Truman Award Books

• Across the Desert by Dusti Bowling

• Aftermath by Emily Barth Isler

• Alone by Megan E. Freeman

• Amari & the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston

• Carry Me Home by Janet S. Fox

• Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

• Eyes of the Forest by April Henry

• Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

• Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt

• Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen

• The Shadow Prince by David Anthony Durham

• Starfish by Lisa Fipps

These 12 books are in the running for the 2023-24 Truman Award, an award given by the Missouri Association of School Librarians.  YOU can help decide which author receives the award!  All you have to do is read 4 of the nominated books and then in March 2023 place your vote.   But WAIT, there's more!   The FMS library wants to reward you for reading!  If you read 8 of the Truman books by the deadline, you will receive a king sized candy bar of your choice.   If you read all 12 books, you'll be entered into a drawing for an Amazon gift card!