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Waterford Public Library Nutmeg Award Winners Nutmeg Book Award Nominees Waterford Public Library 2018 - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly 2019 Brubaker Bradley Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova 2017– Roller Girl by Victoria Jameison The Best Man by Richard Peck 2016—The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate The Blood Guard by Carter Roy Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar 2015 - The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord 2014 - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson 2013 - Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Ms. Bixby’s Last Day by John David Anderson 2012 - Stolen Children by Peg Kehret Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin 2011 - The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies Seven Dead Pirates by Linda Bailey 2010 - Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2018 2009 - MVP * Magellan Voyage Project by Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman Douglas Evans Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt Gabriel Finley and the Raven’s Riddle by George Hagen 2008 - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth 2007 - Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb 2006 - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau The Tapper Twins go to War (with Each Other) by Jeff Rodkey Took: a Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn The Intermediate Nutmeg Book Award encourages 2005 - Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac Under the Egg by Laura Marx Fitzgerald children in grades 4-6 to read quality literature and to 2004 - Babe and Me by Dan Gutman The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated 2003 - Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo titles. The award is jointly sponsored by the 2002 - Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix Connecticut Library Association and the Connecticut 2001 - 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw 2017 Association of School Librarians. The Nutmeg 2000 - Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel Committee is comprised of members of these two Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein 1999 - Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes entities. 1998 - The Private Notebook of Katie Roberts by Masterminds by Gordon Korman The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy Amy Hest Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia 1997 - Shape-Changer by Bill Brittain Wells 1996 - The Grand Escape by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky by Sandra Dallas Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson 1995 - The Biggest Klutz in the Fifth Grade by A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd Children’s Services Bill Wallace Space Case by Stuart Gibbs 860-444-5805 Ext. 3 1994 – Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor www.waterfordpubliclibrary.org 1993 - My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville Nutmeg Book Award Nominees Nutmeg Book Award Nominees Nutmeg Book Award Nominees 2013 2010 2016 Baseball Great by Tim Green Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea Attack of the Turtle by Drew Carlson Woods Born to Fly by Michael Ferrari A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann Martin Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee & Kelly Light The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage Philbrick Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, My Life As a Book by Janet Tashjian and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson The Ghost’s Grave by Peg Kehret The Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan DiCamillo & K.G. Campbell Powerless by Matthew Cody Rules by Cynthia Lord Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz The Stumptown Kid by Carol Gorman and Ron Findley The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin One Dog and His Boy by Eva Ibbotson The Wonder of Charlie Anne by Kimberly Fusco Pie by Sarah Weeks Winterling by Sarah Prineas 2009 2015 2012 Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Hahn Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind by Jennifer J. Stew- King of the Mound by Wes Tooke Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise art Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead Extra Credit by Andrew Clements Eager by Helen Fox Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman Free Baseball by Sue Corbett Shadow by Michael Morpurgo Herbert’s Wormhole by Peter Nelson Golden and Grey: An Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Re- Spy School by Stuart Gibbs Masterpiece by Elise Broach markable Ghost by Louise Arnold Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda Gossamer by Lois Lowry The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann Savvy by Ingrid Law The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry Signal by Cynthia DeFelice MVP* Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans White Fur Flying by Patricial MacLachlan Stolen Children by Peg Kehret Shakespeare’s Secret by Elise Broach Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Veld 2014 The Candymakers by Wendy Mass Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn 2011 2008 The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman by Meg Wolitzer Elephant Run by Roland Smith A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Eleven by Patricia Reilly Giff Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret Wendy Wan-Long Shang First Light by Rebecca Stead Hatching Magic by Ann Downer Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Iron Thunder by Avi Jackie’s Wild Seattle by Will Hobbs Mike Stellar, Nerves of Steel by K.A. Holt The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park Saving Arm Pit by Natalie Hyde No Talking by Andrew Clements The Ravenmaster’s Secret by Elvira Woodruff Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff One-Handed Catch by M.J. Auch The Seven Professors of the Far North by John Fardell Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson Swindle by Gordon Korman Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff White Star: A Dog on the Titanic by Marty Crisp .
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