  LEARNING TO SWEAR IN AMERICA
Mills, Wendy.  ALL WE HAVE LEFT
Niven, Jennifer.  HOLDING UP THE UNIVERSE 
Sepetys, Ruta.  SALT TO THE SEA
Shusterman, Neal.  SCYTHE
Tash, Sarvenaz.  GEEK'S GUIDE TO UNREQUITED LOVE
Thomas, Kara.   THE DARKEST CORNERS
Turner, Pamela S. SAMURAI RISING : THE EPIC LIFE OF MINAMOTO YOSHITSUNE
Whaley, John Corey.  HIGHLY ILLOGICAL BEHAVIOR 
Zentner, Jeff. THE SERPENT KING

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