Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) references 90 books assigned across applicable K-12 grade levels in US schools.
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The Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) is Michigan's statewide children's-choice book award (grades 2-82-34-). Each year a committee selects nominees; students across Michigan read from the list and vote for their favorite. This list links the award's verified winners that appear in the ReadingList corpus.
Primary source: michiganreading.org
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90 books referenced
A Bad Case of StripesDavid Shannon- A Mango-Shaped SpaceWendy Mass
Adopted by an OwlRobbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
Amari and the Night BrothersB. B. Alston
Arnie, the DoughnutLaurie Keller
Bink & GollieKate DiCamillo
Black Brother, Black BrotherJewell Parker Rhodes
BlendedSharon M. Draper · 610L
BoneJeff Smith
Class ActJerry Craft- ClementineSara Pennypacker
Counting by 7sHolly Goldberg Sloan
DivergentVeronica Roth
Dog BreathDav Pilkey
Down the Rabbit HolePeter Abrahams
El DeafoCece Bell · 420L
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's LibraryChris Grabenstein
FerrisKate DiCamillo
Fever 1793Laurie Halse Anderson
Fish in a TreeLynda Mullaly Hunt · 550L
Flora and UlyssesKate DiCamillo
Four Eyes: A Graphic NovelRex Ogle
Frankenstein Takes the CakeAdam Rex
Front DeskKelly Yang · 640L
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- Fudge-a-Mania · Judy Blume
- Ghost · Jason Reynolds
- Ghost Boys · Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House · R.L. Stine
- Ground Zero · Alan Gratz
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · J.K. Rowling
- Here Comes the Garbage Barge · Jonah Winter
- Ida B. and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World · Katherine Hannigan
- Lawn Boy · Gary Paulsen
- Long Way Down · Jason Reynolds
- Loser · Jerry Spinelli
- Lulu's Mysterious Mission · Judith Viorst
- My Explosive Diary · Emily Gale
- New Kid · Jerry Craft
- No More Dead Dogs · Gordon Korman
- Nova's Ark · Kirk, David
- Officer Buckle and Gloria · Peggy Rathmann
- One Crazy Summer · Rita Williams-Garcia
- Orbiting Jupiter · Gary D. Schmidt
- Out of My Mind · Sharon M. Draper
- Real Friends · Shannon Hale
- Rules · Cynthia Lord
- Say What? · Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Scat · Carl Hiaasen
- Sharing Susan · Eve Bunting
- Shiloh Season · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Simon Sort of Says · Erin Bow
- Star in the Storm · Joan Hiatt Harlow
- Superfudge · Judy Blume
- Tangerine · Edward Bloor
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian · Sherman Alexie
- The Apothecary · Maile Meloy
- The BFG · Roald Dahl
- The Boy on the Porch · Sharon Creech
- The Crossover · Kwame Alexander
- The Forbidden Library · Django Wexler
- The Giver · Lois Lowry
- The House of the Scorpion · Nancy Farmer
- The Indian in the Cupboard · Lynne Reid Banks
- The Labors of Hercules Beal · Gary D. Schmidt
- The Legend of Mackinac Island · Kathy-jo Wargin
- The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors · Drew Daywalt
- The Lost Library · Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane · Kate DiCamillo
- The One and Only Ivan · Katherine Applegate
- The Penderwicks · Jeanne Birdsall
- The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale · Jon Klassen
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda · Tom Angleberger
- The Tale of Despereaux · Kate DiCamillo
- The Thief Lord · Cornelia Funke
- The Wild Robot · Peter Brown
- Thirty Minutes Over Oregon · Marc Tyler Nobleman
- Togo · Robert J. Blake
- Traction Man Is Here! · Mini Grey
- Twins · Varian Johnson
- Unspeakable · Carole Boston Weatherford
- Verdi · Janell Cannon
- Walk Two Moons · Sharon Creech
- When Stars Are Scattered · Victoria Jamieson
- When You Reach Me · Rebecca Stead
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · Kimberly Willis Holt
- When the Wolves Returned · Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
- Wonder · R.J. Palacio
- Wonderstruck · Brian Selznick
- Zen and the Art of Faking It · Jordan Sonnenblick
- ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat · Raúl the Third III
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About this curriculum framework
This curriculum is one of dozens of named English Language Arts frameworks tracked across US public-school districts. Frameworks differ in scope (district-level vs state-level vs national), in mandate (required vs recommended vs elective), and in how prescriptive their reading lists are (single fixed text list vs broad reading-pool selection).
The book list below represents titles cited as required, recommended, or commonly assigned within this framework, sourced from the framework's primary documentation (or, where the framework is administered at district level, from public district curriculum pages). Each book's detail page links the specific source document for that citation.
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Frequently asked questions
What books does Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) include?
90 books are referenced by Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) across applicable K-12 grade levels. Each book page cites the primary source assignment (the official curriculum standard, exemplar list, or syllabus where the title appears).
What grades does Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) cover?
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) is a reading-program curriculum spanning applicable K-12 grade levels via the standards framework. Browse by grade using the grade-filter links on this page or visit /grade for the full grade index across all curricula.
Where does Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) data come from?
Primary source: michiganreading.org/Great-Lakes-Great-Books. Cross-referenced with Common Core exemplars at achievethecore.org. Every book page on ReadingList.school cites the standards origin for that assignment.
Is Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) required reading?
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) provides recommended exemplars + assignments — adoption varies by district and teacher. Always check with your school's English department for the specific required vs recommended list at your grade level.
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