Florida State Reading Lists
2025-2026 Florida Teens Read Award List
Another First Chance
They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this “superb…thought-provoking” (Booklist, starred review) speculative young adult novel from...
Ready or Not
This “bright and bittersweet” (Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) graphic novel for fans of Jenny Han and This One Summer follow...
2025-2026 Sunshine State Young Readers Award Master List
The Quacken
Fans of The Bad Seed and Creepy Carrots will flock to this hilarious, lightly spooky picture book about a boy who unwittingly unleashes a ferocious...
Welcome to Scare School
A young ghost tries his best to fit in with the rest of the ghouls in this sweet and spooky chapter book by acclaimed author Jarrett Lerner.Bash, a...
Mid-Air
Longlisted for the National Book Award A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him t...
The Firefly Summer
Three starred reviews! “Heartfelt and hilarious, witty and wise, with indelible characters and laugh-out-loud humor. A fantastic read for any seaso...
2024 Florida Book Award Bronze Medal
Grow Up, Luchy Zapata
A funny, relatable middle school drama about two Colombian American girls who have always been BFFs—until sixth grade turns everything upside down....
2023-2024 Florida Literacy Associations Childrens Book Award Nominee
A Little Ferry Tale
In the spirit of The Little Engine That Could, this sweet picture book introduces Little Ferry, who yearns to be more like the faster or stronger b...
When the Sky Glows
Uncover the science behind the beautiful and vast array of natural events that make the sky glow all over the world in this enlightening nonfiction...