Vermont Golden Dome Book Award* Nominees

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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.
* formerly the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award

2022-2023

Author Title Grade
Alston, B.B. Amari and the Night Brothers 4 up
Applegate, Katherine Willodeen 4 up
Bailar, Schuyler Obie is Man Enough 6 up
Barone, Rebecca E.F. Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving
Antarctica		 5 up
Braden, Ann Flight of the Puffin 4 up
Burke, Cliff An Occasionally Happy Family 5 up
Faruqi, Saadia Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero 4 up
Fipps, Lisa Starfish 4 up
Freeman, Megan E. Alone 4 up
Higuera, Donna Barba The Last Cuentista 4 up
Khor, Shing Yin The Legend of Auntie Po 4 up
LaRocca, Rajani Red, White, and Whole 4 up
Little Badger, Darcie A Snake Falls to Earth 4 up
Lucas, Chad Thanks a Lot, Universe 4 up
Mills, Claudia The Lost Language 5 up
Palacio, R.J. Pony 4 up
Reynolds, Jason, and Ibram X. Kendi
Adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul,
Illustrated by Rachelle Baker		 Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism,
and You		 4 up
Schlitz, Laura Amy
Illustrated by Julia Iredale		 Amber & Clay 4 up
Schmidt, Gary D. Just Like That 5 up
Sheinkin, Steve Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the
Ultimate Cold War Showdown		 5 up
Ursu, Anne The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy 6 up
Uss, Christina Erik vs. Everything 7 up
Valenti, Karla Arenas
Illustrated by Dana SanMaR		 Lotería 5 up
Venable, Colleen AF
Illustrated by Stephanie Yue		 Katie the Catsitter 4 up
Yelchin, Eugene The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up
Behind the Iron Curtain		 5 up