Truman Readers Award

Given by Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL)

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About the Truman Readers Award

Age Level
The winner of the annual Truman Readers Award is selected by students in grades six through eight.

Vision
The Truman Readers Award vis mere encourages students in the early teen years to express their unique voice through exploring new literary genres, communicating with their peers about young adult literature, and honoring authors writing for young teens.

Guidelines for Choosing Books

Books should interest early teens in grades six through eight.
Books should be written by an author living in the United States.
Books should be of literary value which may enrich early teens' personal lives.
Books should be published two years prior to nomination on a Master List of 12 nominees. (Currently 2015)
Some consideration should be given to genre diversity, gender representation, range of reading level, racial diversity, and diversity of social, political, economic, and religious viewpoints. vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (29), Nominee (120)
Kategorier:
Alle, 1st Prize (7), 2nd Prize (7), 3rd Prize (7), No Category (115)
Years:
Alle, 2024 (12), 2023 (12), 2022 (12), 2021 (12), 2020 (1), 2019 (12), 2018 (12), 2017 (12), 2016 (12), 2015 (12), 2014 (12), 2013 (3), 2012 (3), 2011 (3), 2010 (3), 2009 (3)

Winner 29

VærkKategoriÅr
96 Miles af J. L. Esplin2023
The Unteachables af Gordon Korman2022
Not If I Save You First af Ally Carter2021
To Catch a Killer af Sheryl Scarborough2020
Projekt 1065 af Alan Gratz2019
Red Queen af Victoria Aveyard2018
Famous Last Words af Katie Alender2017
Prisoner B-3087 af Alan Gratz2016
The Raft af S.A. Bodeen1st Prize2015
See You at Harry's af Jo Knowles2nd Prize2015
Cinder af Marissa Meyer3rd Prize2015
Legend af Marie Lu1st Prize2014
The Prisoner of Cell 25 af Richard Paul Evans2nd Prize2014
The Running Dream af Wendelin Van Draanen3rd Prize2014
Girl, Stolen af April Henry1st Prize2013
The Lost Hero af Rick Riordan2nd Prize2013
Virals af Kathy Reichs3rd Prize2013
The Maze Runner af James Dashner1st Prize2012
The Last Thing I Remember af Andrew Klavan2nd Prize2012
Jane In Bloom af Deborah Lytton3rd Prize2012
Dødsspillet af Suzanne Collins1st Prize2011
Gone af Michael Grant2nd Prize2011
Jump the Cracks af Stacy DeKeyser3rd Prize2011
Eighth Grade Bites af Z. Brewer1st Prize2010
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam af Cynthia Kadohata2nd Prize2010
Carpe Diem af Autumn Cornwell3rd Prize2010
Life as We Knew It af Susan Beth Pfeffer1st Prize2009
Runaway af Wendelin Van Draanen2nd Prize2009
Rash af Pete Hautman3rd Prize2009

