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 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 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  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  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

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2013 2010 2016   Baseball Great by Tim Green   Archer’s Quest by   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

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  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   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