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Arkansas State Reading Lists

2023 - 2024 Arkansas Diamond Primary Award Nominee

When Langston Dances

Illustrated by Keith Mallett
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 07, 2021

A young Black boy dreams of dancing in this exuberant, buoyant picture book celebrating the beauty of dance, and the wonder of Black Boy Joy—perfec...

2021 - 2022 Arkansas Teen Book Award Master List

Legendborn

This edition: Hardcover, 512 pages
Publication date: September 15, 2020
Ages: 14 - 99

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 Arkansas Teen Book Award Master list

These Violent Delights

This edition: Hardcover, 464 pages
Publication date: November 17, 2020
Ages: 14 - 99

An Instant New York Times Bestseller! A BuzzFeed Best Young Adult Book of 2020 Perfect for fans of The Last Magician and Serpent & Dove, this h...

2020 - 2021 Arkansas Teen Book Award Master List

Becoming RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice
Illustrated by Whitney Gardner
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: November 05, 2019
Ages: 10 - 99

From the New York Times bestselling author of I Dissent comes a biographical graphic novel about celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsbu...