Massachusetts Children's Book Award
All 4th and 5th grade students can participate in the MCBA program! If you read five or more of the books below, you can vote for your favorite. It's a fun way to read books that students all over the state are reading-- and you just might discover a great book that you wouldn't usually find.
Want a preview of the books? Check out the summaries here: http://massachusettschildrensbookaward.blogspot.com/
Titles for 2020-2021
Abigail Adams, Pirate of the Caribbean by Steve Sheinkin
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
* The Boy, the Bird & the Coffin Maker by Matilda Woods * in the Schofield Library now. Others
Checked by Cynthia Kadohata coming soon!
* Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliot
The End of the Wild by Nicole Helget
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
* Front Desk by Kelly Yang
* Guts by Raina Telgemeier
* I Survived...the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
* Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
* Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
She Dared: Bethany Hamilton by Jenni L. Walsh
The Sky at Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi
* Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
* Stargazing by Jen Wang
* The Thrifty Guide to The American Revolution by Jonathan W. Stokes
* The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Unbound by Ann E. Burg
* The Unsung Hero of Birdsong USA by Brenda Woods
You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino
Want a preview of the books? Check out the summaries here: http://massachusettschildrensbookaward.blogspot.com/
Titles for 2020-2021
Abigail Adams, Pirate of the Caribbean by Steve Sheinkin
The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
* The Boy, the Bird & the Coffin Maker by Matilda Woods * in the Schofield Library now. Others
Checked by Cynthia Kadohata coming soon!
* Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliot
The End of the Wild by Nicole Helget
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret by Trudi Trueit
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome
* Front Desk by Kelly Yang
* Guts by Raina Telgemeier
* I Survived...the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
* Pie in the Sky by Remy Lai
* Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
She Dared: Bethany Hamilton by Jenni L. Walsh
The Sky at Our Feet by Nadia Hashimi
* Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
* Stargazing by Jen Wang
* The Thrifty Guide to The American Revolution by Jonathan W. Stokes
* The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Unbound by Ann E. Burg
* The Unsung Hero of Birdsong USA by Brenda Woods
You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P! by Alex Gino