Middle Grade Nominees for Cybils

Al Capone Shines My Shoes

by Gennifer Choldenko
Dial

Nominated by: Mary Ann Scheuer

Alibi Junior High

by Greg Logsted
Aladdin

Nominated by: Stephanie Elliot

All The Broken Pieces

by Ann Burg
Scholastic

Nominated by: Laurie Schneider

Also Known As Harper

by Ann Haywood Leal
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Jeni Bell

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping, Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters

by Lenore Look
Schwartz and Wade Books

Nominated by: Natasha Maw

Angel Cake

by cathy cassidy
Puffin UK

Nominated by: Anna

Anna's World

by Wim Coleman
Chiron

Nominated by: Bethany Brown

Anything But Typical

by Nora Raleigh Baskin
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Pam W Coughlan

Beast of Blackslope (The Sherlock Files), The

by Tracy Barrett
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Shellie Braeuner

Beef Princess of Practical County, The

by Michelle Houts
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Pat Zietlow Miller

Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, The

by Kristin Levine
Putnam Juvenile

Nominated by: Amanda Snow

Beyond the Station Lies the Sea

by Jutta Richter
Milkweed Editions

Nominated by: Librarian Pirate

Black Angels

by Linda Beatrice Brown
Putnam Juvenile

Nominated by: Susan

Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally)

by Lisa Yee
Arthur A Levine

Nominated by: Jennifer Roy

Born to Fly

by Michael Ferrari
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Alyson

Boy Trouble (Claudia Cristina Cortez)

by Diana G. Gallagher
Stone Arch Books

Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden

Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z., The

by Kate Messner
Walker Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jennifer Laughran

Brooklyn Nine, The

by Alan M. Gratz
Dial

Nominated by: Sarah

Brushing Mom's Hair

by Andrea Cheng
Wordsong

Nominated by: Linda Sanders-Wells

Bull Rider

by Suzanne Morgan Williams
Margaret K. McElderry

Nominated by: Greg Leitich Smith

Bystander

by James Preller
Feiwel & Friends

Nominated by: Nan Hoekstra

Callie's Rules

by Naomi Zucker
Egmont USA

Nominated by: Torey Yates

Captain Nobody

by Dean Pitchford
Putnam Juvenile

Nominated by: Dawn Mooney

Carolina Harmony

by Marilyn Taylor McDowell
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Becky

Castle of Bran, The

by Stephen S. Keeney
Zumaya Thresholds

Nominated by: Elizabeth Burton

Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: melissa

Confetti Girl

by Diana Lopez
Little, Brown

Nominated by: Laurie Amster-Burton

Dani Noir

by Nova Ren Suma
Aladdin

Nominated by: Chelsea Campbell

Dear Pen Pal (The Mother-Daughter Book Club)

by Heather Vogel Frederick
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan

Dessert First

by Hallie Durand
Atheneum

Nominated by: Beth Kizer

Devon Delaney Should Totally Know Better

by Lauren Barnholdt
Aladdin

Nominated by: Mandy Hubbard

Dog Whisperer: The Rescue

by Nicholas Edwards
Square Fish

Nominated by: Doret

Dragon Wishes

by Stacy Nyikos
Blooming Tree Press

Nominated by: Tricia Hoover

Dunderheads, The

by
Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Paula Willey

Emma Jean Lazarus Fell in Love

by Lauren Tarshis
Dial

Nominated by: EM

Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, The

by Jacqueline Kelly
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Scope Notes

Extra Credit (Junior Library Guild Selection)

by Andrew Clements
Atheneum

Nominated by: Abby Johnson

Faith, Hope, and Ivy June

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Katie

Fiona Finkelstein, Big-Time Ballerina!!

by Shawn K. Stout
Aladdin

Nominated by: Jessica Burkhart

Girl Who Threw Butterflies, The

by Mick Cochrane
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Shannon Bosley

Gone from These Woods

by Donny Bailey Seagraves
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Hester Bass

