The following books have been nominated in the 2010 Middle Grade Fiction category.
A Million Shades of Gray
by Cynthia Kadohata
Atheneum
Nominated by: Aline Pereira
Reviewed by: Sherry
A Place for Delta
by Melissa Walker
Whale Tale Press
Nominated by: Katy F.
Abigail Iris: The Pet Project
by Lisa Glatt
Walker Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton
Alchemy and Meggy Swann
by Karen Cushman
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Kirby Larson
Reviewed by: Sandra
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Birthday Parties, Science Projects, and Other Man-made Catastrophes
by Lenore Look
Schwartz and Wade Books
Nominated by: Becky
Anna Mei, Cartoon Girl
by Carol A. Grund
Pauline Books & Media
Nominated by: Cassie Veselovsky
Bad Kitty vs Uncle Murray
by Nick Bruel
Square Fish
Nominated by: Kara Dean
Because of Mr. Terupt
by Rob Buyea
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: David Richardson
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | TheBoyReader
Belly Up
by Stuart Gibbs
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Jennifer Rembold
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra
Betti on the High Wire
by Lisa Railsback
Dial
Nominated by: Mary Ellen Thompson
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sherry
Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
by Lincoln Peirce
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Terry Doherty
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra
Blessing’s Bead (Melanie Kroupa Books)
by Debby Dahl Edwardson
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Reviewed by: CherylV | Sandra
Bobby The Brave (Sometimes)
by Lisa Yee
Arthur A Levine
Nominated by: Doret
Reviewed by: karen_kidsmomo
Bogus (The Aldo Zelnick Comic Novel Series)
by Karla Oceanak
Bailiwick
Nominated by: Beth Knees
Boys without Names
by Kashmira Sheth
Balzer + Bray
Nominated by: Rupa Valdez
Reviewed by: Sandra
Buddy Zooka: In the French Quarter and Beyond
by Tracey Tangerine
Broken Levee Books
Nominated by: Jessica Sattell
Camp X: Trouble in Paradise
by Eric Walters
Puffin Canada
Nominated by: Justin Stoller
Classic Starts: Great Expectations (Classic Starts Series)
by Charles Dickens
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Derry Wilkens
Reviewed by: Sandra
Classic Starts: Moby-Dick (Classic Starts Series)
by Herman Melville
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Katie Connors
Reviewed by: Sandra
Clementine, Friend of the Week
by Sara Pennypacker
Hyperion
Nominated by: Angie
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry
Closed for the Season
by Mary Downing Hahn
Sandpiper
Nominated by: Pink Me
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
Countdown
by Deborah Wiles
Scholastic
Nominated by: Anne Marie Pace
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry
Crunch
by Leslie Connor
Katherine Tegen Books
Nominated by: Deena Lipomi
Reviewed by: CherylV | Everead | Melissa | Sherry
Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
by Odo Hirsch
Kane/Miller Book Pub
Nominated by: Charlotte
Reviewed by: Melissa
Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom
by Susin Nielsen
Tundra
Nominated by: Sandra Stiles
Reviewed by: Sandra
Departure Time
by Truus Matti
namelos
Nominated by: Sheila Ruth
Dream of Night
by Heather Henson
Atheneum
Nominated by: Christina Miller
Reviewed by: Everead | Sandra
Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook
by Mary Amato
Holiday House
Nominated by: Kathleen Morandini
Elite Ambition (Canterwood Crest)
by Jessica Burkhart
Aladdin
Nominated by: jennifer (yabooknerd)
Ellie McDoodle: Best Friends Fur-Ever
by Ruth McNally Barshaw
Bloomsbury USA
Nominated by: Charlie Barshaw
Emily’s Fortune
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Sherry Early
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sherry
Emma’s River
by Alison Hart
Peachtree
Nominated by: Lesley
Fairview Felines
by Michele Corriel
Blooming Tree Press
Nominated by: Kari Olson
Finally
by Wendy Mass
Scholastic
Nominated by: Kelly Jensen
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Everead | Melissa | Sherry
Finding Family
by Tonya Bolden
Bloomsbury USA
Nominated by: Edi
Finn Reeder, Flu Fighter: How I Survived a Worldwide Pandemic, the School Bully, and the Craziest Game of Dodge Ball Ever
by Eric Stevens
Stone Arch Books
Nominated by: Liz Rouse
Reviewed by: Sandra
Fiona Finkelstein Meets Her Match!!
