Connecticut2011 Nutmeg Book Award Nominees

Here are the Intermediate Books…

Elephant Run by Roland Smith

Eleven byPatricia Reilly Giff

First LightbyRebecca Stead

Iron ThunderbyAvi

The Lemonade War byJacqueline Davies

Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury

No TalkingbyAndrew Clements

One-HandedCatchbyM.J. Auch

SwindlebyGordon Korman

The Thing About GeorgiebyLisa Graff

Here are the Teen Books…

All of the AbovebyShelley Pearsall

Alphabet of DreamsbySusan Fletcher

ChainsbyLaurie HalseAnderson

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-BanksbyF. Lockhart

Home of the Brave byKatherineApplegate

The Last DragonbySilvana de Mari

The London Eye MysterybySiobhan Dowd

Unwindby Neal Shusterman

Waiting for NormalbyLeslie Connor

The WednesdayWarsbyGary D. Schmidt

The Nutmeg Book Award

“The Nutmeg Book Award encourages children in grades 4-8 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. Jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL), the Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations.”

http://www.nutmegaward.org