The Buckeye Children’s & Teen Book Awards 2022

Looking for book title recommendations? Why not read books nominated by students like you! The Buckeye Children’s & Teen Book Awards, opens a new window (BCTBA) are the state’s only awards of book titles that are nominated and voted on by students across the state. Voting for this year will be from September 1 through November 10.

Teachers and librarians are the only adults that can submit nominations, since they tend to represent a group of students. The BCTBA has winners dating back to 1982! In fact, you can nominate now, for 2023! Follow this link to nominate your choice of a book that has been published within the last two years: http://bcbookaward.info/nominate/, opens a new window

The 2022 nominees are:

For Grades K-2    

• Mel Fell, opens a new window by Corey R. Tabor
• Something Good, opens a new window by Marcy Campbell; illustrated by Corinna Luyken
• Something’s Wrong: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear, opens a new window by Jory John; illustrated by Erin Kraan
• The Barnabus Project, opens a new window by Terry, Eric, and Devin Fan
• The Bruce Swap, opens a new window by Ryan T. Higgins

For Grades 3-5

• Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood, opens a new window by Gary Paulsen
• Inside Cat, opens a new window by Brendan Wenzel
• Linked, opens a new window by Gordon Korman
• Pity Party, opens a new window by Kathleen Lane
• Red, White, and Whole, opens a new window by Rajani Larocca

For Grades 6-8

• Daughter of the Deep, opens a new window by Rick Riordan
• Ground Zero, opens a new window by Alan Gratz
• Kaleidoscope, opens a new window by Brian Selznick
• Prairie Lotus, opens a new window by Linda Sue Park
• Taking Up Space, opens a new window by Alyson Gerber

For Teens Grades 9-12

• Ashlords, opens a new window by Scott Reintgen
• Loveless, opens a new window by Alize Oseman
• Punching the Air, opens a new window by Ibi Zoboi and Yusuf Salaam
• Wicked As You Wish, opens a new window by Rin Chupeco
• The Henna Wars, opens a new window by Adiba Jaigirdar