Every year, The Missouri Association of School Librarians nominates twelve books for the Mark Twain Award reading challenge. These books are specially selected for 4th - 6th graders by librarians and students from all over Missouri. We challenge you to read them all!

The Hidden Knife Melissa Marr

Linked Gordon Korman

Lion of Mars Jennifer L. Holm

The Night Ride J. Anderson Coats

Nightingale Deva Fagan

Once Upon a Camel Kathi Appelt

One Kid’s Trash Jamie Sumner

A Place to Hang the Moon Kate Albus

Pony R.J. Palacio

Six Feet Below Zero Ena Jones

Tangled Up in Luck Merrill Wyatt

Worst-Case Collin Rebecca Caprara

Click here to watch this year's Mark Twain Award book trailers made by students from all over Missouri.