Middle School Grades 7-8

2023 Middle School Nutmeg Winner
Past Teen/Middle School Grades 7-8 Winners
2023: Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
2022: The Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
2021: The New Kid by Jerry Craft
2020: Posted by John David Anderson
2019: Ghost by Jason Reynolds
2018: Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt
2017: The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
2016: Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
2015: The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
2014: Divergent by Veronica Roth
2013: Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
2012: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2011: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
2010: Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
2009: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
2008: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2007: Vampire High by Douglas Rees
2006: Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Teen Grades 7-8 Past Nominees and Resources
For Teen Grades 7-8 nominee selection criteria, see our FAQs page.
Book Discussion Guides for Teen nominees
Request Nutmeg Book Sets from the CT State Library here
Padlet for Teen nominees (Thank you Pia Ledina)