2018-2019
Vermont’s book award for children, voted for by children, in grades 4-8. These books include fiction and non-fiction books. Titles in our collection are in italics.
| Author | Title | Publisher | Grade |
| Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem & Raymond Obstfeld |
Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court |
Little, Brown |
7 up |
| Applegate, Katherine |
Wishtree |
Feiwel & Friends |
4 up |
| Bartok, Mira |
The Wonderling |
Candlewick |
5 up |
| Bowling, Dusti |
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus |
Sterling |
5 up |
| Bunker, Lisa |
Felix Yz |
Viking |
7 up |
| Cartaya, Pablo |
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora | Viking |
6 up |
| Cheng, Jack |
See you in the Cosmos | Dial |
5 up |
| Dee Barbara | Halfway Normal | Aladdin |
5 up |
| Emerson, Kevin |
Last Day on Mars |
Walden Pond |
6 up |
| Glaser, Karina Yan |
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street |
Houghton Mifflin |
4 up |
| Gratz, Alan | Ban This Book | Starscape | 4 up |
| Gratz, Alan | Refugee | Scholastic | 7 up |
| Harris, Chris |
I’m Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense For Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups |
Little, Brown |
4 up |
| Harris, Neil Patrick |
The Magic Misfits |
Little, Brown | 4 up |
| Holt, Kimberly Willis |
Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel |
Henry Holt |
5 up |
| Jamieson, Victoria |
All’s Faire in Middle School |
Dial |
4 up |
| Johnson, Terry Lynn |
Falcon Wild |
Charlesbridge |
5 up |
| Korman, Gordon |
Restart |
Scholastic |
5 up |
| Lambert, Mary E. |
Family Game Night and Other Catastrophes |
Scholastic |
5 up |
| Lawrence, Mike |
Star Scouts |
First Second | 4 up |
| McGovern, Cammie |
Chester and Gus | HarperCollins |
4 up |
| Moore, David Barclay |
The Stars Beneath Our Feet |
Albert A. Knopf |
6 up |
| Mosier, Paul |
Train I Ride |
HarperCollins |
6 up |
| Perez, Celia C. |
The First Rule of Punk |
Viking |
5 up |
| Pla, Sally J. |
The Someday Birds |
HarperCollins |
5 up |
| Reynolds, Jason |
Patina |
Atheneum |
6 up |
| Sandler, Martin W. |
The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked and Found |
Candlewick |
5 up |
| Sloan, Holly Goldberg |
Short | Dial | 5 up |
| Sonnenblick, Jordan |
The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade | Scholastic | 5 up |
| Wolk, Lauren | Beyond the Bright Sea |
Dutton |
6 up |
