The finalists for the 2014 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards...
The middle grade/YA list is:
The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B, by Teresa Toten
Ultra, by David Carroll
Little Red Lies, by Julie Johnston
Jane, the Fox and Me, by Fanny Britt of Montreal
Sorrow's Knot, by Erin Bow
Click on through for the picture book nominees, and also be sure to take a look at who decides on the winners: pretty cool, huh?