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Vermont State Reading Lists

2023 - 2024 Green Mountain Book Award Master List

Four for the Road

This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: August 23, 2022
Ages: 14 - 99

The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the mes...

2022 - 2023 Green Mountain Book Award Master List

The Cost of Knowing

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: April 06, 2021
Ages: 12 - 99

Four starred reviews! Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into...

The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor

Illustrated by Christopher Baldwin
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: July 20, 2021
Ages: 12 - 99

Nimona meets Paper Girls with a literary twist in this wickedly funny graphic novel about a teenager who is swept up in a strange new universe and ...

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...

When the World Was Ours

This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: May 18, 2021
Ages: 12 - 99

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, s...

2023 - 2024 Golden Dome Book Award Master List Selection

The Clackity

(Part of Blight Harbor)
This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: June 28, 2022
Ages: 10 - 99

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces, this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrow...

2022 - 2023 Golden Dome Book Award Master List Selection

Alone

(Part of Alone)
This edition: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publication date: January 12, 2021
Ages: 10 - 99

A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcar...

2021 - 2022 Golden Dome Book Award Master List

My Life in the Fish Tank

This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: September 15, 2020
Ages: 9 - 13

From acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a powerful and moving story of learning how to grow, change, and survive....

2022 - 2023 Red Clover Book Award Master List Selection

A Song of Frutas

Illustrated by Sara Palacios
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: August 03, 2021
Ages: 4 - 8

From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a p...

Abdul's Story

Illustrated by Tiffany Rose
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 29, 2022
Ages: 4 - 8

A 2022 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids! A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it’s okay to make mis...

2020 - 2021 Vermont Middle-Grade Children's Book Award Master List

Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation

(Part of Charlie Thorne)
This edition: Hardcover, 400 pages
Publication date: September 17, 2019
Ages: 10 - 99

“Fast-paced, smart, and action-packed...a real page-burner.” —Chris Grabenstein, #1 New York Times bestelling author of the Mr. Lemoncello’s Librar...