Ooh, awards books. These aren't dusty lists of titles that nobody wants to read. These are books you can't help but read, with amazing writing and zippy plots. These are books that take place in outer space, in an American high school, under the ocean. These are books about adventure and mystery and humor. These are the 2012-13 Readers Award Preliminary Nominees*...
Check out the Show Me nominees for some great picture book recommendations for kids in grades 1-3.
Check out the Mark Twain nominees to see some reading recommendations for kids in grades 4-6.
Check out the Truman nominees for some great book picks for middle schoolers, grades 6-8. I served on the Truman Committee for the 2010-11 school years. A couple of my favorites off of this list: Dark Life by Kat Falls, about teens Ty and Gemma who live in a futuristic and dangerous undersea world & Blindsided by Priscilla Cummings, about high schooler Natalie who loses her vision due to a degenerative eye disease but triumphs despite adversity.
Check out the Gateway nominees for some recommendations for the high school set, grades 9-12.
*All Readers Award lists mentioned in this post are sponsored by MASL, the Missouri Association of School Librarians.
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Shaen
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