State Award Reading List
New Mexico State Reading Lists
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2012 - 2013 Land of Enchantment Book Award Master List Selection
Children's Books
Lulu and the Brontosaurus
By: Judith Viorst
Illustrated by: Lane Smith
This edition: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publication date: September 14, 2010
Ages: 6 - 10
It's Lulu's birthday and she's decided she'd like a pet brontosaurus as a present. When Lulu's parents tell her that's not possible, Lulu gets very upset. She does not like it when things don't go her way. So she takes matters...
The Search for WondLa
(Part of Search for WondLa, The)
By: Tony DiTerlizzi
Illustrated by: Tony DiTerlizzi
This edition: Hardcover, 496 pages
Publication date: September 21, 2010
Ages: above 10
When a marauder destroys the underground sanctuary that Eva Nine was raised in by the robot Muthr, the twelve-year-year-old girl is forced to flee aboveground. Eva Nine is searching for anyone else like her, for she knows that...
William S. and the Great Escape
By: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: September 15, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
William S. Baggett is a good kid trapped in a really awful family. William has his running-away money ready to go, he's just been waiting until he's older than twelve to leave. When his big brothers flush his sister's pet...
Young Adult
Out of My Mind
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 10
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most...
Falling In
By: Frances O'Roark Dowell
This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: March 2, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
B z z z z z z z The buzzing sound? Do you hear that? There it is again. B z z z z z z z No? Well, I really shouldn't have asked. Most people can't hear it, anyway. But, if you could, you'd think it sounds like you're teetering...
Leviathan
By: Scott Westerfeld
Illustrated by: Keith Thompson
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: above 12
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ...
