State Award Reading List
Missouri State Reading List
2009-2010 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominees
Grades 3-5
Phineas L. MacGuire . . . Erupts!
The First Experiment (Part of From the Highly Scientific Notebooks of Phineas L. MacGuire)
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
Cover By: Preston McDaniels / Illustrated by: Preston McDaniels
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: May 9, 2006
Ages: 8 - 12
Here's what you need to know about Phineas L. MacGuire, boy-scientistextraordinaire, aka Mac:1. He's allergic to purple, telephone calls, and girls, and can proveit. 2. He's probably the world's expert on mold, including which...
Return of the Homework Machine
By: Dan Gutman
Cover By: Dan Santat
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: June 2, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Snik, Brenton, Judy, and Kelsey haven't stayed in the best touch since last year's big homework-machine scandal. But they are all pulled back together again when Brenton realizes that the most powerful part of the machine --...
Other Formats: eBook
Grades 6-8
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Shane Rebenschied
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes...
2009-2010 Gateway Readers Award Nominees
Billie Standish Was Here
By: Nancy Crocker
This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: June 5, 2007
Ages: above 14
CAN ONE UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP SAVE A LIFE?Billie Standish has pretty much no one. Her parents are too caught up in their own lives, and the only two girls in town her age want nothing to do with her. When it looks like a nearby...
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
November Blues
By: Sharon M. Draper
Cover By: Howard Pyle
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
Ages: above 12
When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever, and now she's...
Boot Camp
By: Todd Strasser
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 22, 2007
Ages: above 12
In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological...
Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
2009-2010 Mark Twain Award Nominees
Blown Away!
By: Joan Hiatt Harlow
Cover By: Dan Andreasen
This edition: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publication date: July 10, 2007
Ages: 9 - 12
It's the summer of 1935, and in the sleepy Florida Keys, thirteen-year-old Jake Pitney's life is quiet and easy. But all of this changes once Jake begins helping out the town's eccentric fisherman, Sharkey, with work. On a...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Missouri Winners List
Gateway Readers Award Nominee 2009-2010
Billie Standish Was Here
By: Nancy Crocker
This edition: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publication date: June 5, 2007
Ages: above 14
CAN ONE UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP SAVE A LIFE?Billie Standish has pretty much no one. Her parents are too caught up in their own lives, and the only two girls in town her age want nothing to do with her. When it looks like a nearby...
Boot Camp
By: Todd Strasser
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: May 22, 2007
Ages: above 12
In the middle of the night Garrett is taken from his home to Harmony Lake, a boot camp for troubled teens. Maybe some kids deserve to be sent there, but Garrett knows he doesn't. Subjected to brutal physical and psychological...
Other Formats: Mass Market Paperback
November Blues
By: Sharon M. Draper
Cover By: Howard Pyle
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: October 23, 2007
Ages: above 12
When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever, and now she's...
Unwind
By: Neal Shusterman
This edition: Hardcover, 352 pages
Publication date: November 6, 2007
Ages: above 14
Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth as part of his family's strict religion....
Mark Twain Readers Award Master List Selection 2009-2010
Blown Away!
By: Joan Hiatt Harlow
Cover By: Dan Andreasen
This edition: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publication date: July 10, 2007
Ages: 9 - 12
It's the summer of 1935, and in the sleepy Florida Keys, thirteen-year-old Jake Pitney's life is quiet and easy. But all of this changes once Jake begins helping out the town's eccentric fisherman, Sharkey, with work. On a...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award Nominee 2009-2010
Grades 6-8
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Shane Rebenschied
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes...
Grades 3-5
Return of the Homework Machine
By: Dan Gutman
Cover By: Dan Santat
This edition: Hardcover, 176 pages
Publication date: June 2, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Snik, Brenton, Judy, and Kelsey haven't stayed in the best touch since last year's big homework-machine scandal. But they are all pulled back together again when Brenton realizes that the most powerful part of the machine --...
Other Formats: eBook
Truman Readers Award Masrer List Selection 2009-2010
Cracker!
The Best Dog in Vietnam
By: Cynthia Kadohata
Cover By: Shane Rebenschied
This edition: Hardcover, 320 pages
Publication date: February 6, 2007
Ages: above 10
CRACKER IS ONE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY'S MOST VALUABLE WEAPONS:a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy. The fate of entire platoons rests on her keen sense of smell. She's a Big Deal, and she likes...
