Smoke & Mirrors has won the 2026 Ohio Book Award for Middle Grade Fiction! See all the winners below: The Ohio Book Awards are the second oldest state literary prizes in the USA. Featuring numerous NYT Bestselling and award-winning Authors across six categories, Smoke & Mirrors joins multiple notable works in the Middle Grade Literature category. Middle Grade finalists include: The Atlas of Languages: Words Around the World by Rachel Lancashire & Illus. by Jenny Zemanek Moon

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