Vermont State Reading Lists
2023 - 2024 Green Mountain Book Award Master List
Four for the Road
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing with the mes...
2022 - 2023 Green Mountain Book Award Master List
The Cost of Knowing
Four starred reviews! Dear Martin meets They Both Die at the End in this gripping, evocative novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into...
The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor
Nimona meets Paper Girls with a literary twist in this wickedly funny graphic novel about a teenager who is swept up in a strange new universe and ...
Legendborn
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! Winner of the Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award Filled with mystery and an intrig...
When the World Was Ours
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler, comes a “brutally honest and totally believable” (Booklist, s...
2023 - 2024 Golden Dome Book Award Master List Selection
The Clackity
Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award | Cybils Award Selection of the New York Public Library Best Books for Kids | Pacific Northwest Young Reader’s C...
2022 - 2023 Golden Dome Book Award Master List Selection
2021 - 2022 Golden Dome Book Award Master List
My Life in the Fish Tank
From acclaimed author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Halfway Normal comes a powerful and moving story of learning how to grow, change, and survive....
2022 - 2023 Red Clover Book Award Master List Selection
A Song of Frutas
From Pura Belpré Award–winning author Margarita Engle comes a lively, rhythmic picture book about a little girl visiting her grandfather who is a p...
Abdul's Story
A 2022 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids! A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns that it’s okay to make mis...
2020 - 2021 Vermont Middle-Grade Children's Book Award Master List
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...