Intermediate Grades 4-6

2023 Intermediate Nutmeg Winner
Past Intermediate Grades 4-6 Winners
2023: When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
2022: Wink by Rob Harrell
2021: Restart by Gordon Korman
2020: Ban this Book by Alan Gratz
2019: Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
2018: The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
2017: Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
2016: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
2015: The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
2014: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
2013: Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
2012: Stolen Children by Peg Kehret
2011: The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
2010: Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2009: MVP*Magellan Voyage Project by Douglas Evans
2008: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2007: Thunder From the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
2006: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
2005: Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
2004: Babe and Me by Dan Gutman
2003: Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2002: Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
2001: 101 Ways to Bug Your Parents by Lee Wardlaw
2000: Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
1999: Mick Harte Was Here by Barbara Park
1998: The Private Notebook of Kate Roberts by Amy Hest
1997: Shape-Changer by Bill Brittain
1996: The Grand Escape by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1995: The Biggest Klutz in the Fifth Grade by Bill Wallace
1994: Shiloh! by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1993: My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
Intermediate Grades 4-6 Past Nominees and Resources
For Intermediate Grades 4-6 nominee selection criteria, see our FAQs page.
Book Discussion Guides for Intermediate nominees
Request Nutmeg Book Sets from the CT State Library here
Padlet for Intermediate nominees (Thank you Pia Ledina)