Vermont State Reading Lists
2018 - 2019 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List Selection
Halfway Normal
A cancer survivor must readjust to “normal” middle school life in this hopeful novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Truth or Dare.Norah Levy has...
2017 - 2018 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List Selection
The Littlest Bigfoot
A New York Times Bestseller “A charming story about finding a safe place to let your freak flag fly.” —People “Young readers who have ever felt too big...
2016 - 2017 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List Selection
Stella by Starlight
When the Ku Klux Klan’s unwelcome reappearance rattles Stella’s segregated southern town, bravery battles prejudice in this Depression-era tour de...
Somewhere There Is Still a Sun
A Memoir of the Holocaust
Resilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaum’s “riveting memoir” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the Terezin concentration camp...
The Orphan Army
Milo’s Louisiana bayou is overrun with alien bug invaders and magical creatures in this start to a breathtaking series from bestselling author Jonathan...
The Nest
“The Nest leaves a lasting mark on the memory.” —The New York Times Book Review Steve just wants to save his baby brother—but what will he lose in the...
The Blackthorn Key
Following a series of murders, an apothecary’s apprentice must solve puzzles and decipher codes in pursuit of a secret that could destroy the world in...
2015 - 2016 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Master List Selection
The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher
Becky Thatcher has her side of the story to tell—and it’s a whopper—in this creative spin on Mark Twain’s beloved The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,...
The Boundless
All aboard for an action-packed escapade from the internationally bestselling author of Airborne and the Silverwing trilogy.The Boundless, the greatest...
No Summit out of Sight
The True Story of the Youngest Person to Climb the Seven Summits
Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen—and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir, he tells how he achieved such great...
2018 Green Mountain Book Award Winner
Scythe
Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New...
2017 - 2018 Green Mountain Book Award Master List Selection
Scythe
Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New...
2016 - 2017 Green Mountain Book Award Master List Selection
All American Boys
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this Coretta Scott...
2015 - 2016 Green Mountain Book Award Master List Selection
Winger
A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a...
2017-2018 Red Clover Book Award Nominee
I Dissent
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Get to know celebrated Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—in the first picture book about her life—as she proves that disagreeing does not make...
Ada's Violin
The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an...
2016-2017 Red Clover Book Award Nominee
We Forgot Brock!
The importance of imaginary friends is very real in this picture book adventure from the author of Say Hello to Zorro! and lead character designer for...
Raindrops Roll
Discover the wonder of water in this refreshingly fun and fascinating exploration of rain, raindrops, and the water cycle from the creator of Rah, Rah,...