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Nutmeg Awards

Check out Connecticut’s own Teen Book Award winners and nominees!

2014 Teen (Grades 7-8) Nominees

City of Orphans by Avi
Divergent by Veronica Roth
I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Mindblind by Jennifer Roy
Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvader

2014 High School (Grades 9-12) Nominees

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride
Kings of Colorado by David E. Hilton
Legend by Marie Lu
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Paper Towns by John Green
Shine by Lauren Myracle
The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson

Stop by the Teen Area today and grab one of the selections! Congratulations to Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Mayberry, winner of the 2013 Teen Award!

2013 Teens’ Top 10 Nominees Announced!

The Teens' Top 10 is a teen choice list. Teens from around the country have voted on their favorite books of the year. This year there are 28 nominees (3 way tie for #25). We encourage you to read as many of these books as you can and then you will have the opportunity to vote for your favorites in August. The top ten books with the most votes become the 2013 Teens' Top 10! You can find all of the titles on display in the Teen Area. Happy reading!

Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
Underworld by Meg Cabot
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
Skinny by Donna Cooner
Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross
Croak by Gina Damico
The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Wake by Amanda Hocking
Tilt by Ellen Hopkins
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Grave Mercy by Robin LeFevers
Butter by Erin Jade Lange
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
Every Day by David Levithan
Son by Lois Lowry
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult
Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Immortal City by Scott Speer
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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