ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Children’s Library will be
hosting two programs the evening of Monday, May 14. A Family
Storytime to launch the Summer Reading Program from 6:00 to
6:30 p.m. for all ages, and a program for adults on Playing to Learn
from 6:30 to 7 p.m.
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Out of the 111,576 votes
cast by Missouri students, the following titles have been selected as
the winners of MASL's 2011-2012 Readers Awards.
Gateway Readers Award (Grades 9-12)
1st place: Hate List, by Jennifer Brown.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
2nd place: Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater. Scholastic.
3rd place: If I Stay, by Gayle Forman. Speak.
Truman Readers Award (Grades 6-8)
1st place: The Maze Runner, by James
Dashner. Delacorte Books for Young Readers.
2nd place: The Last Thing I Remember, by Andrew Klavan. Thomas Nelson.
3rd place: Jane in Bloom, by Deborah Lytton. Dutton Juvenile.
Mark Twain Readers Award (Grades 4-6)
1st place: Runaway Twin, by Peg Kehret.
Dutton Children's Books.
2nd place: Love, Aubrey, by Suzanne LaFleur. Wendy Lamb Books.
3rd place: 11 Birthdays, by Wendy Mass. Scholastic.
Show Me Readers Award (Grades 1-3)
1st place: Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt,
a Marine, and a Miracle, by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson, and Mary
Nethery. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
2nd place: Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!, by Vicki Myron and Bret
Witter. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
3rd place: Twist of Fate, by Chris Stuckenschneider. Reedy Press.