by Shawn K. Stout
Aladdin
Nominated by: Gwenda Bond
Gaff
by Shan Correa
Peachtree
Nominated by: Lesley
Reviewed by: Sherry
Grease Town
by Ann Towell
Tundra
Nominated by: Lawrene Denkers
Reviewed by: Sherry
Guinea Dog
by Patrick Jennings
Egmont USA
Nominated by: Grier Jewell
Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley
by Stephanie Greene
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Dianne White
Reviewed by: Sandra
Heart of a Samurai
by Margi Preus
Amulet
Nominated by: Chris Abouzeid
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
How I, Nicky Flynn, Finally Get a Life (and a Dog)
by Art Corriveau
Amulet
Nominated by: Laura Mihalick
How to Survive Middle School
by Donna Gephart
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jennifer Schultz
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa
I Fooled You: Ten Stories of Tricks, Jokes and Switcheroos
by
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: JoAnn Early Macken
I, Emma Freke (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Intermediate)
by Elizabeth Atkinson
Carolrhoda Books
Nominated by: Elizabeth Dingmann
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
I, Q: The White House
by Roland Smith
Sleeping Bear Press
Nominated by: Barb
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks
Island Sting
by Bonnie J. Doerr
Leap Books
Nominated by: Mia Brown
Reviewed by: Sandra
It’s Raining Cupcakes
by Lisa Schroeder
Aladdin
Nominated by: Jone Rush MacCulloch
Reviewed by: Sandra
Julia Gillian And The Dream Of The Dog
by Alison McGhee
Scholastic
Nominated by: Becky
Leaving Gee’s Bend
by Irene Latham
Putnam
Nominated by: Amy @ Hope Is the Word
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
Mallory Goes Green!
by Laurie B. Friedman
Carolrhoda Books
Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy
Mamba Point
by Kurtis Scaletta
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jenny McNeil
Mary Mae and the Gospel Truth
by Sandra Dutton
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Jennifer Russell
Max Cassidy: Escape from Shadow Island
by Paul Adam
Walden Pond Press
Nominated by: Lori Calabrese
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
Me and Rolly Maloo
by Janet S. Wong
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: Lili Cohen
Reviewed by: Sandra
Milo: Sticky Notes and Brain Freeze
by Alan Silberberg
Aladdin
Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Everead | Melissa | Sandra
Mockingbird
by Kathryn Erskine
Philomel
Nominated by: Sarah Wethern
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra
Mom, There’s a Dinosaur in Beeson’s Lake (Secrets of a Lab Rat)
by Trudi Trueit
Aladdin
Nominated by: Librarian Kate
Reviewed by: Sandra
Monica and the Bratty Stepsister
by Diana G Gallagher
Stone Arch Books
Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden
Moon Over Manifest
by Clare Vanderpool
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Annmarie Algya
My Best Frenemy (Friends for Keeps)
by Julie Bowe
Dial
Nominated by: Carol Avery
Reviewed by: Sandra
My Fake Boyfriend is Better Than Yours
by Kristina Springer
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Deena Lipomi
My Life as a Book
by Janet Tashjian
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Debbie Nance
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra | Sherry
My Life with the Lincolns
by Gayle Brandeis
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Michael Kurth
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks
NERDS: Book Two: M Is for Mama’s Boy
by Michael Buckley
Amulet
Nominated by: Alyssa
Reviewed by: Sandra
Neil Flambe and the Marco Polo Murders: The Neil Flambe Capers #1
by Kevin Sylvester
Key Porter
Nominated by: Laura
Nice and Mean
by Jessica Leader
Aladdin
Nominated by: Paul W. Hankins
Noonie’s Masterpiece
by Lisa Railsback
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: morninglightmama
Reviewed by: Sandra
Nuts
by Kacy Cook
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books
Nominated by: Karen Branstetter
Reviewed by: Sandra
One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-garcia
Amistad
Nominated by: Jennifer Laughran
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | CherylV | Melissa | Sandra | Sherry
Only One Year
by Andrea Cheng
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Nominated by: Anamaria Anderson
Reviewed by: Sandra
Orphan
by John Weber
WestSide Books
Nominated by: Evelyn Fazio
Reviewed by: Sandra
Out of My Mind
by Sharon M. Draper
Atheneum
Nominated by: Carol Wilcox
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra | Sherry
Palace Beautiful
by Sarah DeFord Williams
Putnam
Nominated by: Rose Green
Reviewed by: Sandra
Penny Dreadful
by Laurel Snyder
Random House Children’s Books
Nominated by: Terry Doherty
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | karen_kidsmomo | Melissa
Pies & Prejudice (Mother Daughter Book Club)
by Heather Vogel Frederick
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Deborah Khuanghlawn
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks
President of the Whole Fifth Grade
by Sherri Winston
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Ames O’Neill
Quenton Cohen: Professional Chef
by MAC
Toasted Coconut Media
Nominated by: Brandon Carter
Ratfink
by Marcia Thornton Jones
Dutton Juvenile
Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy
Reviewed by: Sandra
Ray, reflected
by Eric Elkins
Ghost Road Press
Nominated by: Michelle Bar-Evan
River Odyssey
by Philip Roy
Ronsdale Press
Nominated by: Erinna Gilkison
Rocky Road
by Rose Kent
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Cathy Carmode Lim
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra
Saint Training
by Elizabeth Fixmer
Zonderkidz
Nominated by: Vicki Palmquist
