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Each year there are 10 books
nominated in the Intermediate (grades 4-6) and Teen (7-8) categories for the
Nutmeg Award The Nutmeg
Award provides students with the opportunity to read notable fiction and to
vote for their favorite book from the nominees.
2009 Nominated Books - grades
4-6
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Blood on the
River: James Town 1607
Elisa
Carbone |
Close Encounters
of a Third-World Kind
Jennifer J. Stewart |
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Eager
Helen Fox |
Free Baseball
Sue Corbett |
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Golden and Grey:
An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost
Louise Arnold |
Gossamer
Lois Lowry |
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The Homework
Machine
Dan
Gutman |
MVP * Magellan
Voyage Project
Douglas Evans |
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Shakespeare’s
Secret
Elise Broach |
Three Good Deeds
Vivian
Vande Velde |
2009 Nominated Books - grades
7-8
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Al Capone Does
My Shirts
Gennifer
Choldenko |
Ask Me No
Questions
Marina Budhos |
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The Case of the
Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer |
Dairy Queen
Catherine Gilbert Murdock |
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Day of Tears
Julius Lester |
Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin |
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Heat
Mike Lupica |
The Schwa Was
Here
Neal Shusterman |
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Uglies
Scott Westerfeld |
Wolf Brother
Michelle Paver |
The winner for 2008 is The Lightning
Thief by Rick Riordan!
**This book was also the title chosen by TMS students!**
Find out more about the Nutmeg Book Award
Past Winners
Nutmeg Award Winner
TMS Vote Winner
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2007 |
4-6 Thunder From The Sea by Joan
Hiatt Harlow
7-8 Vampire High by Douglas Rees |
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2006 |
4-6 City of Ember by Jeanne
DuPrau
7-8 Hoot by Carl Hiaasen |
City of Ember
Full Tilt |
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2005 |
Skeleton Man by Joseph
Bruchac |
The Monsters of Morley Manor |
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2004 |
Babe and Me by Dan
Gutman |
Babe and Me |
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2003 |
Because of Winn Dixie by
Kate DiCamillo |
Fever 1793 |
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2002 |
Among the Hidden by Margaret
Peterson Haddix |
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town |
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2001 |
101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee
Wardlaw |
Sammy Keyes & the Hotel Thief |
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2000 |
Million Dollar Shot by Dan
Gutman |
Lone Wolf |
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1999 |
Mick Harte Was
Here by Barbara Park |
Running Out of Time |
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1998 |
The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts
by Amy Hest |
Mr. Tucket |
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1997 |
Shape-Changer by Bill
Brittain |
Strider |
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1996 |
The Grand Escape by Phyllis
Reynolds Naylor |
The Boggart |
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1995 |
The Biggest Klutz in the Fifth Grade
by Bill Wallace |
Letters from Rifka |
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1994 |
Shiloh!
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
Maniac Magee |
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1993 |
My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce
Coville |
Number the Stars |
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