Mass Teen Choice Book Award

Created by Stacy Kitsis, AHS Librarian. Last updated: September 11, 2026.

The list of nominees was curated by a committee of public librarians, school library teachers, and other educators. Each book must meet the requirements for eligibility. These are:

1. The book must be of interest to teens in grades 7 through 12.

2. The book must be published within two years of the creation of the nominated book list.

3. The primary consideration of book selection should be quality, but level of young adult interest should also be considered. Only titles published with young adults being the primary audience shall be considered.

4. There are no restrictions based on the home state or country of the author or whether the author is still living.

5. Sequels are ineligible for nomination.

Directions

Find the classmates who read the same MTCBA book you read*
Talk among yourselves (did you like the book, why or why not, etc)
Make a digital poster for your book's MTCBA campaign (see below for your deck and slide number)
Present your nominee to the class in a one-minute "for your consideration" pitch
Vote for the MTCBA book you think should win

*If you are the only person who read your book find other people who don't have a group and chat together

Digital Poster & Pitch

Your pitch should be about one minute long
You'll want to include some kind of spoiler-free summary or description of the book and what makes it good/worthy of the MTCBA or not
You may include the book cover on your digital poster but that should not be the ONLY thing (consider other images that evoke a mood or hint at the content of the book) (some limited text is also okay) (creativity is encouraged)

Digital Poster Decks

Choose the correct deck for your teacher and period:

Digital Poster Slide Assignments

Use the slide number that matches your book:

All the Noise at Once by Deandra Davis
Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel
Breathing Underwater by Abbey Lee Nash
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming
Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid
Heir of Storms by Lauryn Hamilton Murray
If We Were a Movie by Zakiya N. Jamal
Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru
Joined at the Joints by Marissa Eller
Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Spacewalking With You Vol. 1 by Inuhiko Doronoda
The Thrashers by Julie Soto
This Thing of Ours by Frederick Joseph
Truth Is by Hannah Sawyerr
Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
A World Without Summer by Nicholas Day

Vote for a Winner

Vote for your top choice(s) here:

Mass Teen Choice Book Award 2026 Ballot (Arlington High School)

Ms. Kitsis will submit our total votes to the MTCBA committee.

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