Missouri State Reading Lists
2023 - 2024 Truman Reader Award Final Nominee
2021 - 2022 Truman Reader Award Final Nominee
Genesis Begins Again
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...
2023 - 2024 Mark Twain Reader Award Final Nominee
A Dinosaur Named Ruth
How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard
For fans of Shark Lady and from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Dr. Fauci comes the incredible true story of a girl who discovered di...
Nightingale
“A solid if unexpected blend of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and the story of the birth of labor unions…Radium Girls-esque.” —BCCB A plucky ...
Once Upon a Camel
“A delight to the senses.” —Kirkus Reviews Perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, this exquisite middle grade novel from Newbery Honoree and Na...
One Kid's Trash
From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny, moving, and “not to be missed” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle gra...
2022 - 2023 Mark Twain Reader Award Final Nominee
Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light
A New York Times bestseller! “It’s impossible to resist [this book’s] big-hearted appeal.” —BookPage A little girl and her friend Bear learn the ...
2021 - 2022 Mark Twain Reader Award Final Nominee
A Dinosaur Named Ruth
How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard
For fans of Shark Lady and from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Dr. Fauci comes the incredible true story of a girl who discovered di...
Tangled Up in Luck
“A sweet, heart-squeezing story!” — Jaleigh Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of The Mark of the Dragonfly When seventh grade enemies rese...
Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation
“Fast-paced, smart, and action-packed...a real page-burner.” —Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestelling author of the Mr. Lemoncello’s Librar...
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse
“Edgar-winning Vaught, a neuropsychologist, has both personal and professional experience to draw on in crafting a narrator who is admirably smart ...
The Memory Keeper
“A heartfelt tale of an exceptional girl.” —BCCB “Poignant…heartwarming.” —School Library Journal Fish in a Tree meets The Thing About Jellyfish in...