# Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award reading list

**27** books referenced by Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award is Minnesota's statewide children's-choice book award, administered by Minnesota Youth Reading Awards (MYRA) and named for the author of the Betsy-Tacy books. It has two divisions — Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 — each with its own annual winner; Minnesota students who read at least three nominees vote, making the lists Minnesota-specific and current.

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## Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award reading list

- [11 Birthdays](https://readinglist.school/book/11-birthdays) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 3–5)_
- [A Night Divided](https://readinglist.school/book/a-night-divided) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Because of Mr. Terupt](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-mr-terupt) by Rob Buyea _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Belly Up](https://readinglist.school/book/belly-up) by Stuart Gibbs _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Breathing Room](https://readinglist.school/book/breathing-room) by Marsha Hayles _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Champ](https://readinglist.school/book/champ) by Marcia Thornton Jones _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Deep and Dark and Dangerous](https://readinglist.school/book/deep-and-dark-and-dangerous) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/drums-girls-and-dangerous-pie) by Jordan Sonnenblick _(Grades 6–9)_
- [El Deafo](https://readinglist.school/book/el-deafo) by Cece Bell _(420L · Grades 4–6)_
- [Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-from-mr-lemoncellos-library) by Chris Grabenstein _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Flush](https://readinglist.school/book/flush) by Carl Hiaasen _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Matched](https://readinglist.school/book/matched) by Ally Condie _(Grades 6–8)_
- [One for the Murphys](https://readinglist.school/book/one-for-the-murphys) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Out of My Mind](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-my-mind) by Sharon M. Draper _(700L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Please Write in this Book](https://readinglist.school/book/please-write-in-this-book) by Mary Amato _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Refugee](https://readinglist.school/book/refugee) by Alan Gratz _(800L · Grades 5–9)_
- [Resistance](https://readinglist.school/book/resistance) by Jennifer A. Nielsen _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) by Gordon Korman _(730L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Ruby Holler](https://readinglist.school/book/ruby-holler) by Sharon Creech _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Stolen Children](https://readinglist.school/book/stolen-children) by Peg Kehret _(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 Terrible Two](https://readinglist.school/book/the-terrible-two) by Mac Barnett _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The War That Saved My Life](https://readinglist.school/book/the-war-that-saved-my-life) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley _(580L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Things Not Seen](https://readinglist.school/book/things-not-seen) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 6–8)_
- [When Stars Are Scattered](https://readinglist.school/book/when-stars-are-scattered) by Victoria Jamieson _(Grades 5–8)_
- [White Bird](https://readinglist.school/book/white-bird) by R.J. Palacio _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Wish](https://readinglist.school/book/wish) by Barbara O'Connor _(Grades 3–5)_

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