South Carolina State Reading Lists
Award Lists
South Carolina Children's Book Award
South Carolina Association of School Librarians Junior Book Award
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award
South Carolina Picture Book Award
2022 - 2023 South Carolina Children's Book Award Winner
Alone
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells ...
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...
2021 - 2022 South Carolina Children's Book Award Winner
More to the Story
From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Little Women, featuring fo...
2022 - 2023 South Carolina Association of School Librarians Junior Book Award
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...
Santiago's Road Home
Three starred reviews! “Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from...
2022 - 2023 SCASL Junior Book Award Nominee
Alone
Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells ...
2021 - 2022 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee
Winterwood
From New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance perfect for fans of Practical Magic, where dark fairy tales and ...
2021 - 2022 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
Equality's Call
The Story of Voting Rights in America
Learn all about the history of voting rights in the United States—from our nation’s founding to the present day—in this powerful picture book from ...
2021 - 2022 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee
Nobody Hugs a Cactus
Celebrated artist and lead character designer of Brave, Ratatouille, and Despicable Me, Carter Goodrich, shows that sometimes, even the prickliest ...
2021 - 2022 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee
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...
Things You Can't Say
Perfect for fans of See You in the Cosmos and Where the Watermelons Grow, author Jenn Bishop's latest novel tells the moving story of a boy determi...