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RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIANS: MA BOOK AWARDS
Massachusetts Children's Book Award and Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award


MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD (MCBA)

2025-2026 NOMINEES

 Title AuthorTitle Author 
 Willowdeen* Applegate We Are Big Time* Khan & Zerrougui
 The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet* Arlow The Swifts: Dictionary of Scoundrels* Lincoln
 Just Roll With It* Argawal & Durfey-LaVoie Medusa: The Myth of Monsters* Marshall
 Duel Bagely Lo and Behold Mass
 Simon Sort of Says* Bow Telephone of the Tree* McGhee
 The Mona Lisa Vanishes* Day Aniana Del Mar Jumps In* Mendez
 The Eyes and the Impossible* Eggers Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All* Miller
The Probability of Everything* Everett The Wrong Way Home* O'Shaughnessy
 Max in the House of Spies Gidwitz Four Eyes* Ogle
 Wrecker* HiassenCameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms* Perry
 Lion of the Sky* Hemnani Hidden Truths* Swartz
 The Secret Language of Birds* Kelly Wrath of the Rain Gods (Legendarios #1) Valenti & Sanmar
 Attack of the Black Rectangles* King  

Titles in bold are available in Spanish. Titles with an Asterisk* are available as an audiobook.

MEGAN SCHUMAKER MURPHY, EDD - Salem State University; Coordinator, Massachusetts Children's Book Award

2025 Selection committee: Lucie Pooling, Mia Fessenden, Elyse Fessenden, Blodine Francios & Thayer Academy students, Pam Yosca & Hale Elementary students, Marcia Bernard & Bement School students, Heather Lobinstine & The Shutesbury GSA,  Jenny Arch & The South Hadley Public Library Middle Grade Reading Group, Peirce Elementary School, Liz Pruett, Kimberly Grad, Hannah Eckstrom, Amy-Jo Conant, & Eva Thaler-Sroussi.

MASSACHUSETTS TEEN CHOICE BOOK AWARD WINNERS




The Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their top new books.

The Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award is a cooperative project between the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) and the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) with support from Salem State University. For more information on the award process, the selected titles and how to participate and vote, please visit www.mateenchoicebook.org


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