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The Mark Twain Award

The Mark Twain Award

The Mark Twain Readers Award, also known simply as the Mark Twain Award, is an award given annually to a book for children in grades four through six by the Missouri Association of School Librarians (MASL). Students in grades four through six in Missouri schools can vote for their favorite book from an annual list of nominees. To be eligible to vote, a student must read at least four of the twelve nominees.

At WIS, students who read at least four of the books on the list will have a pizza party on their voting day. If a student elects to read all twelve books on the list, he or she will receive two free books from the Spring Book Fair. All students will have a chance to win a grand prize of a tablet along with several other noteworthy prizes!

The 1970 Newbery Medal winning book Sounder, by William H. Armstrong, was the inaugural winner of the award in 1972.

2018-2019 Mark Twain WINNER!

Framed by James Ponti

Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series.

So you’re only halfway through your homework and the Director of the FBI keeps texting you for help…

What do you do? Save your grade? Or save the country?

If you’re Florian Bates, you figure out a way to do both.

Florian is twelve years old and has just moved to Washington. He’s learning his way around using TOAST, which stands for the Theory of All Small Things. It’s a technique he invented to solve life’s little mysteries such as: where to sit on the on the first day of school, or which Chinese restaurant has the best egg rolls.

But when he teaches it to his new friend Margaret, they uncover a mystery that isn’t little. In fact, it’s HUGE, and it involves the National Gallery, the FBI, and a notorious crime syndicate known as EEL.

Can Florian decipher the clues and finish his homework in time to help the FBI solve the case?