The nominations for the 2026-2027 Wyoming Book Awards are in!Here are the books young Wyoming readers nominated for each category:
Soaring Eagle:
- Gather by Kenneth Cadow
- Where He Can’t Find You by Darcy Coates
- The Weaver Bride (#1) by Lydia Gregovic
- Sky’s End (Above the Black #1) by Marc J Gregson
- The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World by Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price
- As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
- Watch Us Crack by Gabriella LePore
- Stars and Smoke (#1) by Marie Lu
- Powerless (#1) by Lauren Roberts
- This Ain’t Our First Rodeo by Liara Tamani
Indian Paintbrush:- 39 Clues: Maze of Bones (Graphic Novel adaptation) by Ethan Young
- Allergic (Graphic Novel) by Megan Wagner Lloyd
- Greeking Out: Tales from the Underworld (nonfiction) by Kenny Curtis
- Hunted by Skye Melki-Wegner
- Mystery of Mystic Mountain by Janet S. Fox
- Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
- Ripley: Fire Station Five by W. Bruce Cameron
- Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner
- Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
- Under Attack by Marsha Forchuk-Skrypuch
Buckaroo:- Itty-Bitty Kitty Corn by Shannon Hale
- Me & Lavender by Melody Peugh
- Duckie & Snaps We Cannot Be Friends by
- Carla’s Glasses by Ame Dyckman
- All the Books by Hayley Rocco
- Cranky Crabby Crow by Corey Tabor
- Broken by X. Fang
- Who Ate Steve? By Susannah Lloyd
- The Escape Artist: a True Stoey of Octopus Adventure by Thor Hanson
- No More Chairs by Dan Gill