Nutmeg Winners - Middle School (Grades 7-8)

All the past and present winners of the Nutmeg Book Award, voted on by Connecticut's children. These are for the Intermediate age group, which includes grades 7 to 8. Winners from 2006-2025.

Showing 1 - 4 of 4  There are a total of 21 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Divergent"
Star rating for Divergent
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Notes:
2014 Winner
Description:
Beatrice Prior's society is divided into five factions--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). Beatrice must choose between staying with her Abnegation family and transferring factions. Her choice will shock her community and herself. But the newly christened Tris also has a secret, one she's determined to keep hidden, because in this world, what makes you different...
Book cover for "The Hunger Games"
Star rating for The Hunger Games
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Notes:
2012 Winner
Description:
"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised...
Book cover for "Life as we knew it"
Star rating for Life as we knew it
Average Rating:
4 stars
Notes:
2010 Winner
Description:
Through journal entries, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.

4. Unwind

Book cover for "Unwind"
Star rating for Unwind
Average Rating:
5 stars
Notes:
2011 Winner
Description:
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs--and, perhaps, save their own lives.