Heart of a Shepherd

by Rosanne Parry
Random House Children's Books

Nominated by: jone

I Am Jack

by Susanne Gervay
Tricycle Press

Nominated by: Hayley Gonnason

Ice Shock (Joshua Files)

by M. G. Harris
Scholastic

Nominated by: Anna

Jemma Hartman, Camper Extraordinaire

by Brenda A. Ferber
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Megan Germano

Journey of Dreams

by Marge Pellegrino
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books

Nominated by: Janni

Kind of Friends We Used to Be, The

by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Atheneum

Nominated by: Sheryl

Kip Campbell's Gift (Funeral Director's Son)

by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: elaina

Last Invisible Boy, The

by Evan Kuhlman
Ginee Seo Books

Nominated by: sharon H

Last Newspaper Boy in America, The

by Sue Corbett
Dutton Juvenile

Nominated by: Mark Di Vincenzo

Leaving the Bellweathers

by Kristin Clark Venuti
Egmont USA

Nominated by: Kathy Temean

Liberty Porter First Daughter

by Julia DeVillers
Aladdin

Nominated by: Melissa Wiechmann

Lincoln and His Boys

by Rosemary Wells
Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Jenny Choy

Living It Up to Live It Down

by Ronica Stromberg
Royal Fireworks Publishing Company

Nominated by: Lee Allen

Love, Aubrey

by Suzanne LaFleur
Wendy Lamb Books

Nominated by: Jen Barnes

Lucky Breaks

by Susan Patron
Ginee Seo Books

Nominated by:

Melonhead

by Katy Kelly
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton

Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies

by Erin Dionne
Dial

Nominated by: Megan Crewe

Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

by Rodman Philbrick
Blue Sky Press

Nominated by: Kara Dean

Mudville

by Kurtis Scaletta
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Deva Fagan

My Life in Pink & Green

by Lisa Greenwald
Amulet

Nominated by: Sarah Rettger

Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The

by Trenton Lee Stewart
Little, Brown

Nominated by: Sherry Early

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One)

by Michael Buckley
Amulet

Nominated by: Alison Fargis

Neil Armstrong is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me

by Nan Marino
Roaring Brook

Nominated by: Kristine Michael

Newsgirl

by Liza Ketchum
Viking

Nominated by: Vicki Palmquist

No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay) (Secrets of a Lab Rat)

by Trudi Trueit
Aladdin

Nominated by: Trina L.

Operation Redwood

by S. Terrell French
Amulet

Nominated by: Ellen Jensen Abbott

Operation Yes

by Sara Lewis Holmes
Arthur A Levine

Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas

Ottoline Goes to School

by Chris Riddell
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Elaine

Paris Pan Takes the Dare

by Cynthea Liu
Putnam Juvenile

Nominated by: Sarah Ockler

Peace, Locomotion

by Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam Juvenile

Nominated by: Jessica

Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone: The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival

by Dene Low
Houghton Mifflin

Nominated by: Colleen Mondor

Piper Reed Gets a Job

by Kimberly Willis Holt
Henry Holt

Nominated by: Pam Calvert

Positively

by Courtney Sheinmel
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: amanda berlin

Problem with the Puddles, The

by Kate Feiffer
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Jess

Recipe for Robbery, A

by Marybeth Kelsey
Greenwillow Books

Nominated by: Jenny Moss

Red, White & True Blue Mallory

by Laurie Friedman
Carolrhoda Books

Nominated by: Lindsay Matvick

Rescuing Seneca Crane (A Kari and Lucas Mystery)

by Susan Runholt
Viking

Nominated by: Britt Aamodt

Return to Sender

by Julia Alvarez
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: LaTonya

Road to Tater Hill

by Edith M. Hemingway
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Bonnie J. Doerr

Ruby Flips For Attention (Ruby And The Booker Boys)

by Derrick Barnes
Scholastic

Nominated by: Kelly Starling Lyons

Sahwira: An African Friendship

by Carolyn Marsden
Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Edith Hope Fine

