Congratulations to the 2021 Nutmeg Book Award Winners
2021 Nutmeg Elementary Winner
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins
2021 Nutmeg Intermediate Winner
ReStart by Gordon Korman
2021 Nutmeg Middle School Winner
New Kid by Jerry Craft
2021 Nutmeg High School Winner
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
We are happy to announce the 2022 Nutmeg Nominees.
Please click on the buttons below the nominee lists to access the PDF descriptions for the nominees of each level.
If you have any questions please e-mail apetrino@westonct.gov
2022 NUTMEG NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT
2022 Elementary Nutmeg Nominees
- Big Foot and Little Foot by Ellen Potter, art by Felicita Sala
- CatStronauts: Mission Moon by Drew Brockington
- Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers, art by Marta Alvarez Miguens
- InvestiGATORS by John Patrick Green
- Just Ask: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor, art by Rafael Lopez
- Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
- Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi, art by Hatem Aly
- Megabat by Anna Humphrey, art by Kass Reich
- Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas & Daniel Egneus
- My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero, art by Zeke Pena
- The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad, with S.K. Ali, art by Hatem Aly
- Seeds Move! by Robin Page
- Superlative Birds by Leslie Bulion, art by Robert Meganck
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson
- We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, art by Michaela Goade
2022 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees
- Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
- COG by Greg Van Eekhout
- Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
- Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
- Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks
- Wink by Rob Harrell
- You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino
2022 Middle School Nutmeg Nominees
- The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
- Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs
- The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
- Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
- Good Enough by Jen Petro-Roy
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
- Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
- Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
- Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
2022 High School Nutmeg Nominees
- Cosmoknights (Book One) by Hannah Templer
- A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe
- The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
- Grimoire Noir by Vera Greentea & Yana Bogatch
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
- Solo by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
- When My Heart Joins the Thousand by A.J. Steiger