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Indiana State Reading Lists

2023 - 2024 Young Hoosier Book Award Master List Selection

Amina's Voice

(Part of Amina's Voice)
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: March 14, 2017
Ages: 8 - 12

A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2017 “For inspiring empathy in young readers, you can’t get better than this book.” —R. J. Palacio, autho...

Violets Are Blue

This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: October 12, 2021
Ages: 9 - 13

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...

2022 - 2023 Young Hoosier Book Award

City Spies

(Book #1 of City Spies)
This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young re...

2022 - 2023 Young Hoosier Book Award Master List Selection

Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon

(Part of Amy Wu)
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: December 15, 2020
Ages: 4 - 8

In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforget...

Genesis Begins Again

This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: January 15, 2019
Ages: 9 - 13

A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Correta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award A Morris Award Finalist An NPR Favorite Book of 2...

Whispering Pines

(Book #1 of Whispering Pines)
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: September 01, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

Stranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town...

2022 - 2023 Young Hoosier Book Award

Lifeboat 12

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: September 04, 2018
Ages: 8 - 13

“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashk...

2021 - 2022 Young Hoosier Book Award Winner

Lifeboat 12

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: September 04, 2018
Ages: 8 - 13

“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashk...

2021 - 2022 Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee

Look Both Ways

A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Illustrated by Alexander Nabaum
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: October 08, 2019
Ages: 10 - 14

A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book UK Carnegie Medal winner An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Chi...

Fly!

Illustrated by Mark Teague
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 17, 2019
Ages: 0 - 8

“Teague proves that a picture can be worth a thousand words—and almost as many laughs.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Engaging illustrations...

2023 - 2024 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee

Your Corner Dark

This edition: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Publication date: January 18, 2022
Ages: 14 - 99

“One of those tales that ties you up, turns you inside-out, wrings you like a wet cloth.” —Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Lon...

2022 - 2023 Young Hoosier Book Award Master List Selection

Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon

(Part of Amy Wu)
Illustrated by Charlene Chua
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: December 15, 2020
Ages: 4 - 8

In this sweet and brightly illustrated picture book, Amy Wu must craft a dragon unlike any other to share with her class at school in this unforget...

City Spies

(Book #1 of City Spies)
This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young re...

Genesis Begins Again

This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: January 15, 2019
Ages: 9 - 13

A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Correta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award A Morris Award Finalist An NPR Favorite Book of 2...

Whispering Pines

(Book #1 of Whispering Pines)
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: September 01, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

Stranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town...

2021 - 2022 Young Hoosier Book Award

Fly!

Illustrated by Mark Teague
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 17, 2019
Ages: 0 - 8

“Teague proves that a picture can be worth a thousand words—and almost as many laughs.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Engaging illustrations...

2021 - 2022 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award Nominee

Brave Face

A Memoir
This edition: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publication date: May 21, 2019
Ages: 14 - 99

“[P]rofound…a triumph—a full-throated howl to the moon to remind us why we choose to survive and thrive.” —Brendan Kiely, New York Times bestsellin...

2022 University of Notre Dame Alexandria Award

Scythe

(Book #1 of Arc of a Scythe)
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: November 22, 2016
Ages: 12 - 99

Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the...