Final Nominees
The final nominees for MASL’s 2015-2016 Readers Awards are listed below.
Congratulations to all authors, illustrators and publishers!
These titles will be voted upon by students in March of 2016; the recipients of the awards will be announced at the 2016 MASL Spring Conference.
Gateway
**Please note that a technical error with the site incorrectly listed 19 titles as being on the final Gateway nominees list. MASL apologizes for any confusion. The list below is finals.
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TITLE In the Shadow of Blackbirds |
AUTHOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Steelheart |
Brandon Sanderson |
Delacorte |
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The Naturals |
Jennifer Lynn Barnes |
Disney Hyperion |
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The Rules for Disappearing |
Ashley Elston |
Disney Hyperion |
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All Our Yesterdays |
Cristin Terrill |
Disney Hyperion |
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Thousand Words |
Jennifer Brown |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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I am the Weapon (Boy Nobody) |
Allen Zadoff |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Escape from Eden |
Elisa Nader |
Merit Press |
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Proxy |
Alex London |
Philomel |
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Out of the Easy |
Ruta Sepetys |
Philomel |
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The 5th Wave |
Rick Yancey |
Putnam Juvenile |
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Winger |
Andrew Smith |
Simon and Schuster |
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Eleanor and Park |
Rainbow Rowell |
St. Martin’s Press |
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All the Truth That’s in Me |
Julie Berry |
Viking Juvenile |
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| The Program | Suzanne Young | Simon Pulse |
Mark Twain
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TITLE The Water Castle |
AUTHOR Megan Frazer Blakemore |
PUBLISHER Bloomsbury |
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Navigating Early |
Clare Vanderpool |
Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
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Counting by 7s |
Holly Goldberg Sloan |
Dial |
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Dorko the Magnificent |
Andrea Beaty |
Harry N. Abrams |
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Jinx |
Sage Blackwood |
Katherine Tegen Books |
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Will in Scarlet |
Matthew Cody |
Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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The Great Trouble: A Mystery |
Deborah Hopkinson |
Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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What We Found in the Sofa and How |
Henry Clark |
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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Al Capone Does My Homework |
Gennifer Choldenko |
Puffin |
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Gaby, Lost and Found |
Angela Cervantes |
Scholastic Press |
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Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin |
Liesl Shurtliff |
Yearling |
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Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library |
Chris Grabenstein |
Yearling |
Show Me
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
ILLUSTRATOR |
PUBLISHER |
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Wilfred |
Ryan Higgins |
Ryan Higgins |
Dial |
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Picture Day Perfection |
Deborah Diesen |
Dan Santat |
Harry N. Abrams |
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The Spelling Bee Before Recess |
Deborah Lee Rose |
Carey Armstrong-Ellis |
Harry N. Abrams |
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The Invisible Boy |
Trudy Ludwig |
Patrice Barton |
Knopf Books for |
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A Splash of Red – The Life |
Jen Bryant |
Melissa Sweet |
Knopf Books for |
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As Fast as Words Could Fly |
Pamela M. Tuck |
Eric Velasquez |
Lee & Low Books |
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The Day the Crayons Quit |
Drew Daywalt |
Oliver Jeffers |
Philomel |
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Trouper |
Meg Kearney |
E.B. Lewis |
Scholastic Press |
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Memoirs of a Hamster |
Devin Scillian |
Tim Bowers |
Sleeping Bear Press |
Truman
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TITLE Rapunzel Untangled |
AUTHOR Cindy C. Bennett |
PUBLISHER Cedar Fort, Inc. |
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Tandem |
Anna Jarzab |
Delacorte |
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A Matter of Days |
Amber Kizer |
Delacorte |
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Pivot Point |
Kasie West |
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HarperTeen |
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The Testing |
Joelle Charbonneau |
HMH Books for Young Readers |
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Mila 2.0 |
Debra Driza |
Katherine Tegen Books |
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Rogue |
Lyn Miller-Lachmann |
Nancy Paulsen Books |
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Marie Antoinette: Serial Killer |
Katie Alender |
Point |
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SYLO |
D.J. MacHale |
Razorbill |
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Inhuman |
Kat Falls |
Scholastic Press |
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Prisoner B-3087 |
Alan Gratz |
Scholastic Press |
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The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die |
April Henry |
Square Fish |
Recent & Past Winners and Nominees
Winners