The 2020 Bluestem Award Nominees

The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
Beauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee Rose (coming soon)
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace
A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion by Chris Barton
Grace Hopper, Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark
The Great Tree House War by Lisa Graff
Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
Lesser Spotted Animals: The Coolest Creatures You've Never Heard of by Martin Brown
Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability by Shane Burcaw
One Dead Spy: the Life, Times and the Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy by Nathan Hale
Real Friends by Shannon Hale
Wet Cement: a Mix of Concrete Poems by Bob Raczka
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly