2007 Middle Grade Fiction Nominations

Let me say; I love these Cybils list. I only wish I had the time to read all the nominations, because they all look so good.

Here is Middle Grade; seventy five nominations! We have a little bit of everything, from books for your younger readers to historical fiction to genre-bending illustrated books. Books to make you cry, books to make you laugh, books to make you think. Enjoy.

--Liz Burns, Middle Grade Fiction organizer

A Crooked Kind of Perfect
written by Linda Urban
Harcourt
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Annie: The Mysterious Morgan Horse
written by Ellen F. Feld;illustrated by Jeanne Mellin
Willow Bend
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Annie's War
written by Jacqueline Levering Sullivan
Eerdmans Books for Younger Readers
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Bearwalker
written by Joseph Bruchac;illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
Harper Collins
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Bird Springs
written by Carolyn Marsden
Viking
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Camel Rider
written by Prue Mason
Charlesbridge
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Cassie was Here
written by Caroline Hickey
Roaring Brook Press
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Celeste's Harlem Renaissance
written by Eleanora E Tate
Little Brown
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Chess Rumble
written by G. Neri;illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson
Lee & Low
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Clarice Bean Don't Look Now
written by Lauren Child
Candlewick
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Class Favorite
written by Taylor Morris
Aladdin
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Cork & Fizz: Good Sports
written by Dori J Chaconas;illustrated by Lisa McCue
Penguin
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Cracker: The Best Dog In Vietnam
written by Cynthia Kadohata
Atheneum
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Dear Jo
written by Christine Kilbourne
Lobster Press
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid
written by Jeff Kinney
Abrams Books
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Edward's Eyes
written by Patricia MacLachlan
Atheneum
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Elijah of Buxton
written by Christopher Paul Curtis
Scholastic
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Ellie McDoodle:Have Pen, Will Travel
written by Ruth Barshaw
Bloomsbury
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Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
written by Lauren Tarshis
Dial
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Freak
written by Marcella Pixley
Farrar Straus Giraux
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Greetings From Planet Earth
written by Barbara Kerley
Scholastic
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Home of the Brave
written by Katherine Applegate
Feiwel & Friends
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Honestly, Mallory!
written by Laurie Friedman;illustrated by Barbara Pollak
Carolrhoda Books
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How to Steal A Dog
written by Barbara O'Connor
Farrar Straus Giraux
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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period
written by Gennifer Choldenko
Harcourt
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Isle of the Swords
written by Wayne Thomas Batson
Thomas Nelson
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Kiki Strike: The Empress's Tomb
written by Kirsten Miller
Bloomsbury
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Kimchi & Calamari
written by Rose Kent
Harper Collins
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Leap of Faith
written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Dial
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Leepike Ridge
written by Nathan D. Wilson
Random House
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Letters from Rapunzel
written by Sara Lewis Holmes
Harper Collins
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Louisiana's Song
written by Kerry Madden
Viking
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Lucy Rose: Working Myself to Pieces
written by Katy Kelly;illustrated by Peter Ferguson
Delacorte Books
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Me and the Pumpkin Queen
written by Marlane Kennedy
Greenwillow
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Middle School is Worse Than Meat Loaf
written by Jennifer Holm;illustrated by Elicia Castaldi
Simon & Schuster
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Miss Spitfire
written by Sarah Miller
Atheneum
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Moxy Maxwell Does not Like Stuart Little
written by Peggy Gifford;illustrated by Valorie Fisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
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Ms. Zephyr's Notebook
written by kc dyer
Boardwalk Books
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My Last Best Friend
written by Julie Bowe;illustrated by Jana Christy
Harcourt
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No Castles Here
written by ACE Bauer
Random House
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No Talking
written by Andrew Clements;illustrated by Mark Elliott
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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Paint the Wind
written by Pam Munoz Ryan
Scholastic
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Penina Levine is a Hard Boiled Egg
written by Rebecca O'Connell;illustrated by Majella Lue Sue
Roaring Brook Press
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Perch, Mrs Sackets, and Crow's Nest
written by Karen Pavlicin
Alma Little, imprint of Elva Resa Publishing
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Pippi Longstocking
written by Astrid Lindgren, tr. Tiina Nunnally;illustrated by Lauren Child
Viking
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Reaching for Sun
written by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
Bloomsbury
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Regarding the Bees:
written by Kate & M. Sara Klise
Harcourt
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Rickshaw Girl
written by Mitali Perkins;illustrated by Jamie Hogan
Charlesbridge
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Runaround
written by Helen Hemphill
Boyds Mill Press
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Seeing Sky-Blue Pink
written by Candice Ransom
Carolrhoda Books
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So Totally Emily Ebers
written by Lisa Yee
Scholastic
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Someone Named Eva
written by Joan Wolf
Clarion
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Tales of a Texas Boy
written by Marva Dasef
Texas Boy Publishers
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Tall Tales
written by Karen Day
Random House
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The Aurora County All Stars
written by Deborah Wiles
Harcourt
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The Broken Bike Boy & the Queen of 33rd Street
written by Sharon Flake;illustrated by Colin Bookman
Hyperion
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The Cat on the Mat is Flat
written by Andy Griffiths;illustrated by Terry Denton
Feiwel & Friends
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The Friskative Dog
written by Susan Straight
Knopf
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
written by Brian Selznick
Scholastic
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The Lemonade War
written by Jacqueline Davies
Houghton Mifflin
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The Middle of Somewhere
written by JB Cheany
Random House
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
written by Trenton Lee Stewart;illustrated by Carson Ellis
Little, Brown
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The Puzzling World of Winston Breen
written by Eric Berlin
Putnam
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The Qwikpick Adventure Society
written by Sam Riddleburger
Dial
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The Rising Star of Rusty Nail
written by Lesley MM blume
Knopf
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The Secret Identity of Devon Delaney
written by Lauren Barnholdt
Aladdin Mix
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The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts: Dumped by Popular Demand
written by PG Kain
Simon & Schuster
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The Talented Clementine
written by Sara Pennypacker;illustrated by Marla Frazee
Hyperion
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The Thing About Georgie
written by Lisa Graff
Laura Geringer
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Twelve
written by Lauren Myracle
Dutton
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Way Down Deep
written by Ruth White
Farrar Straus Giraux
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Webb's Wondrous Tales Book 2
written by Mark Webb Jr;illustrated by Celie Webb
Pilinut Press
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When Heaven Fell
written by Carolyn Marsden
Candlewick
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Wild Girls
written by Pat Murphy
Viking
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Comments

[PG Kain]

Hi -- I think you have my book listed as "DUPED by Popular Demand" and it is actually "DUMPED by Popular Demand." Although, I like duped also. Something to think about for book 3. Thanks for having me on the list.

[Anne]

All fixed! Sorry for the typo, and thanks for having a sense of humor about it. :-)

[Eric Gifford]

Wow, good list...

[Eric Gifford]

No doubt these are good books.

[Becky Levine]

Do you guys have any way we can access the 2006 nominations (not just finalists) from the blog? I'm starting a book group and I want to take a look at some of the books I wasn't able to get to last year, as well as the new ones!

Thanks,

Becky

[Anne]

That's an excellent idea. I'll add a bunch of links tonight, but in the meantime if you click on the "nominations" category you can scroll down through that. I know that's a pain, but I should have a chance tonight to put up something simpler.

Thanks for your enthusiasm and good luck with your book club!