2025 Rebecca Caudill Nominees

1.
Starfish
Starfish 4.44 avg rating — 34,109 ratings
2.
The Lost Year
The Lost Year 4.47 avg rating — 4,904 ratings
3.
The Fort
The Fort 4.31 avg rating — 5,322 ratings
4.
Falling Short
Falling Short 4.06 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
4.
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis 4.41 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
6.
A Kind of Spark
A Kind of Spark 4.50 avg rating — 10,090 ratings
7.
Hummingbird
Hummingbird 4.32 avg rating — 4,124 ratings
8.
Frizzy
Frizzy 4.44 avg rating — 11,138 ratings
9.
A Duet for Home
A Duet for Home 4.20 avg rating — 3,303 ratings
10.
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 1,000,603 ratings
11.
Lasagna Means I Love You
Lasagna Means I Love You 4.39 avg rating — 2,088 ratings
12.
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1)
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation (Charlie Thorne #1) 4.33 avg rating — 6,657 ratings
13.
How to Become a Planet
How to Become a Planet 4.22 avg rating — 1,294 ratings
14.
The Golden Hour
The Golden Hour 4.27 avg rating — 3,091 ratings
15.
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice 4.41 avg rating — 2,643 ratings
16.
The Tryout (The Tryout #1)
The Tryout (The Tryout #1) 4.25 avg rating — 6,063 ratings
17.
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria
Muhammad Najem, War Reporter: How One Boy Put the Spotlight on Syria 4.51 avg rating — 777 ratings
18.
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration
Seen and Unseen: What Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's Photographs Reveal About the Japanese American Incarceration 4.50 avg rating — 1,633 ratings
19.
A First Time for Everything
A First Time for Everything 4.37 avg rating — 7,909 ratings
20.
A Rover's Story
A Rover's Story 4.27 avg rating — 8,621 ratings