Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominees - 2023-2024

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.

• Air by Monica Roe
• Ana on the Edge by A. J. Sass
• Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Pests and Pets by Andy Warner
• Another Kind by Trevor Bream (First Place)
• Battle Dragons #1: City of Thieves by Alex London
• The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
• Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
• Field Guilde to the Supernatural Universe by Alyson Noël
• Finally, Something Mysterious by Doug Cornett
• Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega (Second Place)
• Future Hero: Race to the Mountain by Remi Blackwood
• The Hero Next Door by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (Edited by)
• How to Win a Slime War bt Mae Respicio
• A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
• Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk! by Greg Howard
• My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi
• New from Here by Kelly Yang
• Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
• Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia L. Smith
• Starfish by Lisa Fipps
• Stella by McCall Hoyle
• Stuntboy, In the Meantime by Jason Reynolds
• Thirst by Varsha Bajaj
• Unsolved Case Files: The 500 Million Dollar Heist by Tom Sullivan (Third Place)
• We Could be Heroes by Margaret Finnegan