The 2011 Nutmeg Award Winner is

The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
   

The Nutmeg Award is a Connecticut Children's Book Award which is decided by the children of  Connecticut. Each year a panel of children's librarians, school library media specialists and teachers nominate 10 books for children in grades 4-6. They ask children in those grades to read the books and vote on their favorite title. The voting takes place in January and the winner is announced in February. The author of the winning book receives a special award. Only children in grades 4-6 can do the voting. It is your award to give to the author of your favorite book. So read, vote and join the fun.

To see a full list of Nutmeg Award winners as well as previous and current nominees, look at the Nutmeg Children's Book Award homepage.

The books nominated for the year 2012 for grades 4-6 are:

Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise
In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, I. B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.

Extra credit by Andrew Clements
Three young middle-school-age children, Abby, Amira, and Sadeed, exchange letters back and forth between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan and begin to bridge a gap across cultural and religious divides.

The Gollywhopper Games by Jody Feldman
Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling money from Golly Toy and Game Company.

Herbert's wormhole by Peter Nelson
While Alex is getting to know his inventive neighbor Herbert they unexpectedly travel to the twenty-second century through a space-time wormhole where they encounter aliens, jet packs, and their future selves.

The key to Rondo by Emily Rodda
Through an heirloom music box, Leo, a serious, responsible boy, and his badly-behaved cousin Mimi enter the magical world of Rondo to rescue Mimi's dog from a sorceress, who wishes to exchange him for the key that allows free travel between worlds.

Masterpiece by Elise Broach
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover a Durer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Savvy by Ingrid Law
Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

Signal by Cynthia DeFelice
After moving with his emotionally distant father to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, twelve-year-old Owen faces a lonely summer until he meets an abused girl who may be a space alien.

Stolen children by Peg Kehret
Amy, babysitting for little Kendra, must use her wits to save herself and the child after they are kidnapped by two thugs who are demanding money from Kendra's wealthy parents in exchange for the lives of the girls.