Scat

by Carl Hiaasen
Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Jenn R

Season of Gifts, A

by Richard Peck
Dial

Nominated by: Jeff Barger

Ship of Lost Souls, The

by Rachelle Delaney
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Tara MacDonald

Signal

by Cynthia DeFelice
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Dick Holmes

Sisters Eight Bk 1: Annie's Adventures

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Houghton Mifflin

Nominated by: Stephanie Elliot

Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis, The

by Barbara O'Connor
Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Nominated by: Augusta Scattergood

Solving Zoe

by Barbara Dee
Margaret K. McElderry

Nominated by: Julie Peterson

Standing for Socks

by Elissa Brent Weissman
Atheneum

Nominated by: Little Willow

Storm Chaser

by Chris Platt
Peachtree

Nominated by: Carrie, Reading to Know

Strawberry Hill

by Mary Ann Hoberman
Little, Brown

Nominated by: Deborah Freedman

Take the Mummy and Run: The Riot Brothers Are on a Roll (The Riot Brothers Series)

by Mary Amato
Holiday House

Nominated by: kathleen morandini

Touchdown Trouble (Fred Bowen Sports Story Series)

by Fred Bowen
Peachtree

Nominated by: Lesley

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

by Margarita Engle
Publisher not defined

Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird

Umbrella Summer

by Lisa Graff
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Franki Sibberson

Walking Backward

by Catherine Austen
Orca Books

Nominated by: Geoff Quaile

Wanting Mor

by Rukhsana Khan
Groundwood Books

Nominated by: Marjorie

When the Whistle Blows

by Fran Slayton
Philomel

Nominated by: Tarie Sabido

White Cave Escape

by Jennifer Mcgrath Kent
Nimbus

Nominated by: C Drake

Wild Things

by Clay Carmichael
Front Street

Nominated by: Joyce Moyer Hostetter

William S. and the Great Escape

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Atheneum

Nominated by: Sara Lea

Winnie's War

by Jenny Moss
Walker Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: R.J. Anderson

Year of the Bomb, The

by Ronald Kidd
Simon & Schuster

Nominated by: Della

Year the Swallows Came Early, The

by Kathryn Fitzmaurice
HarperCollins

Nominated by: Melissa

The following nominated books are ineligible:

Amelia's Middle School Survival Guide: Amelia's Most Unforgettable Embarrassing Moments, Amelia's Guide to Gossip

by Marissa Moss
Simon & Schuster

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: new edition of previously published texts

Nominated by: Jenisa

Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls)

by Ally Carter
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date 2007

Nominated by: Nadia Murti

Dog Gone

by Cynthia Chapman Willis
Square Fish

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover pub date April 2008

Nominated by: Tara Lazar

How to Steal a Dog

by Barbara O'Connor
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover 2007 pub date

Nominated by: Greta Blanchard

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

by Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover published 2007

Nominated by: LaTonya M. Baldwin

Looks

by Madeleine George
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover published June 2008

Nominated by: Nora Olsen

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-garcia
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date January 2010

Nominated by: Cynthia Leitich Smith

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: Beth Kizer

Peeled

by Joan Bauer
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date Hardcover 2008

Nominated by: Terry Doherty

Piper Reed: The Great Gypsy

by Kimberly Willis Holt
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover August 2008

Nominated by: Cherie Saylor Garrett

The Aurora County All-Stars

by Deborah Wiles
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover 2007 (nominated that year as well)

Nominated by: Kristy Dempsey

The Chicken Dance

by Jacques Couvillon
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Hardcover April 2008 pub date

Nominated by: Holly Hensley

The Dragonfly Pool

by Eva Ibbotson
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: Kristen Nielsen

The Second Street Snoops

by Nancy Sweetland, author/illustrator
Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published May 2008

Nominated by: Nancy Sweetlan

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