Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Nominees – 2021-2022
| Author Last Name | Author First Name | Book Title |
|---|---|---|
| Blake | Ashley Herring | Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World |
| Brown | Peter | The Wild Robot (Book 1) |
| Calejo | Ryan | Charlie Hernandez and the League of Shadows (Book 1) |
| Cartaya | Pablo | Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish |
| Cervantes | J.C. | The Storm Runner (Book 1) |
| Clarke | Cat | The Pants Project |
| Getten | Kereen | When Life Gives You Mangos |
| Greenland | Sharon | Scouts |
| Hudson | Wade and Cheryl Willis | The Talk : Conversations about Race, Love & Truth |
| Jackson | Tom Jackson and Cristina Guitian | What's the Issue: Climate Change (Book 3) |
| Jameison | Victoria Jameison and Omar Mohamed | When the Stars Scattered |
| Khan | Hena | Zayd Saleem Chasing the Dream: Power Forward; On Point: Bounce Back |
| LaMotte | Lily | Measuring Up |
| Lin | Cindy | The Twelve |
| Medina | Meg | Merci Suarez Changes Gears |
| Meriano | Ann | Love, Sugar, Magic: A Dash of Trouble ( Book 1) |
| Ostertag | Molly Knox | The Witch Boy |
| Paquette | Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson | Two Truths and a Lie: Its Alive |
| Patterson | James Patterson and Kwame Alexander | Becoming Muhammad AliJames |
| Ponti | James | City Spies |
| Rodkey | Geoff | We're Not From Here |
| Sloan | Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer | To: Night Owl From: Dogfish |
| Stone | Nic | Clean Getaway |
| Warga | Jasmine | Other Words for Home |
| Weeks and Varadarajan | Save Me a Seat | |
| Massachusetts Children's Book Award honors books that promote reading for pleasure among students in grades four through six. The Massachusetts Children's Book Award is sponsored by Salem State University |