# Massachusetts Children's Book Award reading list

**22** books referenced by Massachusetts Children's Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is Massachusetts's statewide children's-choice book award for grades 4-6, administered by Salem State University since 1975. Students who read at least five titles from the annual master list vote for the winner, making the list Massachusetts-specific.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/massachusetts-childrens-book-award
**Primary source:** https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/4054-massachusetts-children-s-book-award (www.goodreads.com/award/show/4054-massachusetts-children-s-book-award)
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## Massachusetts Children's Book Award reading list

- [Alone](https://readinglist.school/book/alone) by Megan E. Freeman _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Artemis Fowl](https://readinglist.school/book/artemis-fowl) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Charlotte's Web](https://readinglist.school/book/charlottes-web) by E.B. White _(680L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Found](https://readinglist.school/book/found) by Margaret Peterson Haddix _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Frindle](https://readinglist.school/book/frindle) by Andrew Clements _(830L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Hatchet](https://readinglist.school/book/hatchet) by Gary Paulsen _(1020L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Jackie and Me](https://readinglist.school/book/jackie-and-me) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Maniac Magee](https://readinglist.school/book/maniac-magee) by Jerry Spinelli _(820L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Matilda](https://readinglist.school/book/matilda) by Roald Dahl _(840L · Grades 3–6)_
- [Shiloh](https://readinglist.school/book/shiloh) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor _(890L · Grades 3–6)_
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Great Gilly Hopkins](https://readinglist.school/book/the-great-gilly-hopkins) by Katherine Paterson _(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 Mysterious Benedict Society](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mysterious-benedict-society) by Trenton Lee Stewart _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo _(670L · Grades 3–6)_
- [The Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thief) by Megan Whalen Turner _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Thief Lord](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thief-lord) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 4–6)_
- [There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom](https://readinglist.school/book/theres-a-boy-in-the-girls-bathroom) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger](https://readinglist.school/book/wayside-school-gets-a-little-stranger) by Louis Sachar _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Where the Red Fern Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-red-fern-grows) by Wilson Rawls _(700L · Grades 4–7)_

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