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks
Scones and Sensibility
by Lindsay Eland
Egmont USA
Nominated by: Kim Baccellia
Reviewed by: Sherry
Seaglass Summer
by Anjali Banerjee
Wendy Lamb Books
Nominated by: Alysa Stewart
Reviewed by: Sandra
Shooting Kabul (Paula Wiseman Books)
by N. H. Senzai
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Amanda Snow
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra | Sherry
Sir Seth Thistlethwaite and the Soothsayer’s Shoes
by Richard Thake
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Kendal Gerard
Sparks
by Ally Kennen
Marion Lloyd Books
Nominated by: Jenny Schwartzberg
Spies Inc.
by John Keilman
Storybuilders
Nominated by: Carolyn Starks
Spike and Ali Enson
by Malaika Rose Stanley
Transworld Publishers
Nominated by: Chimaechi Ochei
Stolen Child
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Scholastic Canada
Nominated by: Nicola Manning
Reviewed by: Sandra
Storm Mountain
by Tom Birdseye
Holiday House
Nominated by: Olivia Louise Griffiths
The Adventures of Andy & Spirit: Book 1
by Mary Jean Kelso
Guardian Angel Publishing
Nominated by: Mary Jean Kelso
The Archaeolojesters
by Andreas Oertel
Lobster Press
Nominated by: Catherine Knowles – Lobster Press
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Burgular Who Bit the Big Apple (Field Trip Mysteries)
by Steve Brezenoff
Stone Arch Books
Nominated by: Cara McCann
The Candymakers
by Wendy Mass
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Alvina
The Case of the Crooked Carnival (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives)
by Michele Torrey
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Derry Wilkens
The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye: An Enola Holmes Mystery
by Nancy Springer
Philomel
Nominated by: Beverly Wrigglesworth
Reviewed by: Melissa
The Case of the Terrible T. rex (Doyle and Fossey, Science Detectives)
by Michele Torrey
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Katie Connors
The Dancing Pancake
by Eileen Spinelli
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Little Willow
Reviewed by: Melissa | Sandra
The Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief
by Stephen M. Giles
Jabberwocky/Sourcebooks
Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
Reviewed by: CherylV | TheBoyReader
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
by Geraldine Mccaughrean
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Shelf-employed
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
The Defense of Thaddeus A. Ledbetter
by John Gosselink
Amulet
Nominated by: Jason Wells
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Devil’s Door: A Salem Witchcraft Story (Historical Fiction Adventures)
by Paul B. Thompson
Enslow
Nominated by: Lisa Corrado
The Dog in the Wood
by Monika Schröder
Front Street
Nominated by: Connie Janke
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Dreamer
by Pam Munoz Ryan
Scholastic
Nominated by: Liz Jones
Reviewed by: Everead
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester
by Barbara O’Connor
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Sara Holmes
The Fences Between Us (Dear America)
by Kirby Larson
Scholastic
Nominated by: Rebecca Herman
Reviewed by: Sherry
The Fizzy Whiz Kid
by Maiya Williams
Amulet
Nominated by: Brett Wright
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Fossil Hunter of Sydney Mines
by Jo Ann Yhard
Nimbus
Nominated by: Colleen McKie
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Ghostwriter Secret (Brixton Brothers)
by Mac Barnett
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Bigfoot
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks
The Healing Spell
by Kimberley Griffiths Little
Scholastic
Nominated by: Natasha Maw
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling
by Maryrose Wood
Balzer + Bray
Nominated by: Melissa
Reviewed by: Melissa
The Kneebone Boy
by Ellen Potter
Feiwel & Friends
Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sherry
The Other Half of My Heart
by Sundee T. Frazier
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Valerie Kemp
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
The Popularity Papers: Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
by Amy Ignatow
Amulet
Nominated by: Tom Angleberger
The Private Thoughts of Amelia E. Rye
by Bonnie Shimko
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Kate Messner
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra
The Red Blazer Girls: The Vanishing Violin
by Michael D. Beil
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Beverly Wrigglesworth
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Sandra
The Reinvention of Edison Thomas
by Jacqueline Houtman
Front Street
Nominated by: Rosanne Lindsay
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
The Reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Dial
Nominated by: Torey Yates
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra
The Seventh Level
by Jody Feldman
Greenwillow Books
Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger
Amulet
Nominated by: Sarah (aquafortis)
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra | shelfelf | Sherry | TheBoyReader | theowl
The Summer Before (Babysitters Club)
by Ann M. Martin
Scholastic
Nominated by: JB
Reviewed by: Sandra
The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet
by Erin Dionne
Dial
Nominated by: Jenny Moss
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
The Wonder of Charlie Anne
by Kimberly Newton Fusco
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Margo Tanenbaum
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
This Is Me From Now On
by Barbara Dee
Aladdin
Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | CherylV
This Means War!
