Louisiana State Reading Lists
2023 - 2024 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee
Violets Are Blue
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 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee
City Spies
A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young re...
Violets Are Blue
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...
Hardly Haunted
From the bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a delightfully spooky story about an old house who wants to be a home…even if her new famil...
2020 - 2021 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee
All That Trash
The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff
An ALA Notable Book “The year was 1987 and a ship full of trash was about to become famous…The narrative is immensely readable…A fresh take on a st...
2021 - 2022 Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Award Nominee
SLAY
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019! “Gripping and timely.” —People “The YA debut we’re most excited for this year.” —Entertainment Weekly “A boo...
Sorcery of Thorns
A New York Times bestseller! “A bewitching gem...I absolutely loved every moment of this story.” —Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling a...