New Jersey State Reading Lists
Award Lists
2022 - 2023 Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee
Violets Are Blue
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a moving and relatable middle grade novel about secrets...
2021 - 2022 Garden State Teen Book Award Winner
Legendborn
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intrig...
2021 - 2022 Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee
Maybe He Just Likes You
A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade a...
The Okay Witch
A School Library Journal Best Graphic Novel of 2019 A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers A YALSA 2020 Great Graphic Novel for ...