Massachusetts State Reading Lists
2020 Cartwheel Book Awards
Lifeboat 12
“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 Cartwheel Book Awards Nominee
Maybe He Just Likes You
A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade a...
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...
Look Both Ways
A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
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...
2020 Massachusetts Book Award Must Read Title
Revenge of the Red Club
A tween reporter discovers an important and beloved club at school is being shut down—and uses the power of the pen to try and activate some much-n...
What Every Girl Should Know
Margaret Sanger's Journey
This compelling historical novel spans the early and very formative years of feminist and women’s health activist Margaret Sanger, founder of Plann...
Tiny Feet Between the Mountains
A young Korean girl must come up with a clever idea to help a spirit tiger who has swallowed the sun by mistake in this fun, charming debut picture...
What Miss Mitchell Saw
Discover the amazing true story of Maria Mitchell, America’s first professional female astronomer.Every evening, from the time she was a child, Mar...
2021 Massachusetts Book Award
Wherever I Go
A hopeful and timely picture book about a spirited little girl living in a refugee camp.Of all her friends, Abia has been at the Shimelba Refugee C...
2021 Massachusetts Book Award Must Read Title
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
“A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story.” —Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhe...
Geeger the Robot Goes to School
Geeger the Robot
Amelia Bedelia meets James Patterson’s House of Robots series in the adventures of Geeger, a robot who goes to school for the very first time, in t...
The Maps of Memory
Return to Butterfly Hill
In this inspiring sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–winning, “dazzling and insightful” (BCCB) I Lived on Butterfly Hill, thirteen-year-old Celeste Ma...