2011-2012 Mark Twain Nominees

About the Mark Twain Readers Award

Age Level

The winner of the Mark Twain Readers Award is selected annually by students in grades four through six.

Vision

The purpose of the Mark Twain Award is to provide children of Missouri with a recommended reading list of literature that will enrich their lives.

Nothing like looking ahead, huh?

Here are 2011-2012 Mark Twain Nominees. For all you who have already read all of this years nominees; you can get a head start for next year.

11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z by Kate Messner
Captain Nobody by Dean Pitchford
Faith, Hope, & Ivy June by Phyllis R. Naylor
Heart of a Shepherd by Roseanne Parry
Love, Aubrey by Suzanne LaFleur
Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica
Mudville by Kurtis Scaletta
Potato Chip Puzzles by Eric Berlin
Runaway Twin by Peg Kehret
Secret of Zoom by Lynne Jonell

Storm Chaser Chris Platt

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