The Maine Student Book Award is designed to expand literary horizons of students in grades 4-8 by encouraging them to read, evaluate, and enjoy a selection of new books and to choose a statewide favorite by written ballot each spring.

2019 Winner

Winner:

Refugee by Alan Gratz

562 Total Votes

Second: Restart by Gordon Korman

Third: The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

Thanks To All Our Readers And Voters!!

4.604 students voted

MSBA 2018-2019 Rankings.pdf

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A free MSBA t-shirt will be sent to the first ten star readers. See the Star Students tab to see how how to qualify.

Thank you to:

PermaBound for donationg the exhibit collection of MSBA books and promotional posters. MSBA books are for purchase at PermaBound.

Promotional offers and other state lists found here.

Bookmark

2019-2020 Bookmark

MSBA Logo

Maine Student Book Award is celebrating 30 years! In celebration of our 30th anniversary we are hosting a logo contest for students in grades 4-12 to design a new logo! Submission deadline is February 1st.

Click to Download Logo

Letters From Authors

Sometimes authors of the winning book write a letter to the students of Maine. Click below to read our letters.

Letters from Authors

Contact Us

Email John Shannon for additions or corrections to the webpage.
Please see the Committee page for contact information for MSBA committe members.
Contact Mary Lehmer to learn more about the Maine Student Book Award and how to use it with students. A meeting will be arranged with a committee member to explain about the program and available resources, either by a classroom visit or a Skype conference.

Info for Publishers

Are you a publisher wondering whether your book qualifies for The List?? Send us an e-mail and we'll tell you!

Our contact for Middle Grade publishers is Julie Williams.

Our contact for YA publishers is Samantha Cote.

Winners and Past Lists

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Winning books from 1991 to present: click here

Title List 2019-2020

Here's The 2019-2020 List: MSBA 2019-2020 List.pdf

Here's An Annotated Edition Of The List: 2019-2020 Annotated List.pdf

And Behold, The Covers!

Dog Days of History

by Sarah Albee

Small Spaces

by Katherine Arden

Arlo Finch And The

Valley of Fire

by John August

Ivy Aberdeen's Letter To The World

by Ashley Herring Blake

The Benefits of

Being An Octopus

by Ann Braden

Dragon with the chocolate heart

Skylark and Wallcreeper

by Anne O'Brien Carelli

Wicked Nix

by Lena Coakley

Journey of the Pale Bear

by Susan Fletcher

Forgotten City

by Michael Ford

Class Action

by Steven B. Frank

You Don't Know Everything, Jilly P!

by Alex Gino

Ra The Mighty Cat Detective

by A. B. Greenfield

Game Changer

by Tommy Greenwald

One True Way

by Shanon Hitchcock

The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

The Eleventh Trade

by Alyssa Hollingsworth

Lifeboat 12

by Susan Hood

Sppoked! How A Radio Broadcast and War of The Worlds Sparked The 1938 Invasion of America

by Gail Jarrow

The Parker Inheritance

by Varian Johnson

Out Of Left Field

by Ellen Klages

The Season

Of Styx Malone

by Kekla Magoon

The Mad Wolf's Daughter

by Diane Magras

Bob

by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead

Winnie's Great War

by Lindsay Matlick &

Josh Greenhut

The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl

by Stacy McAnulty

Merci Suarez

Changes Gears

by Meg Medina

Until Tomorrow

Mr. Marsworth

by Sheila O'Connor

Inkling

by Kenneth Oppel

the House In

Poplar Wood

by K. E. Ormsbee

Scar Island

Amal Unbound

by Aisha Saeed

Skyward

by Brandon Sanderson

Speechless

by Adam P. Schmitt

Cardboard Kingdom

by Chad Sell

Dry

by Neal Shusterman

Pass Go and Collect $200: The Real Story Of How Monopoly Was Invented

by Tanya Lee Stone

The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle

by Christina Uss

The Prince &

The Dressmaker

by Jen Wang

The Length Of A String

by Elissa Brent Weissman

Nightbooks

by J. A. White

The Turning

by Emily Whitman