Happy Sunday! We're sharing our own cover art for the next 3 titles on our list of 2026 nominees. Can you figure out what books they are for based on these clues?
Drop your guesses in the comments and check back on April 3rd to see if you were correct!
#MTCBA #IReadYA #YABooks #TeenReads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
We’re kicking off our MTCBA nominee reveals with a twist…
Instead of giving anything away, we created very questionable, highly suspicious, and honestly impressively terrible drawings to hint at each book. Will you crack the code… or will our art completely throw you off? #MTCBA #yabooks #teenreads
Revisit the summer by spending some time at Fogridge Sleepaway Camp in WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE by Erin Baldwin.
#MTCBA #wishyouwerenthere #erinbaldwin #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Meet Rhi and “The Wild Girls of Happy Valley” in the penultimate book on our list of 2025 nominees, THE WILDERNESS OF GIRLS by Madeline Claire Franklin.
#MTCBA #thewildernessofgirls #madelineclairefranklin #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
his elite boarding school is hiding some major secrets, find out what they are in WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.
#MTCBA #wheresleepinggirlslie #faridahàbíkéíyímídé #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Meet the best dog ever, the one and only, Denzel Jeremy Washington in TWENTY-FOUR SECONDS FROM NOW by Jason Reynolds.
#MTCBA #twentyfoursecondsfromnow #jasonreynolds #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Jessica Mathers crash landed onto a planet that should be populated with people who left before her, but there's no one there. Find out what happened in STAR SPLITTER by Matthew Kirby.
#MTCBA #starsplitter #matthewkirby #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Find out how Harry Houdini spent time debunking spiritualists in SPIRIT SLEUTHS by Gail Jarrow. @gailjarrow.bsky.social
#MTCBA #spiritsleuths #gailjarrow #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Music can be a powerful form of activism, find out how in RED by Annie Cardi. @anniecardi.bsky.social
#MTCBA #red #anniecardi #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
If you enjoy true crime documentaries, check out THE REAPPEARANCE OF RACHEL PRICE by Holly Jackson.
#MTCBA #thereappearanceofrachelprice #hollyjackson #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
If your boyfriend won't let you join their tabletop roleplaying game, maybe you should find your own group to play with. Which is exactly what Hollis Beckwith is trying to do in THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE by @bycrandall.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thenogirlfriendrule #ireadya #yabooks #teenreads
Join Neesha and Gabby as they search for the missing volumes of NAVIGATOR NOZOMI in NAVIGATING WITH YOU by Jeremy Whitley illustrated by Cassio Ribeiro. @jeremywhitley.bsky.social
#MTCBA #navigatingwithyou #jeremywhitley #cassioribeiro #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Mara just wants to make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation, but when teens start to go missing, uncovering the truth becomes more important in LOOKING FOR SMOKE by K.A. Cobell.
#MTCBA #lookingforsmoke #kacobell #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Revenge doesn't always go as planned... and social media goes viral... find out what happens in THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE by Matthew Hubbard. @matthewhubbard.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thelastboyfriendsrulesforrevenge #matthewhubbard #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
If ghosts and toxic relationships are your thing, check out I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU by Kara A. Kennedy. @karaaislinn.bsky.social
#MTCBA #iwillneverleaveyou #karaakennedy #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
If you like your fiction to have some fact in them, Heera's story is inspired by actual events. Find out what happens in I KICK AND I FLY by Ruchira Gupta.
#MTCBA #ikickandifly #ruchiragupta #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Readers can meet Brett and Kid Condor in THE GREAT COOL RANCH DORITO IN THE SKY by Josh Galarza. @joshgalarza.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thegreatcoolranchdoritointhesky #joshgalarza #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
This isn't exactly the King Arthur story you've been told before, check out Gwen and Art in GWEN & ART ARE NOT IN LOVE by Lex Croucher. @lexcroucher.bsky.social
#MTCBA #gwenandartarenotinlove #lexcroucher #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Next up is Iggy and the ghost of his grandfather in CALL ME IGGY, by Jorge Aguirre illustrated by Rafael Rosado. @jorgeagu.bsky.social
#MTCBA #callmeiggy #jorgeaguirre #rafaelrosado #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Jumping from American history to WWII and the code breakers of Bletchley, we've got the first line to Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin's novel, THE BLETCHLEY RIDDLE!
@rutasepetys.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thebletchleyriddle #rutasepetys #stevesheinkin #ireadya #massteenchoicebookawards #yabooks #teenreads
Now that voting has opened, we want to spend the next few weeks sharing the opening line of each of this year's nominated titles. Maybe they'll help you pick the one you want to vote for!
We're kicking things off with AISLE NINE by Ian X. Cho. #MTCBA #aislenine #ianxcho #BookSky
Don't forget that voting opens on Monday! Massachusetts teens in grades 7-12 will be able to vote for their favorite book on our list, who do you think will win?
Librarians, you will be able to access posters and voting logs on our website that you can print out to use in your library.
#MTCBA
Readers are definitely going to wish they could spend a summer attending Fogridge Sleepaway Camp like Juliette and Priya after reading this last book on our list of 2025 nominees, WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE by Erin Baldwin @erinbwrites.bsky.social #YAReads #BookSky #MTCBA
Can you believe it? Voting opens in ONE week! Massachusetts teens in grades 7-12, make sure to check back on Monday for the link to vote online! Librarians, you will be able to access posters and voting logs on our website that you can print out to use in your library. #MTCBA #BookSky #YAReads
