2023-2024 Lectio Book Award Nominee List

Always Clementine. by Carlie Sorosiak.

Berani. by Michelle Kadarusman 

Blast Off: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into Space. by Suzanne Slade. Illustrated by Sally W. Comport.

Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner's Call to Science. by Jeannine Atkins. 

Hide and Geek. by T.P. Jagger

Honestly Elliott. by Gillian McDunn

Hope Wins: A Collection of Inspiring Stories for Young Readers. by Tom Angleberger, Sarah Mlynowski, Max Brallier, Julie Buxbaum, Pablo Cartaya, J. C. Cervantes, Rex Ogle, Matt de la Peña, Stuart Gibbs, Adam Gidwitz, R.L. Stine, Veera Hiranandani, Hena Khan, Gordon Korman. Edited by Rose Brock.

Invisible. by Christina Diaz Gonzalez. Illustrated by Gabriela Epstein.

Marshmallow and Jordan. by Alina Chau.

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel. by Fleur Bradley. Illustrated by Xavier Bonet 

Once Upon a Space-Time. by Jeffrey Brown

Peace is a Chain Reaction. by Tanya Lee Stone

Playing the Cards You're Dealt. by Varian Johnson. 

Rez Dogs. by Joseph Bruchac.

Swim Team. by Johnnie Christmas.

The Superteacher Project. by Gordon Korman.

Ten Thousand Tries. by Amy Makechnie.

Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit. by Jesse Q. Sutanto.

Twenty-one Steps Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. by Jeff Gottesfeld. Illustrated by Matt Tavares

Valentina Salazar is not a Monster Hunter. by Zoraida Córdova.