Summer Reading 2022

Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees - 2022-2023

Massachusetts Children’s Book Award honors books that promote reading for pleasure among students in grades four through six. The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is sponsored by Salem State University.

• Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
• Twins by Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright
• Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes
• I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944: Graphic Novel by Lauren Tarshis
• The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman
• Lemons by Melissa Savage
• P.S. I Miss You by Jen Petro-Roy
• Arlo Finch and the Valley of Fire by John August
• A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
• The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead
• Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott
• Alone by Megan E. Freeman
• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
• Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist
• Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
• Roll With It by Jamie Sumner
• Too Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff
• The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas
• Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
• Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia L. Smith
• Simon B. Rhymin' by Dwayne Reed
• Float by Laura Martin
• Marley Dias Gets it Done: And So Can You! by Marley Dias
• The Dragon Egg Princess by Ellen Oh
• History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics by Kate Messner