The Nutmeg Book
Award winners for 2017 have been announced, and the 2018 Nutmeg nominees have
arrived in the Library!
Annually, in
Connecticut, works of fiction published within the last five years that have
been determined by librarians and school media specialists to be well-written,
with strong characterization, well-constructed plots, rich settings and striking
language are announced on May 1st.
The nominees are broken into four divisions with ten titles in each
grade range: Elementary (grades 2-4), Intermediate (grades 4-6), Teen (grades
7-8), and High School (grades 9-12). Children and teens are encouraged to read
these selected works of quality fiction throughout the year and vote for their
favorite by April 30th.
This year’s
winners are Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to
Earth by Judd Winnick, Roller Girl by
Victoria Jamieson, The Iron Trial by
Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, and I’ll
Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.
Readers in
several age divisions will be getting together at the Library over the summer
to discuss many of the nominees. A full schedule of these meetings is available
on our website. Come in to get your copies and checklists so you can keep
track of your Nutmeg reading.
Contributed by Children's Services Library Assistant Sonta Frindt
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