2007 Nutmeg Winners

We're pleased to announce the 2007 Nutmeg Book Award winners! More details to follow. Thanks to all our voters.
Intermediate winner: Thunder from the Sea
Teen winner: Vampire High

2007 Voting Totals were as follows:

Teen Nutmegs
Total schools and libraries voting - 94
Total votes – 4944

2007 Nominees

Grades 4 - 6 | Grades 7 - 8

Nutmeg Teen Book Discussion Links
Power Point Presentation with Intermediate Discussion Ideas
Intermediate Nutmeg Ideas from Newington Library
Teen Nutmeg Ideas from S. McNeice (Powerpoint)
More Teen Nutmeg Ideas (Powerpoint)

The Nutmeg Children's Book Award Committee is proud to announce the 2007 Nutmeg Children's Book Award Nominees:

Grades 4-6

becoming naomi leon by Pam Munoz Ryan

Naomi and her brother are being raised by their great-grandmother in a trailer park. When her mother reappears after a seven year absence, Naomi struggles to keep her family together and discover her Mexican heritage.

Discussion questions

the boy who saved baseball by John H. Ritter

Can an average boy, an ornery old baseball star, and one last game save Tom’s small, California town from destruction by a developer?

Discussion set

brainboy and the deathmaster by Tor Seidler

Darryl, video game whiz, is drawn into a high-tech program where kids compete to be the best video gamers. However, Darryl discovers the ultimate prize may be winning his survival and that of his friends.

Discussion Questions 1
Discussion Questions 2

gifts from the sea by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Quila receives an unexpected surprise when the sea washes a baby up on the shore outside her family’s Maine lighthouse.

Discussion set to come

granny torrelli makes soup by Sharon Creech

Mix a little bit of wisdom, a ton of love, and a pinch of friendship. That’s how Granny Torrelli and twelve-year-old Rosie cook a delicious soup that proves life tastes good.

Discussion questions to come

half and half by Lensey Namioka

Fiona Cheng knows who she is, but her mixed heritage (Chinese and Scottish) can never be explained with just one word. Supported by her family, she demonstrates that her two halves add up to a perfect whole.

Discussion questions to come

kensuke's kingdom by Michael Morpurgo

While sailing in the Pacific Ocean, eleven–year-old Michael falls overboard and ends up stranded on a nearly deserted island. He is befriended by an old Japanese man, the island’s other inhabitant, in this exciting tale of friendship and survival.

Discussion questions to come
Activity Idea: Have the children write messages in the Nautical Flag Alphabet

Macaroni boy by Katherine Ayres

Living in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Mike investigates the cause of the sickness that is affecting so many in his community, including his own grandfather. To learn the truth he must enlist the help of the neighborhood bully who nicknames Mike “Macaroni Boy.”

Discussion set

thunder from the sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow

Harsh weather brings an orphan boy, Tom, and a stranded dog, Thunder, together on the island of Newfoundland. They struggle to find a family despite a blizzard, a tidal wave, and worst of all, Thunder’s former owner.

Discussion Set

The warriors by Joseph Bruchac

One of the best lacrosse players on his Iroquois reservation team, Jake is conflicted when his mother relocates him to a boarding school. Jake is praised for his athletic abilities, but feels like an outcast until he resolves a school crisis with a special game of lacrosse.

Discussion questions

Grades 7 - 8

airborn by Kenneth Oppel.
Matt and Kate embark on a quest to prove “cloud cats” exist, but evil pirates attack their airship. Can they survive the battle?

for freedom by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Suzanne just wants to focus on her wish to become an opera star, but when Nazi troops invade, she decides to become a spy for the Allies.

inventing elliot by Graham Gardner
Life at the new high school has to be better for Elliot. He is going to do his best not to become a victim of bullies. Ironically, Elliot does attract attention from a sinister gang, but they want Elliot to become one of them.

jumpman rule #1 by James Valentine
When Theodore, a teen from the distant future, drops into the lives of
Jules and Gen, life gets a lot more complicated.

mortal engines by Philip Reeve
Welcome to a distant world where cities search out and consume smaller towns. Four people try to stop the carnage…and stay alive.

milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
An inspirational tale about Misha’s survival in a Warsaw ghetto.

mississippi trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe
When Emmett Till is murdered, Hiram begins to look at his grandfather
and Mississippi differently as bigotry and violence are revealed.

Say yes by Audrey Couloumbis
Casey comes home one day to find her stepmother gone. How will she
survive? Whom can she trust?

under the same sky by Cynthia DeFelice
Joe is wealthy and full of attitude. He wants a new motorbike, but his
father insists he earn the money for it. Suddenly Joe finds himself
working alongside Mexican migrant laborers. Can he keep up with the
grueling work? What will he do when the farm is raided?

vampire high by Douglas Rees.
Cody’s dreary, new high school is a drag. His grades are bad, and he
has trouble making friends. Everything becomes more interesting when
Cody realizes he is in a school full of vampires!

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