Suggested Books

Gateway Readers Award Nominees – The Gateway Readers Award is sponsored each year by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL). The winner of the Gateway Readers Award is selected by students. Missouri students in grades nine through twelve are eligible to vote for their favorite book if they have read at least THREE of the titles on the current list of nominated books.

Bodeen, S.A. The Compound. Square Fish.
Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishers.
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic Press.
Dessen, Sarah. Lock & Key. Viking.
Dunlap, Susanne. The Musician's Daughter. Bloomsbury.
Green, John. Paper Towns. Dutton.
Katcher, Brian. Playing with Matches. Random House Children's Publishers.
Korman, Gordon. The Juvie Three. Hyperion.
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. Brilliance Audio.
McMann, Lisa. Wake. Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishers.
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley. Three Little Words. Simon & Schuster's Clildren's Publishers.
Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven. HarperCollins Publishers.
Yoo, Paula. Good Enough. HarperCollins Publishers.
Zarr, Sara. Sweethearts. Little, Brown & Company.

Outstanding Books for the College Bound – compiled by the Young Adult Library Services Association

2010-2011 Truman Reader Award Nominees

Anderson, Laurie. Chains. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Bodeen, Stephanie. Compound. Feiwel and Friends.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic Press.
DeKeyser, Stacy. Jump The Cracks. Flux.
Goodman, Allegra. Other Side of the Island. Razorbill.
Grant, Michael. Gone. HarperTeen.
Kogler, Jennifer. Otherworldlies. HarperTeen.
Mackel, Kathryn. Boost. Dial Books.
Meehl, Brian. Suck it Up. Delacorte Press.
Pearson, Mary. Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt.
Ramthun, Bonnie. White Gates. Random House.
Spradlin, Michael. Youngest Templar: Keeper of the Grail. Putnam's.

2010-2011 Mark Twain Reader Award Nominees

Avi. Seer of Shadows. Harper Collins.
Barrows, Annie. The Magic Half. Bloomsbury.
Duey, Kathleen. Margret and Flynn. Dutton.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found. Simon & Schuster.
Hobbs, Will. Go Big or Go Home. Harper Collins.
Kehret, Peg. Stolen Children. Dutton.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. School Spirit. Little Brown.
Lupica, Mike. Safe at Home. Philomel.
Mills, Claudia. The Totally Made Up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Nelson, N.A. Bringing the Boy Home. Harper Collins.
Nuzum, K.A. The Leanin' Dog. Harper Collins.
Stanley, Diane. The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy. Harper Collins.