Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020-2021:

Primary

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman

Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

I Need a Hug by Aaron Blabey

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L. B. Deenihan

The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens

What Do They Do with All That Poo? by Jane Kurtz

Just Add Glitter by Angela DiTerlizzi

There Are No Bears in This Bakery by Julia Sarcone-Roach

Clackety Track: Poems About Trains by Skila Brown

Elementary

Avalanche! (Survivor Diaries) by Terry Lynn Johnson

Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord

Max & the Midknights by Lincoln Peirce

Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt

Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead

Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott

Thirty Minutes Over Oregon by Marc Tyler Nobleman

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

Song for A Whale by Lynne Kelly

Pipsqueaks, Slowpokes and Stinkers: Celebrating Animal Underdogs by Melissa Stewart

Middle School

New Kid by Jerry Craft

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (Adapted for

Young Readers) by Trevor Noah

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Deep Water by Watt Key

Breakout by Kate Messner

Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny & Injustice by Veronica Chambers

High School

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu

Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi

Dry by Neal Shusterman

Everless by Sara Holland

Heroine by Mindy McGinnis

The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone

Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda