Massachusetts Children’s Book Award

The reason for establishing the Massachusetts Children’s Book Award program in 1975 was the observation by the award founder, Dr. Helen Constant, that once having learned to read, many children lose interest in books when they reach the intermediate grades. Designed for school children in grades 4-6, the program also included grades 7-9 from 1978 through 1983.

Presently, fourth, fifth and sixth graders who have read five books from the Master List vote for their favorite book. These books are chosen for their literary quality, variety of genres, representation of diverse cultural groups, and reader appeal.

2013

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MCBA WINNER

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• The Candymakers – By Wendy Mass
• The Emerald Atlas – by John Stephens
• Guinea Dog  – by Patrick Jennings
• Mockingbird  – by Kathryn Erskine

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2012

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MCBA WINNER

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• Scat – By Carl Hiaasen
• Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam – by Cynthia Kadohata
•  The Gollywhopper Games – by Jody Feldman
• Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road) – by Kate Klise

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2011

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MCBA WINNER

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• No Talking! – By Andrew Clements /Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
• Savvy– by Ingrid Law
• The Magic Half– by Annie Barrows
• The Other Side of the Island – by Allegra Goodman

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2010

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MCBA WINNER

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• The Lemonade War – by Jacqueline Davies
• Swindle – by Gordon Korman
• Rules – by Cynthia Lord
• How to Steal a Dog – by Barbara O’Connor

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2009

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MCBA WINNER

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• Double Identity – By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
• H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute for Villainous Education) – By: Mark Walden
• The Homework Machine – By: Dan Gutman
• Miracle on 49th Street – By: Mike Lupica

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2008

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray – by Ann M. Martin
• Peter and the Starcatchers – by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
• The World According to Humphrey – by Betty G. Birney
• The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy – by Jeanne Birdsall

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2007

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MCBA HONOR BOOKS

• The City of Ember – by Jeanne Duprau
• Al Capone Does My Shirts – by Gennifer Choldenko
• Among the Betrayed – by Margaret Peterson Haliix
• Thunder from the Sea – by Joan Hiatt Harlow

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