2021 MOCK SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS - MIDDLE GRADE CATEGORY

 Not sure which book should get your vote?

Here are the reviews to help you decide:

Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield

Becoming Brianna by Terri Libenson

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Beni's War by Tammar Stein

Reviewed by Anonymous

Benny Feldman's All-Star Klezmer Band by Allison and Wayne Marks

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

Reviewed by Beth Gallego

The Book of Secrets by Mat Tonti

Reviewed by Gigi Pagliarulo

Calling Cobber by Sheri Sinykin

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Catherine's War by Julia Billet

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine

Reviewed by Meg Wiviott

Chance: Escape from the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer

D.I.J. Do It Jewish by Barbara Foster Bietz

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

The Extraordinary Life of Anne Franky by Kate Scott

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Fish Out of Water by Joanne Levy

Reviewed by Meg Wiviott

Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen by Sarah Kapit

Reviewed by Sylvie Shaffer

The Girl from Over There by Sharon Rechter

Reviewed by Judith S. Greenblatt

Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) by Casey Breton

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

It's My Party and I Don't Want to Go by Amanda Panitch

Reviewed by Rachel Simon

Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar

Reviewed by Meira Drazin

Louder Than Words by Kathy Kacer

Reviewed by Judith S. Greenblatt

No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Noah Green Saves the World by Laura Toffler-Corrie

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman

Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Peter's War by Karen Ruelle

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer

A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Reviewed by Meira Drazin

The Prettiest by Brigit Young

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz

Reeni's Turn by Carol Grannick

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Rip to the Rescue by Miriam Halahmy

Reviewed by Jane Kohuth

Striker Boy by Jonny Zucker

Reviewed by Laurie Adler

Too Far from Home by Naomi Shmuel

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Trailblazers: Albert Einstein by Paul Virr

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

Reviewed by Ruth Horowitz

We Had to Be Brave by Deborah Hopkinson

Reviewed by Meg Wiviott