Virginia Readers' Choice Middle School 2025-2026

Nominees for Virginia Readers' Choice awards for the 2025-2026 school year.

Updated April 24, 2025
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
Day, Nicholas.
Paper Book
"The tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!"--Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor-winning author of Bomb The true story of how Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece became the most famous painting in the world after being stolen from the...
A perfect mistake
Conklin, Melanie
Paper Book
A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectations, for fans of Rebecca Stead and Erin Entrada Kelly.   Max wishes he could go back in time to before he was diagnosed with ADHD, before he grew to be the...
SOMETHING LIKE HOME
Arango, Andrea Beatriz
Paper Book
The Pura Belpré Honor winning novel in verse, in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only for them to find family in each other along the way. From the Newbery Honor winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. "Trust me: this book will touch...
The fire, the water, and Maudie McGinn
Pla, Sally J.
Paper Book
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What happened to Rachel Riley?
Swinarski, Claire
Paper Book
Featured title at school & library conferences and preview events (virtual and in-person)  Featured title on HarperStacks, the school & library marketing digital hub  State and national award mailing 

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