17/18 Golden Sowers

Each year in Nebraska, we have a group of books given the Golden Sower Nominee award. And each year, as a 7th grade teacher, I try to read all the middle grade books AND the young adult books. Here's the list for 2017-2018. As I read the books, I'll link to their reviews here.




Middle Grade Books
  • A Handful Of Stars
  • All The Answers
  • Appleblossom The Possum
  • Bakers Magic
  • Book Scavenger
  • Crenshaw
  • Fuzzy Mud
  • Paper Things
  • Ruby Lee and Me
  • The Seventh Most Important Thing


Young Adult Books
  • A Night Divided
  • Booked
  • Code of Honor
  • Faceless
  • House Arrest
  • I Am Princess X
  • Losers Take All
  • Orbiting Jupiter
  • Terror At Bottle Creek
  • Took: A Ghost Story

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