Last year, teens across Arkansas voted I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall as the winner of the Level 1 (Grades 7-9) Arkansas Teen Book Award.  The Cruel Prince by Holly Black was the runner-up.  The Level 2 winner (Grades 10-12) was Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson, and the runner-up was On the Come Up by Angie Thomas.  Voting opened for the 2020-2021 nominees on September 25, 2020 and will run through August 31, 2021.  Any Arkansas teen can vote for Level 1, Level 2, or both!

For more information or to nominate a book for a future list, click here.  

Level 1 Nominees

Becoming RBG by Debbie Levy and Whitney Gardner 

Two Can Keep A Secret by Karen M. McManus

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Phillippe

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Level 2 Nominees

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Killing November by Adriana Mather