Nominee 120

VærkKategoriÅr
Amari and the Night Brothers af B. B. Alston2024
Across the Desert af Dusti Bowling2024
The Shadow Prince af David Anthony Durham2024
Starfish af Lisa Fipps2024
Carry Me Home af Janet Fox2024
Alone af Megan E. Freeman2024
Concealed af Christina Diaz Gonzalez2024
Ground Zero af Alan Gratz2024
Eyes of the Forest af April Henry2024
AfterMath af Emily Barth Isler2024
Rescue af Jennifer A. Nielsen2024
Just Like That af Gary D. Schmidt2024
96 Miles af J. L. Esplin2023
The Canyon's Edge af Dusti Bowling2023
Fighting Words af Kimberly Brubaker Bradley2023
The Light in Hidden Places af Sharon Cameron2023
The Stars We Steal af Alexa Donne2023
Closer to Nowhere af Ellen Hopkins2023
We Dream of Space af Erin Entrada Kelly2023
The Kinder Poison af Natalie Mae2023
Glitch af Laura Martin2023
Splinters of Scarlet af Emily Bain Murphy2023
Tornado Brain af Cat Patrick2023
Before the Ever After af Jacqueline Woodson2023
The Unteachables af Gordon Korman2022
The Crossover af Kwame Alexander2022
The Line Tender af Kate Allen2022
Verify af Joelle Charbonneau2022
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise af Dan Gemeinhart2022
It's the End of the World as I Know It af Matthew Landis2022
The Bone Houses af Emily Lloyd-Jones2022
Free Lunch af Rex Ogle2022
Right as Rain af Lindsey Stoddard2022
Tiger Queen af Annie Sullivan2022
Other Words for Home af Jasmine Warga2022
Genesis Begins Again af Alicia D. Williams2022
Not If I Save You First af Ally Carter2021
The Benefits of Being an Octopus af Ann Braden2021
Fire & Heist af Sarah Beth Durst2021
Lifeboat 12 af Susan Hood2021
Mascot af Antony John2021
Deep Water af Watt Key2021
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl af Stacy McAnulty2021
Ghost Boys af Jewell Parker Rhodes2021
Skyward af Brandon Sanderson2021
City of Ghosts af V. E. Schwab2021
Impostors af Scott Westerfeld2021
Nightbooks af J. A. White2021
To Catch a Killer af Sheryl Scarborough2020
Rosemarked af Livia Blackburne2019
Greetings from Witness Protection! af Jake Burt2019
Refugee af Alan Gratz2019
The Trail af Meika Hashimoto2019
Hideout af Watt Key2019
Renegades af Marissa Meyer2019
Long Way Down af Jason Reynolds2019
Lost Boys af Darcey Rosenblatt2019
Click'd (Click'd, Book 1) af Tamara Ireland Stone2019
Forget Me Not af Ellie Terry2019
Piecing Me Together af Renée Watson2019
Red Queen af Victoria Aveyard2018
The Fixer af Jennifer Lynn Barnes2018
All Fall Down af Ally Carter2018
Forget Tomorrow af Pintip Dunn2018
The Leveller af Julia Durango2018
The Honest Truth af Dan Gemeinhart2018
Code of Honor af Alan Gratz2018
A Night Divided af Jennifer A. Nielsen2018
I Am Princess X af Cherie Priest2018
Orbiting Jupiter af Gary D. Schmidt2018
What Waits in the Woods af Kieran Scott2018
Rebel Mechanics: All Is Fair in Love and Revolution af Shanna Swendson2018
Famous Last Words af Katie Alender2017
Midnight Thief af Livia Blackburne2017
Just a Drop of Water af Kerry O'Malley Cerra2017
Buzz Kill af Beth Fantaskey2017
Falls the Shadow af Stefanie Gaither2017
The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery af April Henry2017
Pieces of Me af Amber Kizer2017
Grandmaster af David Klass2017
The Blood Guard af Carter Roy2017
Codename Zero af Chris Rylander2017
I Have a Bad Feeling About This af Jeff Strand2017
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek af Maya Van Wagenen2017
Prisoner B-3087 af Alan Gratz2016
Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer af Katie Alender2016
Rapunzel Untangled af Cindy C Bennett2016
The Testing af Joelle Charbonneau2016
MILA 2.0 af Debra Driza2016
Inhuman af Kat Falls2016
The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die af April Henry2016
Tandem af Anna Jarzab2016
A Matter of Days af Amber Kizer2016
SYLO (The SYLO Chronicles) af D. J. MacHale2016
Rogue af Lyn Miller-Lachmann2016
Pivot Point af Kasie West2016
The Raft af S.A. Bodeen1st Prize2015
See You at Harry's af Jo Knowles2nd Prize2015
Cinder af Marissa Meyer3rd Prize2015
Shadow and Bone af Leigh Bardugo2015
Unstoppable af Tim Green2015
One for the Murphys af Lynda Mullaly Hunt2015
Elemental af Antony John2015
Insignia af S. J. Kincaid2015
Ungifted af Gordon Korman2015
The False Prince af Jennifer A. Nielsen2015
Dead City af James Ponti2015
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip af Jordan Sonnenblick2015
Legend af Marie Lu1st Prize2014
The Prisoner of Cell 25 af Richard Paul Evans2nd Prize2014
The Running Dream af Wendelin Van Draanen3rd Prize2014
The Girl of Fire and Thorns af Rae Carson2014
Cloaked af Alex Flinn2014
The Eleventh Plague af Jeff Hirsch2014
The Name of the Star af Maureen Johnson2014
Silhouetted by the Blue af Traci L. Jones2014
The Death Catchers af Jennifer Anne Kogler2014
Lost in the River of Grass af Ginny Rorby2014
Det Smaradggrønne Atlas: Bøger Fra Begyndelsen (1) af John Stephens2014
Variant af Robison Wells2014

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