2017 Maine Student Book Award Nominees (Grade 6-8)

1.
The Skeleton Tree
The Skeleton Tree 3.83 avg rating — 1,826 ratings
2.
Wonder (Wonder, #1)
Wonder (Wonder, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 1,169,890 ratings
3.
Ms. Bixby's Last Day
Ms. Bixby's Last Day 4.27 avg rating — 8,960 ratings
4.
Fuzzy
Fuzzy 3.93 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
5.
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook 4.31 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
6.
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
It Ain't So Awful, Falafel 4.25 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
7.
Mayday
Mayday 4.20 avg rating — 1,699 ratings
8.
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler 4.26 avg rating — 1,935 ratings
9.
Ghost (Track, #1)
Ghost (Track, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 50,138 ratings
10.
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan
Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life by Ashley Bryan 4.33 avg rating — 2,165 ratings
10.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,052 ratings
12.
Soar
Soar 4.16 avg rating — 3,603 ratings
12.
El Deafo
El Deafo
by: Cece Bell
4.20 avg rating — 89,217 ratings
14.
Unbound: A Novel in Verse
Unbound: A Novel in Verse 4.17 avg rating — 3,655 ratings
15.
What Elephants Know (Nandu #1)
What Elephants Know (Nandu #1) 4.15 avg rating — 1,139 ratings
15.
Garvey's Choice
Garvey's Choice 4.02 avg rating — 4,841 ratings
17.
The Other Boy
The Other Boy 4.18 avg rating — 2,649 ratings
18.
Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter
Isabel Feeney, Star Reporter 4.06 avg rating — 538 ratings
19.
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle
The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle
by: Janet Fox
3.61 avg rating — 2,527 ratings
20.
Click Here to Start
Click Here to Start 3.94 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
21.
Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1)
Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1)
by: Ben Hatke
4.15 avg rating — 8,516 ratings
22.
OCDaniel
OCDaniel 4.03 avg rating — 9,887 ratings
23.
Slacker (Slacker, #1)
Slacker (Slacker, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 5,894 ratings
24.
Once Was a Time
Once Was a Time 4.09 avg rating — 1,242 ratings
25.
Beetle Boy (The Battle of the Beetles #1)
Beetle Boy (The Battle of the Beetles #1) 4.13 avg rating — 2,749 ratings
26.
Cloud and Wallfish
Cloud and Wallfish 4.04 avg rating — 1,741 ratings
27.
The Big Dark
The Big Dark 3.71 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
28.
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White 4.15 avg rating — 5,763 ratings
29.
Save Me a Seat
Save Me a Seat 4.07 avg rating — 18,559 ratings
30.
Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow, #1)
Wolf Hollow (Wolf Hollow, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 28,922 ratings
31.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 118,122 ratings
31.
Mystery on Pine Lake (Cooper and Packrat, #1)
Mystery on Pine Lake (Cooper and Packrat, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 127 ratings
33.
Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1)
Eight Cousins (Eight Cousins, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 39,277 ratings
33.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.16 avg rating — 933,609 ratings
35.
Number the Stars
Number the Stars 4.19 avg rating — 608,417 ratings
36.
Rules
Rules 3.97 avg rating — 63,941 ratings
37.
Watched
Watched 3.52 avg rating — 716 ratings
37.
Smile (Smile, #1)
Smile (Smile, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 301,077 ratings
39.
The Only Road
The Only Road 4.26 avg rating — 2,658 ratings
39.
Lush
Lush 3.81 avg rating — 6,134 ratings
41.
Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 65,613 ratings
42.
League of Archers (League of Archers #1)
League of Archers (League of Archers #1) 3.75 avg rating — 269 ratings
43.
Forgotten Bones. Uncovering a Slave Cemetery
Forgotten Bones. Uncovering a Slave Cemetery 3.76 avg rating — 613 ratings
44.
Curse of the Boggin (The Library, #1)
Curse of the Boggin (The Library, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 793 ratings
45.
Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape (Ryan Quinn #1)
Ryan Quinn and the Rebel's Escape (Ryan Quinn #1)
by: Ron McGee
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 323 ratings
46.
The Best Man
The Best Man 3.94 avg rating — 4,763 ratings
47.
Framed! (Framed, #1)
Framed! (Framed, #1) 4.37 avg rating — 8,609 ratings
48.
Towers Falling
Towers Falling 4.03 avg rating — 11,447 ratings
49.
The Eureka Key (Secrets of the Seven, #1)
The Eureka Key (Secrets of the Seven, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 311 ratings
50.
Demon Dentist
Demon Dentist 4.15 avg rating — 16,814 ratings