State Award Reading List
Missouri State Reading Lists
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award
2011 - 2012 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
Grades 3-5
Getting Air
By: Dan Gutman
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: April 24, 2007
Ages: 8 - 12
They can rule the half-pipe, but can they survive this? Jimmy, David, and Henry are psyched. It's summer, school's out, and they are on their way to California, where they will be able to do some major skating. But on the...
No Girls Allowed (Dogs Okay)
(Part of Secrets of a Lab Rat)
By: Trudi Trueit
Illustrated by: Jim Paillot
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: February 10, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
b> "This chapter has nothing to do with my pants." So begins the story of Scab McNally, a fourth grader with a mission. Part inventor, part daredevil, Scab is determined to let nothing get in the way of convincing his...
Grades 6-8
Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: March 24, 2009
Ages: 10 - 14
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts...
Truman Readers Award
2011 - 2012 Truman Readers Award Nominee
Grades 6 - 8
Bull Rider
By: Suzanne Morgan Williams
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: above 12
All it takes is eight seconds.... Cam O'Mara, grandson and younger brother of bull- riding champions, is not interested in partaking in the family sport. Cam is a skateboarder, and perfecting his tricks -- frontside flips,...
Gateway Readers Award
2011 - 2012 Gateway Readers Award Nominee
Grades 9 - 12
If I Grow Up
By: Todd Strasser
This edition: Hardcover, 240 pages
Publication date: February 24, 2009
Ages: above 12
"WHEN YOU GREW UP IN THE PROJECTS, THERE WERE NO CHOICES. NO GOOD ONES, AT LEAST." In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn lives, daily life is ruled by drugs and gang violence. Many teenagers drop out of school and...
