Reading Awards
by Rebecca Johnson
Missouri Reading Awards - Current Nominees (Voting takes place in March!)
Our school participates in all awards and student may vote for any award and all awards as long as they read the required number to be eligible.
- Show-ME books are read to all 1-3 graders during their library time.
- Mark Twain books are available in the Elementary and M.S. libraries. A student must read 4 of the 12 nominees to vote for their favorite in March.
- Truman Readers Award nominees are located in the M.S. library. A student must read 4 of the 12 nominees to vote for their favorite in March
- Gateway books are available in the H.S. Library. A student must read 3 of the 15 nominees to vote for their favorite in March.
Current Nominees
| Show-ME (Grades 1-3) |
| For the Love of Autumn - Polacco |
| Grace for President - DiPucchio |
| Lucky Star - Young |
| Mrs. Muddle's Holiday - Nielsen |
| My Chincoteague Pony - Jeffers |
| Owney the Mail Pouch Pooch - Kerby |
| Titanicat - Crisp |
| Two Bobbies, A True Story - Larson |
| Violet the Pilot - Breen |
| Willow - Nelson |
| Mark Twain (Suggested for Grades 3-6) |
| Bringing the Boy Home - Nelson |
| Found - Haddix |
| Go Big or Go Home - Hobbs |
| The Leanin' Dog - Nuzum |
| The Magic Half - Barrows |
| Margret and Flynn - Duey |
| The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy - Stanley |
| Safe at Home - Lupica |
| School Spirit - Kimmel |
| Seer of Shadows - Avi |
| Stolen Children - Kehret |
| The Totally Made-Up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish - Mills |
| Truman (Suggested for Grades 6-8) |
| Adoration of Jenna Fox - Pearson |
| Boost - Mackel |
| Chains - Anderson |
| The Compound - Bodeen |
| Gone - Grant |
| The Hunger Games - Collins |
| Jump the Cracks - DeKeyser |
| Other Side of the Island - Goodman |
| Otherworldlies - Kogler |
| Suck it Up - Meehl |
| White Gates - Ramthum |
| Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail - Spradlin |
Gateway (Suggested for Grades 9-12)
| The Compound - Booden |
| The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks - Lockhart |
| Good Enough - Yoo |
| Graceling - Chasore |
| The Hunger Games - Collins |
| The Juvie Three - Korman |
| Lock and Key - Dessen |
| The Musician's Daughter - Dunlap |
| Paper Towns - Green |
| Playing with Matches - Katcher |
| Shift - Bradbury |
| Stealing Heaven - Scott |
| Sweethearts - Zarr |
| Three Little Words - Rhodes-Courter |
| Wake - McMann |
