2019-2020 MASL Readers Awards Preliminary Nominees
The preliminary nominees for MASL’s 2019-2020 Readers Awards are listed below.
Congratulations to all authors, illustrators and publishers!
These titles will be narrowed into a Final List of nominees that will be released in December 2018.
The Final List will then be voted upon by students in March of 2020; the recipients of the awards will be announced at the 2020 MASL Spring Conference.
Gateway (Grades 9-12)
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| A List of Cages | Robin Roe | Disney-Hyperion |
| A Short History of the Girl Next Door | Jared Reck | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Bang | Barry Lyga | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Dear Martin | Nic Stone | Crown Books for Young Readers |
| Defy the Stars | Claudia Gray | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Dreamland Burning | Jennifer Latham | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Eliza and Her Monsters | Francesca Zappia | Greenwillow Books |
| Far From the Tree | Robin Benway | HarperTeen |
| Goodbye Days: A Novel | Jeff Zentner | Ember |
| Invictus | Ryan Graudin | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| Moxie | Jennifer Mathieu | Roaring Brook Press |
| Nyxia | Scott Reintgen | Crown Books for Young Readers |
| Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life With OCD | Allison Britz | Simon Pulse |
| One of Us is Lying | Karen M McManus | Delacorte Press |
| Ramona Blue | Julie Murphy | Balzer + Bray |
| Soldier Boy | Keely Hutton | Square Fish |
| Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
| The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | Balzer + Bray |
| The Names They Gave Us | Emery Lord | Bloomsbury YA |
| The Wendy Project | Melissa Jane Osbourne & Veronica Fish | Super Genius |
| There’s Someone Inside Your House | Stephanie Perkins | Dutton Books for Young Readers |
| Want | Cindy Pon | Simon Pulse |
| When Dimple Met Rishi | Sanhya Menon | Simon Pulse |
| Wonder Woman Warbringer | Leigh Bardugo | Random House Books for Young Readers |
Truman (Grades 6-8)
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Click’d | Tamara Ireland Stone | Disney-Hyperion |
| Forever, or a Long, Long Time | Caela Carter | HarperCollins |
| Forget Me Not | Ellie Terry | Square Fish |
| Greetings from Witness Protection | Jake Burt | Feiwel & Friends |
| Hideout | Watt Key | Square Fish |
| Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| Lost Boys | Darcey Rosenblatt | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| Miles Morales: Spider-Man | Jason Reynolds | Marvel Press |
| Piecing Me Together | Renee Watson | Bloomsbury YA |
| Refugee | Alan Gratz | Scholastic Press |
| Renegades | Marissa Meyer | Feiwel & Friends |
| Restart | Gordon Korman | Scholastic Press |
| Rosemarked | Livia Blackburne | Disney-Hyperion |
| Saturdays with Hitchcock | Ellen Wittlinger | Charlesbridge |
| Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood’s Revenge | Susan Vaught | Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books |
| The Dark Intercept | Julia Keller | Tor Teen |
| The Enemy: Detroit 1954 | Sara Holbrook | Calkins Creek |
| The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora | Pablo Cartaya | Puffin Books |
| The Trail | Meika Hashimoto | Scholastic Press |
| To Catch a Killer | Sheryl Scarborough | Tor Teen |
| What Waits in the Water | Kieran Scott | Scholastic Press |
Mark Twain (Grades 4-6)
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Almost Paradise | Corabel Shofner | Macmillan |
| Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel | Kimberly Willis Holt | Macmillan |
| Caleb and Kit | Beth Vrabel | Running Press |
| Genevieve’s War | Patricia Reilly Giff | Holiday House |
| Halfway Normal | Barbara Dee | Simon & Schuster |
| Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus | Dusti Bowling | Sterling Children’s |
| Joplin, Wishing | Diane Stanley | Harper Collins |
| Lily’s Mountain | Hannah Moderow | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| Mabel Opal Pear and the Rules for Spying | Amanda Hosch | Capstone |
| Mustaches for Maddie | Shelly Brown & Chad Morris | Shadow Mountain |
| One for Sorrow | Mary Downing Hahn | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| Real Friends | Shannon Hale | Macmillan |
| Restart | Gordon Korman | Scholastic |
| Ruby and Olivia | Rachel Hawkins | Penguin |
| Saving Marty | Paul Griffin | Penguin |
| Superstar | Mandy Davis | HarperCollins |
| The Harlem Charade | Natasha Harpley | Scholastic |
| The Loser’s Club | Andrew Clements | Penguin – Random House |
| The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street | Lindsay Currie | Simon & Schuster |
| The Unicorn in the Barn | Jacqueline Ogburn | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street | Karina Yan Glaser | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| Tumble & Blue | Cassie Beasley | Penguin |
| Under Locker and Key | Allison K Hymas | Simon & Schuster |
| Walking with Miss Millie | Tamara Bundy | Penguin |
| Wishtree | Katherine Applegate | Feiwel & Friends |
Show Me (Grades 1-3)
| Title | Author | Illustrator | Publisher |
| 7 Ate 9 The Untold Story | Tara Lazar | Ross MacDonald | Disney Books |
| After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again | Dan Santat | Dan Santat | Roaring Book Press |
| Be Quiet | Ryan T. Higgins | Ryan T. Higgins | Disney Books |
| Big Cat, Little Cat | Elisha Cooper | Elisha Cooper | Macmillan |
| Bob, Not Bob | Liz Garton Scanlon & Audrey Vernick | Matthew Cordell | Disney Books |
| Bruce’s Big Move | Ryan T. Higgins | Ryan T. Higgins | Disney |
| Charlotte The Scientist is Squished | Camille Andros | Brianne Farley | Houghton Mifflin |
| Dad and the Dinosaur | Gennifer Choldenko | Dan Santat | Penguin Random House |
| Dogosaurus Rex | Anna Staniszewski | Kevin Hawkes | Henry Holt & Company |
| Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates | April Jones Prince | Steven Salerno | Macmillan |
| Great Henry Hopendower (The) | Justin Roberts | Deborah Hocking | Penguin Random House |
| Hair Pocalypse | Geoff Herbach | Stephen Gilpin | Capstone Publishing |
| Hello Goodbye Dog | Maria Gianferrari | Patrice Barton | Roaring Book Press |
| Kid Amazing vs. The Blob | Josh Schneider | Josh Schneider | Houghton Mifflin |
| Lexie the Word Wrangler | Rebecca Van Slyke | Jessie Hartland | Penguin Random House |
| Marigold Bakes a Cake | Mike Malbrough | Mike Malbrough | Penguin Random House |
| Philomena’s New Glasses | Brenna Maloney | Brenna Maloney | Viking |
| Prudence the Part-Time Cow | Jody Jensen Shaffer | Stephanie Laberis | Macmillan |
| Shawn Loves Sharks | Curtis Manley | Tracy Subisak | Macmillan |
| Snow Beast Comes to Play | Phil Gosier | Phil Gosier | Roaring Book Press |
| Stay: A Girl, A Dog, A Bucket LIst | Kate Klise | M. Sarah Klise | Feiwel and Friends |
| The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors | Drew Daywalt | Adam Rex | Harper Collins |
| Tyrannosaurus Rex Vs. Edna The Very First Chicken | Douglas Rees | Jed Henry | Macmillan |
| We’re All Wonders | R.J. Palacio | R. J. Palacio | Alfred A. Knopf |
| XO, OX A Love Story | Adam Rex | Scott Campbell | Macmillan |
Downloadable list of all the 2019-2020 MASL RA Preliminary Nominees.