# South Carolina Young Adult Book Award reading list

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

The South Carolina Young Adult Book Award is one of the four South Carolina Book Awards run by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL). Students in grades 9-12 across South Carolina read the annual slate of nominees and vote for a winner. The 2025-2026 nominees include Warrior Girl, Unearthed by Angeline Boulley, Chaos Theory by Nic Stone, Promise Boys by Nick Brooks, Rez Ball by Byron Graves, and Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/south-carolina-young-adult-book-award
**Primary source:** https://www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award (www.scasl.net/young-adult-book-award)
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## South Carolina Young Adult Book Award reading list

- [All the Fighting Parts](https://readinglist.school/book/all-the-fighting-parts) by Hannah V. Sawyerr _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Artifice](https://readinglist.school/book/artifice) by Sharon Cameron _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Bittersweet in the Hollow](https://readinglist.school/book/bittersweet-in-the-hollow) by Kate Pearsall _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Chaos Theory](https://readinglist.school/book/chaos-theory) by Nic Stone _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Come Home Safe](https://readinglist.school/book/come-home-safe) by Brian G. Buckmire _(Grades 9–12)_
- [For Lamb](https://readinglist.school/book/for-lamb) by Lesa Cline-Ransome _(Grades 9–12)_
- [From Here](https://readinglist.school/book/from-here) by Luma Mufleh _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Give Me a Sign](https://readinglist.school/book/give-me-a-sign) by Anna Sortino _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Going Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/going-dark) by Melissa de la Cruz _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Gone Wolf](https://readinglist.school/book/gone-wolf) by Amber McBride _(Grades 9–12)_
- [House of Marionne](https://readinglist.school/book/house-of-marionne) by J. Elle _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Promise Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/promise-boys) by Nick Brooks _(Grades 3–10)_
- [Rez Ball](https://readinglist.school/book/rez-ball) by Byron Graves _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Star Splitter](https://readinglist.school/book/star-splitter) by Matthew J. Kirby _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Library of Shadows](https://readinglist.school/book/the-library-of-shadows) by Rachel Moore _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Their Vicious Games](https://readinglist.school/book/their-vicious-games) by Joelle Wellington _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Thieves' Gambit](https://readinglist.school/book/thieves-gambit) by Kayvion Lewis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Warrior Girl Unearthed](https://readinglist.school/book/warrior-girl-unearthed) by Angeline Boulley _(Grades 4–9)_

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