# Mark Twain Readers Award reading list

**20** books referenced by Mark Twain Readers Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Mark Twain Readers Award is Missouri's statewide children's-choice book award (grades 4-6), administered by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL). A committee selects an annual nominee list; students who read at least three nominees vote for the winner, so the list is Missouri-specific and refreshed each year.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/mark-twain-readers-award
**Primary source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain_Award)
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## Mark Twain Readers Award reading list

- [A Million Ways Home](https://readinglist.school/book/a-million-ways-home) by Dianna Dorisi-Winget _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Blended](https://readinglist.school/book/blended) by Sharon M. Draper _(610L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Deep and Dark and Dangerous](https://readinglist.school/book/deep-and-dark-and-dangerous) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-from-mr-lemoncellos-library) by Chris Grabenstein _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Millionaires for the Month](https://readinglist.school/book/millionaires-for-the-month) by Stacy McAnulty _(Grades 4–6)_
- [One for Sorrow](https://readinglist.school/book/one-for-sorrow) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Out of My Mind](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-my-mind) by Sharon M. Draper _(700L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Runaway Twin](https://readinglist.school/book/runaway-twin) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Six Feet Below Zero](https://readinglist.school/book/six-feet-below-zero) by Ena Jones _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Stolen Children](https://readinglist.school/book/stolen-children) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The City of Ember](https://readinglist.school/book/the-city-of-ember) by Jeanne DuPrau _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Girl in the Lake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-in-the-lake) by India Hill Brown _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lightning-thief) by Rick Riordan _(740L · Grades 4–7)_
- [The Sea of Monsters](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sea-of-monsters) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Unwanteds](https://readinglist.school/book/the-unwanteds) by Lisa McMann _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The War That Saved My Life](https://readinglist.school/book/the-war-that-saved-my-life) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley _(580L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Wenny Has Wings](https://readinglist.school/book/wenny-has-wings) by Janet Lee Carey _(Grades 4–6)_
- [White Bird](https://readinglist.school/book/white-bird) by R.J. Palacio _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_

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