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Little Bluestem Nominees

• Big by Vashti Harrison
• The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly
• Dog Vs. Strawberry by Nelly Buchet, illustrated by Andrea Zuill
• I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
• I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Claire Keane
• Mr. S by Monica Arnaldo
• The Red Jacket by Bob Holt
• Seals Are Jerks by Jared Chapman
• The World's Best Class Plant by Audrey Bernick & Liz Garton Scanlon
• Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends by Kaz Windness

Honeybee Nominees (Grades 3-5)

• Dogtown by Katherine Applegate & Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wallace West
• Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
• The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
• Greenwild: The World Behind the Door by Pari Thomson
• Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• Medusa by Katherine Marsh
• The Mystery of the Radcliffe Riddle by Taryn Souders
• Nothing Else but Miracles by Kate Albus
• Tree. Table. Book. by Lois Lowry

Meadowlark Nominees (Grades 6-8)

• Dust by Dusti Bowling
• The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
• Mascot by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell
• The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Brett Helquist
• Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
• The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
• Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
• Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango
• Wild Poppies by Haya Saleh, translated by Marcia Lynx Qualey

Bald Eagle Nominees (Grades 9-12)

• Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino
• Invisible Son by Kim Johnson
• The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy
• Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
• Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
• The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
• The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk
• Swarm by Jennifer D. Lyle
• That's Not My Name by Megan Lally
• Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley

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