Introducing the
2016 Teen
Nutmeg Nominees
Emily Ziemba, Library Technical Assistant, Silas Deane Middle School
Leslie Poulos, Library Media Specialist, Silas Deane Middle School
Counting by 7s
by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Read if you liked….
-I’ll Be There
-One for the Murphy’s
-See You at Harry’s
Realistic Fiction
Foster Homes
Overcoming Tough Times
Genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out
how to connect with other people and find a surrogate
family for herself after her parents are killed in a car
accident.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Read if you liked…
Read if you liked….
- The Selection
- Matched
- Delirium
Science Fiction
Cyborgs Fiction
Extra Terrestrials Fiction
Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a
mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her
stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the
population of New Beijing, but when Cinder's life gets
intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the
center of an intergalactic struggle.
The Raven Boys
by Maggie Stiefvater
Read if you liked…
-Hush, Hush
-Under The Never Sky
-Shatter Me
Fantasy
Magic
Paranormal
Though she is from a family of clairvoyants, Blue Sargent's
only gift seems to be that she makes other people's talents
stronger. When she meets Gansey, one of the Raven Boys
from the expensive Aglionby Academy, she discovers that
he has talents of his own--and that together their talents
are a dangerous mix.
Reboot by Amy Tintera
Read if you liked…
-Divergent
-Legend
-Insignia
Action/Adventure
Dystopian
Science Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Wren rises from the dead as a Reboot
and is trained as an elite crime-fighting soldier until she is
given an order she refuses to follow.
The Rithmatist
by Brandon Sanderson
Read if you liked…
- Michael Vey
- City of Orphans
- The Last
Dragonslayer
Action/Adventure
Fantasy
As Wild Chalklings threaten the American Isles and
Rithmatists are humanity's only defense, Joel can
only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical
art that he would do anything to practice.
Throne of Glass
by Sarah J. Maas
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Read if you liked…
-The False Prince
- Graceling
- Blood Red Road
Fantasy
Magic
Royalty
After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of
Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteenyear-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the
condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a
new royal assassin.
Shadow on the Mountain
by Margi Preus
Read if you liked….
- The Book Thief
- Boy in the Striped
Pajamas
-Don’t Turn Around
Historical Fiction
World War II
In Nazi-occupied Norway, fourteen-year-old Espen joins
the resistance movement, graduating from deliverer of
illegal newspapers to courier and spy.
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
Read if you liked….
-The Skin I’m In
-Out of My Mind
-Now is the Time for Running
-Climbing the Stairs
Survival
Human Rights
Action/Adventure
Africa Fiction
A Tanzanian albino boy finds himself the ultimate
outsider, hunted because of the color of his skin.
Better Nate Than Ever
by Tim Federle
Read if you liked….
-Twerp
-Guitar Notes
-Joey Pigza
Performing Arts
Realistic Fiction
Humor
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a
Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to
New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the
musical version of "E.T."
I Have a Bad Feeling About This
by Jeff Strand
Read if you liked….
-Notes from the Midnight Driver
-The Lightning Thief
-Maze Runner
-Holes
-Rot and Ruin
Action/Adventure
Humor
Everything unathletic sixteen-year-old Henry was
dreading about survival camp turns out to be true-or even worse--when armed killers arrive and
survival takes on a whole new meaning for the
campers.
Credits
Trailers found on You Tube
Book Descriptions from Follett Titlewave Website
“Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award Nominees 2016: Teen.” Titlewave. Follett School Solutions. 2015. Web. 27
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