Each year the South Carolina Association of School Librarians creates the book lists for the South Carolina Book Award nominees.
The purposes of the South Carolina book awards are to encourage students to read good quality contemporary literature and to honor the authors of the books annually chosen the favorites by student vote.
Copied from the South Carolina Association of School Librarians (SCASL) website
Because by Mo Willems
The Boy Who Grew A Forest by Sophia Golz
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
A Crazy Much Love by Joy Jordan-Lake
Equality's Call by Deborah Diesen
The Happy Book and Other Feelings by Andy Rash