Check out the finalists for the 2018 Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards!

5TH - 6TH GRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

DISASTER DIARIES: Spiders! by R. McGeddon

FINDING MIGHTY by Sheela Chari

THE LOSERS CLUB by Andrew Clements

MALALA by Raphaelle Frier

THIS IS JUST A TEST by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

TEEN BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO HATE ME edited by Amerlie

CARAVAL by Stephanie Garber

THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas

LONG WAY DOWN, by Jason Reynolds

TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by John Green

The children’s award finalists were chosen in pre-voting by thousands of children from different regions of the U.S., with supervision by the International Literacy Association. Teens nominated their favorite books of the year at TeenReads.com, and their top picks are the Teen Choice Book Award finalists. Voting for the awards will be open online at EveryChildaReader.net/vote from March 1 - May 6, 2018. Teachers, librarians, and booksellers can also collect group or classroom votes to enter online. The winning authors and illustrators will be announced on May 30 at a special ceremony at BookExpo.

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