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​MASSACHUSETTS TEEN CHOICE BOOK AWARD COMMITTEE 
ANNOUNCES FIRST LIST OF NOMINEES

Press Release 5/24/2022
MASSACHUSETTS TEEN CHOICE BOOK AWARD ANNOUNCES LOGO DESIGN CONTEST

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- MASSACHUSETTS (May 24, 2022) - Calling all teen artists and designers! The new Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award
is looking for Bay State teens to design a new logo! The logo must be original work and will be used on social media profile images as well as on marketing material and MTCBA website.
  • All applicants must be Massachusetts teens.
  • When creating the logo, keep in mind that it may be used in various sizes. Logo must be a JPG or PNG.
  • Logo must be a circle
  • Contest is open through August 12, 2022. Winner will be contacted in September.
  • Winning entrant will receive signed copies of MTCBA-nominated books
Please visit https://www.mateenchoicebook.org/logo-contest for details and entry form.  Questions? Contact MATeenChoiceBookAwards@gmail.com.

The Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award is a cooperative project between the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) and the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) with support from Salem State University. For more information on the award process, the selected titles and how to participate and vote, please visit
www.mateenchoicebook.org

Press Release March 27, 2022
MASSACHUSETTS - The newly-formed Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Committee announced its inaugural list of 21 nominee young adult (YA) books today at the statewide virtual Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) Conference.  This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their top new books.

The list of nominees has been curated by a committee of public librarians, school library media specialists and educators.  Teens are invited to read the titles during spring and summer and vote for their favorite books from September 1-23, 2022.   The top teen choices will be announced in October 2022 at the Massachusetts Library System’s Teen Summit.

“We were amazed to discover that the Bay State did not have an award that specifically offered teens the chance to vote for the titles they thought were the best new YA books. We modeled our award on the highly successful Massachusetts Children's Book Award and the neighboring Rhode Island Teen Book Award.  It is our hope that this will encourage the teens of our state to seek out and read some of the best new fiction, non-fiction and graphic novels published for their age group,” said Suzanne Larson, committee chair and high school library media specialist at Seekonk High School in Seekonk, MA.

The 2022 Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award Nominees are:

  • *Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
  • Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
  • Don't Ask Me Where I'm From by Jennifer De Leon
  • *Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown by Steve Sheinkin
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  • Flamer by Mike Curato
  • The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe
  • Heartstopper (Vol. 1) by Alice Oseman
  • In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
  • *The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
  • Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
  • *The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
  • Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
  • Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
  • *Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney
  • Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
  • *Snapdragon by Kat Leyh
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds  & Ibram X. Kendi
  • This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
  • *We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
  • *You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

*Indicates suitable for middle grade readers

The Massachusetts Teen Choice Book Award is a cooperative project between the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) and the Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) with support from Salem State University.   For more information on the award process, the selected titles and how to participate and vote, please visit www.mateenchoicebook.org

 Follow us at @MATeenBookAward on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok or on Facebook:  MA Teen Choice Book Awards
 
Email questions to:  mateenchoicebookawards@gmail.com
The Massachusetts School Library Association  works to ensure every school has a school library program that is fully integrated at all grade levels across the curriculum and has a significant and measurable impact on student achievement….Read more…..and Learn more about MSLA

Contact MSLA:
Emily Kristofek, Office Manager/Event Planner
P.O. Box 336. Wayland, MA 01778
ekristofek@maschoolibraries.org
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