# South Carolina Junior Book Award reading list

**20** books referenced by South Carolina Junior Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The South Carolina Junior Book Award is the grades 6-8 division of the South Carolina Book Awards, administered by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL). Each cycle a committee names ~20 nominees; South Carolina students in grades 6-8 read the shortlist and vote for their favorite. The 2025-26 nominees include Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson, Louder Than Hunger by John Schu, The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla, Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango, The Mona Lisa Vanishes by Nick Day, Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang, and The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh.

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**Primary source:** https://www.scasl.net/junior-book-award (www.scasl.net/junior-book-award)
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## South Carolina Junior Book Award reading list

- [102 Days of Lying About Lauren](https://readinglist.school/book/102-days-of-lying-about-lauren) by Maura Jortner _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Clementine](https://readinglist.school/book/clementine-hood) by Ann Hood _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Curlfriends: New in Town (a Graphic Novel)](https://readinglist.school/book/curlfriends-new-in-town) by Sharee Miller _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Eb & Flow](https://readinglist.school/book/eb-flow) by Kelly J. Baptist _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Half Moon Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/half-moon-summer) by Elaine Vickers _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Hoops](https://readinglist.school/book/hoops-tavares) by Matt Tavares _(Grades 3–5)_
- [It's Boba Time for Pearl Li!](https://readinglist.school/book/its-boba-time-for-pearl-li) by Nicole Chen _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Land of Broken Promises](https://readinglist.school/book/land-of-broken-promises) by Jane Kuo _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Lasagna Means I Love You](https://readinglist.school/book/lasagna-means-i-love-you) by Kate O'Shaughnessy _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Louder Than Hunger](https://readinglist.school/book/louder-than-hunger) by John Schu _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Maid for It](https://readinglist.school/book/maid-for-it) by Jamie Sumner _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Parachute Kids](https://readinglist.school/book/parachute-kids) by Betty C. Tang _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Remember Us](https://readinglist.school/book/remember-us) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 4–9)_
- [Ruptured](https://readinglist.school/book/ruptured) by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Something Like Home](https://readinglist.school/book/something-like-home) by Andrea Beatriz Arango _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Tagging Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/tagging-freedom) by Rhonda Roumani _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-astronauts-guide-to-leaving-the-planet) by Terry Virts _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fire-the-water-and-maudie-mcginn) by Sally J. Pla _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Lost Year](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-year) by Katherine Marsh _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Mona Lisa Vanishes](https://readinglist.school/book/the-mona-lisa-vanishes) by Nicholas Day _(Grades 6–8)_

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