Mass Teen Choice Book Award

Created by Stacy Kitsis, AHS Librarian. Last updated: September 15, 2025.

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:

Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel Aberg-Riger
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Call Me Iggy by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado (Animator)
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
HappyHead by Josh Silver
I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta
I Will Never Leave You by Kara A. Kennedy
The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard
Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell
Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley
The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson
Red: A Novel by Annie Cardi
Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes by Gail Jarrow
Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now: A LOVE Story by Jason Reynolds
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin
Wish You Weren't Here by Erin Baldwin

Vote for a Winner

Vote for your top choice(s) here:

Mass Teen Choice Book Award 2025 Ballot (Arlington High School)

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

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