by Ellen Wittlinger
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Kara Dean
Reviewed by: Sandra | Sherry
Throwing Heat (Fred Bowen Sports Stories)
by Fred Bowen
Peachtree
Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
To Come and Go Like Magic
by Katie Pickard Fawcett
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Beth Hull
Reviewed by: Sherry
Tortilla Sun
by Jennifer Cervantes
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Saundra Mitchell
Reviewed by: 5MinutesforBooks | Melissa | Sandra | Sherry
Touch Blue
by Cynthia Lord
Scholastic
Nominated by: Abby Johnson
Travels With Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana
by Patti Wheeler
Claim Stake Publishing
Nominated by: Karen Lucente
Reviewed by: Sherry
Turtle in Paradise
by Jennifer L. Holm
Random House Children’s Books
Nominated by: Eric Carpenter
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sherry
Twenty Gold Falcons
by Amy Gordon
Holiday House
Nominated by: Terry Borzumato-Greenberg
Reviewed by: Sandra
Violet in Bloom: A Flower Power Book
by Lauren Myracle
Amulet
Nominated by: Mary Ann Zissimos
Vordak the Incomprehensible: How to Grow Up and Rule the World
by Vordak T. Incomprehensible
Egmont USA
Nominated by: Jennifer Brod
Warriors in the Crossfire
by Nancy Bo Flood
Front Street
Nominated by: Lola Schaefer
Reviewed by: Sandra
What Happened on Fox Street
by Tricia Springstubb
Balzer + Bray
Nominated by: Miss Sarah
Reviewed by: Melissa
What I Learned From Being a Cheerleader
by Adrianne Ambrose
Bell Bridge
Nominated by: Deborah Smith
When Molly Was a Harvey Girl
by Frances M. Wood
Kane/Miller Book Pub
Nominated by: jama rattigan
Reviewed by: Melissa
Wildfire Run
by Dee Garretson
HarperCollins
Nominated by: Terri Bruch
Wishing for Tomorrow: The Sequel to A Little Princess
by Hilary McKay
Margaret K. McElderry
Nominated by: April Beckman
Reviewed by: Everead | Melissa | Sandra
Words That Start with B
by Vikki Vansickle
Scholastic Canada
Nominated by: Maral Maclagan
Year of the Tiger
by Alison Lloyd
Holiday House
Nominated by: David Rosenberg
Reviewed by: Sandra
Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker: Girl vs. Superstar
by Robin Palmer
Puffin
Nominated by: Bri Meets Books
Zora and Me
by Victoria Bond
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Colleen Mondor
Reviewed by: Melissa
The following nominated books are ineligible:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth
by Jeff Kinney
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub Date: November 9, 2010, past October 15 deadline
Nominated by: Christie Ibarra
Forge
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub Date: October 19, 2010, therefore past October 15th deadline.
Nominated by: Kathy M Burnette
I Am Jack
by Susanne Gervay
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date October 13th 2009
Nominated by: Nicole Geiger
Teddy Robinson Storybook, The (Kingfisher Modern Classics)
by Joan Robinson
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Reprint edition
Nominated by: Marina Cambareri
The Glory Wind
by Valerie Sherrard
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: pub date February 2011
Nominated by: Brent Sherrard
The Peril of the Sinister Scientist
by Janet Ann Collins
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: july 2009 pub date
Nominated by: Nancy Carty Lepri
The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis
by Barbara O’Connor
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Nominated last year
Nominated by: Kristine Michael
Word Nerd
by Susin Nielsen
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published September 2008
Nominated by: Erin W.