Teen Award Book Nominees 2025-2026

Title                                                 Author
Rez Ball                                           Byron Graves
Promise Boys                                 Nick Brooks
Thieves Gambit                             Kayvion Lewis
A Long Stretch of Bad Days         Mindy McGinnis
The Black Queen                            Jumata Emill
That's Not My Name                      Megan Lally
Divine Rivals                                   Rebecca Ross
Forget Me Not                                 Alyson Derrick
Garden of the Cursed                    Katy Rose Pool
Check and Mate                              Ali Hazelwood
Betting On You                                Lynn Painter
Don't Ask if I'm Okay                      Jessica Kara

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Title                     Author
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt & Luna Valentine
The Lost year by Katherine Marsh
The Fire, the Water, & Maudie McGinn by Sally J Pla
Once There Was by Kiyash Monsef
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D Schmidt
The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
What Happened to Rachel Riley by Claire Swinarski
The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K Salerni
Iceberg by Jennifer A Nielsen
It Found Us by Lindsay Currie
The Wild Journey of Juniper Berry by Chad Morris & Shelly Brown
Tree Throws, Friendship & 
Other things we Fouled Up  by Jenn Bishop

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Title                         Author
A Work In Progress by Jarrett Lerner
The Cursed Moon  by Angela Cervantes
Four Eyes by Rex Ogle & Dave Valeza
Nothing Else but Miracles by Kate Albus
The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders
Jawbreaker by Christina Wyman
Hidden Truths by Elly Swartz
How to Stay Invisible by Maggie C Rudd
When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn
Farther Than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey
Lasagna Means I Love you by Kate O'Shaughnessy
Extra Normal by Kate Alice Marshall

Children's Book Award Nominees 2025-2026

 Title                                    Author / Illustrator                                            
The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick &Liz Garton Scanlon / Lynnor Bontigao
How this Book got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias / Melissa Iwai
Building a Dream by Darshana Khiani / Dow Phumiruk
The Kitten Story by Emily Jenkins / Brittany Cicchese
We don't lose our Glass Goldfish by Ryan T Higgins 
Cooler than Lemonade by Harshita Jerath / Chloe Burgett 
Seals are Jerks by Jared Chapman 
Basket Ball Dreams by Chris Paul / Courtney Lovett
The Three Little Guinea Pigs by Erica S Perl / Amy Young
The Mighty McKraken by Izzy B       

Title                        Author / Illustrator
Towed By Toad by Jashar Awan
Ploof by Ben Clanton/ Any Chou Musser
I live in a Tree Trunk  by Meg Fleming/ Brandon James Scott
Dig, Dig, Dinosaur by Anjali Goswami /Maggie Li
Just One Flake by Travis Jonker
Mr. Fox's Game of No by David Larochelle/ Mike Wohnoutka
The Quiet Forest by Charlotte / Abi Cushman
Peg gets Crackin' by Jo Renfro
Simon and the Better Bone by Corey Tabor
Bear's Lost Glasses by Leo Timmers / David Colmer