2022 MOCK SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS - MIDDLE GRADE CATEGORY

Not sure which book should get your vote?

Here are the reviews to help you decide:

Abby, Tried and True by Donna Gephart

Reviewed by Judy Greenblatt

AfterMath by Emily Barth Isler

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz

Albert Einstein: Genius of Space and Time by Mark Shulman

Reviewed by Jane Koluth

The Backyard Secrets of Danny Wexler by Karen Pokras

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Boy from Buchenwald by Robbie Waisman

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman

A Boy Is Not a Ghost by Edeet Ravel

Reviewed by Merle Carrus

The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick

Reviewed by Beth Gallego

Call Across the Sea by Kathy Kacer

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman

Camp Mah Tovu by Yael Mermelstein

Reviewed by Judy Greenblatt

Chunky by Yehudi Mercado

Reviewed by Beth Gallego

The Clever Little Tailor/Dos Kluge Shnayderl by Solomon Simon

Reviewed by Karin Fisher-Golton

Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby

Reviewed by Shirley Vernick

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Eugene Yelchin

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

The Golden Dreidel by Ellen Kushner

Reviewed by Dena Bach

The Good War by Todd Strasser

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Gottika by Helaine Becker

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield

The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History: Story of the Monuments Men by Robert Edsel

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman

Reviewed by Meira Drazin

How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veer Hiranandani

Reviewed by Beth Gallego

I Am Defiance by Jenni Walsh

Reviewed by Chava Pinchuck

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis

Reviewed by Bridget Hodder

I'll Keep You Close by Jeska Verstegen

Reviewed by Beth Gallego

Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure by Anne Dublin

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield

Journey on the C & O Canal by Tovah Yavin

Reviewed by Judy Greenblatt

Linked by Gordon Korman

Reviewed by Meira Drazin

Lisa of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek

Reviewed by Leah Cypress

The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron

Reviewed by Sarah Aronson

The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit

Reviewed by Meira Drazin

Natan Sharansky: Freedom Fighter for Soviet Jews by Blake Hoena

Reviewed by Shirley Vernick

Nice Jewish Girls by Julie Merberg

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

The $150,000 Rugelach by Allison Marks and Wayne Marks

Reviewed by Judy Greenblatt

One Small Hop by Madelyn Rosenberg

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Pinky Bloom and the Case of the Magical Menorah by Judy Press

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

RBG's Brave and Brilliant Women by Nadine Epstein

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Recipe for Disaster by Aimee Lucido

Reviewed by Rachel Fremmer

The Renegade Reporters by Elissa Brent Weissman

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Rescue by Jennifer Nielsen

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

The Seventh Handmaiden by Judith Pransky

Reviewed by Leah Cypress

She Persisted: Clara Lemlich by Deborah Heiligman

Reviewed by Leah Cypress

The Shelter and the Fence: When 982 Holocaust Refugees Found Safe Haven in America by Norman Finkelstein

Reviewed by Dena Bach

The Shield of the Maccabees by Eric Kimmel

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer

Shloimie's Letter by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili

Reviewed by Chava Pinchuck

Sorry for Your Loss by Joanne Levy

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz

Starfish by Lisa Fipps

Reviewed by Laurie Adler

Starlight Soup by Elana Rubinstein

Reviewed by Bridget Hodder

Summer of Stolen Secrets by Julie Sternberg

Reviewed by Rachel Fremmer

The Sun Will Come Out by Joanne Levy

Reviewed by Shirley Vernick

Sydney A. Frankel's Summer Mix-Up by Danielle Joseph

Reviewed by Shirley Vernick

37 Days at Sea: Aboard the M.S. St. Louis, 1939 by Barbara Krasner

Reviewed by Rachel Simon

The Trouble with Good Ideas by Amanda Panitch

Reviewed by Rachel Simon

 

Under the Iron Bridge by Kathy Kacer

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman

The Unfinished Corner by Dani Coleman

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance by Deborah Hopkinson

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern

Reviewed by Dena Bach

Who Was Levi Strauss? by Ellen Labrecque

Reviewed by Stacy Nockowitz

With Great Power: The Marvelous Stan Lee by Annie Hunter Eriksen

Reviewed by Cynthia Levinson

The Woodcarver's Daughter by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Reviewed by Stacy Mozer