https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1 Check out the 2023 Middle School Nutmeg Award Nominees! ** Scroll side-to-side to see all the books. Then, scroll down on each book to see a summary of each title, a video, information about the author as well a picture of the author. en-us 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC 2022-05-10 18:04:03 UTC hello@padlet.com elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131582 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131582 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131583 The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Chinatown to Downtown Metropolis. While Dr. Lee is eager to begin his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to the famous superhero Superman!

Tommy adjusts quickly to the fast pace of their new neighborhood, befriending Jimmy Olsen and joining the club baseball team, while his younger sister Roberta feels out of place when she fails to fit in with the neighborhood kids. She's awkward, quiet, and self-conscious of how she looks different from the kids around her, so she sticks to watching people instead of talking to them.

While the Lees try to adjust to their new lives, an evil is stirring in Metropolis: the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan targets the Lee family, beginning a string of terrorist attacks. They kidnap Tommy, attack the Daily Planet, and even threaten the local YMCA. But with the help of Roberta's keen skills of observation, Superman is able to fight the Klan's terror, while exposing those in power who support them--and Roberta and Superman learn to embrace their own unique features that set them apart.

]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131583 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131585 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131585 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131586 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131586 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131588

]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131588 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131590 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131590 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131591 Clara Evans is horrified when she discovers her principal’s “prohibited media” hit list. The iconic books on the list have been pulled from the library and aren’t allowed anywhere on the school’s premises. Students caught with the contraband will be sternly punished.

Many of these stories have changed Clara’s life, so she’s not going to sit back and watch while her draconian principal abuse his power. She’s going to strike back.

So Clara starts an underground library in her locker, doing a shady trade in titles like Speak and The Chocolate War. But when one of the books she loves most is connected to a tragedy she never saw coming, Clara’s forced to face her role in it.

Will she be able to make peace with her conflicting feelings, or is fighting for this noble cause too tough for her to bear?]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131591 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131592 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131592 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131593 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131593 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131594 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131594 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131595 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131595 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131596 The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.

When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfolding the letter-writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and failed. But now Candice has another chance.

So with the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues in the letter. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love; and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. Can they find the fortune and fulfill the letter's promise before the summer ends?]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131596 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131597 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131597 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131598 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131598 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131601 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131601 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131602 Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stuck in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arrived in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty and suffering in Aleppo, Syria, only to lose his father on the perilous journey to the shores of Europe. Now Ahmed’s struggling to get by on his own, but with no one left to trust and nowhere to go, he’s starting to lose hope.

Then he meets Max, a thirteen-year-old American boy from Washington, D.C. Lonely and homesick, Max is struggling at his new school and just can’t seem to do anything right. But with one startling discovery, Max and Ahmed’s lives collide and a friendship begins to grow. Together, Max and Ahmed will defy the odds, learning from each other what it means to be brave and how hope can change your destiny.]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131602 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131603 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131603 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131604 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131604 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131607 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131607 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131609 Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never thought it would come to that. I thought I’d sooner die than let one drop of toilet water touch my lips. Yet here I am, kneeling before a porcelain throne, holding a tin mug for scooping in one hand, and my half-gallon canteen in the other.

The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore survivalist, has stockpiled enough food and water on their isolated Nevada ranch to last for months. But when they are robbed at gunpoint during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help--and they have only 3 days before their time runs out....]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131609 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131610 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131610 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131611 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131611 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131612 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131612 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131613 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131613 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131614 This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too busy—

Talking about boogers.
Stealing pocket change.
Skateboarding.
Wiping out.
Braving up.
Executing complicated handshakes.
Planning an escape.
Making jokes.
Lotioning up.
Finding comfort.
But mostly, too busy walking home.

Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131614 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131616 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131616 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131618 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131618 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131620 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131620 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131621 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131621 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131623 Real life isn't a fairytale.

But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through?

Is there a way to tell them he's gay?]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131623 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131625 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131625 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131626 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131626 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131628 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131628 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131630 Wherever the sharks went, Lucy Everhart’s marine-biologist mother was sure to follow. In fact, she was on a boat far off the coast of Massachusetts, preparing to swim with a Great White, when she died suddenly. Lucy was eight. Since then Lucy and her father have done OK—thanks in large part to her best friend, Fred, and a few close friends and neighbors. But June of her twelfth summer brings more than the end of school and a heat wave to sleepy Rockport. On one steamy day, the tide brings a Great White—and then another tragedy, cutting short a friendship everyone insists was “meaningful” but no one can tell Lucy what it all meant. To survive the fresh wave of grief, Lucy must grab the line that connects her depressed father, a stubborn fisherman, and a curious old widower to her mother’s unfinished research. If Lucy can find a way to help this unlikely quartet follow the sharks her mother loved, she’ll finally be able to look beyond what she’s lost and toward what’s left to be discovered.]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131630 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131631 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131631 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131632 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131632 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131633 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131633 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131634 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131634 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131635 Thirteen-year-old Teddy Youngblood is in a coma fighting for his life after an unspecified football injury at training camp. His family and friends flock to his bedside to support his recovery—and to discuss the events leading up to the tragic accident. Was this an inevitable result of playing a
violent sport, or was something more sinister happening on the field that day? Told in an innovative, multimedia format combining dialogue, texts, newspaper articles, transcripts, an online forum, and Teddy’s inner thoughts, Game Changer explores the joyous thrills and terrifying risks of America’s most popular sport.]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131635 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131636 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131636 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131637 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131637 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131638 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131638 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131641 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131641 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131642 Donte wishes he were invisible. As one of the few black boys at Middlefield Prep, he feels as if he is constantly swimming in whiteness. Most of the students don't look like him. They don't like him either. Dubbed the "Black Brother," Donte's teachers and classmates make it clear they wish he were more like his lighter skinned brother, Trey. Quiet, obedient.

When an incident with "King" Alan leads to Donte's arrest and suspension, he knows the only way to get even is to beat the king of the school at his own game: fencing. With the help of a former Olympic fencer, Donte embarks on a journey to carve out a spot on Middlefield Prep's fencing team and maybe learn something about himself along the way.]]> 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131642 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131643 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131643 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131644 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131644 elongo6 https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131645 2022-04-06 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/elongo6/qncluatkijdvpz1/wish/2133131645