awakeI was on the Middle Grade nominating committee along with Kate, Miss Erin, Sherry, Amanda, Jocelyn, and Kerry. Our fabulous administrator was Liz.
Here is the list of Middle Grade nominees. I placed the titles I've read in bold and linked to titles I've reviewed and author interviews I've conducted.
Annie's War by Jacqueline Levering Sullivan
Annie: The Mysterious Morgan Horse by Ellen F. Feld
The Aurora County All Stars by Deborah Wiles
Bearwalker by Joseph Bruchac
Bird Springs by Carolyn Marsden
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street by Sharon Flake
Camel Rider by Prue Mason
Cassie Was Here by Caroline Hickey
The Cat on the Mat is Flat by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton
Celeste's Harlem Renaissance by Eleanora E. Tate
Chess Rumble by G. Neri
Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now by Lauren Child
Class Favorite by Taylor Morris
Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports by Dori J. Chaconas, illustrated by Lisa McCue
Cracker: The Best Dog In Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Dear Jo by Christina Kilbourne
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Edward's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ellie McDoodle: Have Pen, Will Travel written and illustrated by Ruth Barshaw
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Freak by Marcella Pixley
The Friskative Dog by Susan Straight
Greetings From Planet Earth by Barbara Kerley
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Honestly, Mallory! by Laurie Friedman
How To Steal A Dog by Barbara O'Connor
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period by Gennifer Choldenko
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Isle of the Swords by Wayne Thomas Batson
Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb by Kirsten Miller
Kimchi & Calamari by Rose Kent
Leap of Faith by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Leepike Ridge by Nathan D. Wilson
The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Letters from Rapunzel by Sara Lewis Holmes
Louisiana's Song by Kerry Madden
Lucy Rose: Working Myself to Pieces & Bits by Katy Kelly, illustrated by Peter Ferguson
Me and the Pumpkin Queen by Marlane Kennedy
The Middle of Somewhere by JB Cheany
Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Like Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford, photographs by Valorie Fisher
Ms. Zephyr's Notebook by kc dyer
My Last Best Friend by Julie Bowe
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Stewart
No Castles Here by A.C.E. Bauer
No Talking by Andrew Clements
Paint the Wind by Pam Munoz Ryan
Penina Levine is a Hard Boiled Egg by Rebecca O'Connell
Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crows Nest by Karen Pavlicin
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin
Qwikpick Adventure Society by Sam Riddleburger
Reaching For Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Regarding the Bees by Kate Klise, illustrated by Sara Klise
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley M.M. Blume
Runaround by Helen Hemphill
The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney by Lauren Barnholdt
Seeing Sky-Blue Pink by Candice Ransom
So Totally Emily Ebers by Lisa Yee
The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts: Dumped by Popular Demand by PG Kain
Someone Named Eva by Joan Wolf
The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Tales of a Texas Boy by Marva Dasef
Tall Tales by Karen Day
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
Twelve by Lauren Myracle
Way Down Deep by Ruth White
Webb's Wondrous Tales, Book 2 by Mack H. Webb Jr., illustrated by Celia Webb
When Heaven Fell by Carolyn Marsden
The Wild Girls by Pat Murphy
And now, the list of finalists!
Related Posts:
The Cybils: 2007 Middle Grade Finalists
The Cybils: 2007 Middle Grade Hall of Fame
The Cybils: 2007 Young Adult Nominations
The Cybils: 2007 Winners
