Bluestem Award List 2024-25
Title: Odder
By: Applegate, Katherine
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to 12
Illinois Grades 3-5 Readers’ Choice Award. Suggested ages are from the publisher or each item’s library catalog record.
Title: Shine On, Luz Veliz!
By: Balcarcel, Rebecca
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero
By: Baptist, Kelly J.
Published: 2021
Ages 8 to 10
Title: Caves
By: Beckerman, Nell
Published: 2022
Ages 4 to 8
Title: The Girl in the Lake
By: Brown, India HIll
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Marshmallow & Jordan
By: Chau, Alina
Published: 2021
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Just Right Jillian
By: Collier, Nicole D.
Published: 2022
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Washed Ashore
By: Crull, Kelly
Published: 2022
Ages 6 to 10
Title: Invisible
By: Gonzalez, Christina Diaz
Published: 2022
Ages 9 to 12
Title: Killer Underwear Invasion!
By: Gravel, Elise
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Blips on a Screen
By: Hannigan, Kate
Published: 2022
Ages 4 to 8
Title: King of the Ice (Miles Lewis, Book 1)
By: Lyons, Kelly Starling
Published: 2022
Ages 6 to 8
Title: Not If I Can Help It
By: Mackler, Carolyn
Published: 2019
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Boardwalk Babies
By: Moss, Marissa
Published: 2021
Ages 7 to 11
Title: Frizzy
By: Ortega, Claribel
Published: 2022
Ages 9 to 12
Title: Garlic & the Vampire
By: Paulsen, Bree
Published: 2021
Ages 8 to 12
Title: The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
By: Reynolds, Aaron
Published: 2020
Ages 8 to 11
Title: Air
By: Roe, Monica
Published: 2022
Ages 10 to 14
Title: Weird Kid
By: Van Eekhout, Greg
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Wretched Waterpark
By: White, Kiersten
Published: 2022
Ages 8 to12