State Lists for Other Words for Home

Other Words for Home has been recognized on 47 state lists. The current year's lists also include a link to the list on TeachingBooks. See also the Awards & Distinctions for this title.

New South Wales

  • New South Wales Premier’s Reading Challenge, 2022, 5-6

Victoria

  • Victoria Premier’s Reading Challenge, 2022, Years 7-8

Alberta

  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6

British Columbia

  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6

Alaska

  • Battle of the Books, 2023-2024, Middle School
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6

California

  • CDE Recommended List 2022
  • CDE Recommended List 2022, Grades 3-5
  • California Young Reader Medal, 2021-2022, Intermediate Division, Grades 3-6

Connecticut

  • Nutmeg Book Award, 2024, Middle School List, for Grades 7-8

District of Columbia

  • Capitol Choices, 2020, Ages 10-14

Idaho

  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6

Illinois

  • Bluestem Award, 2022, for Grades 3-5
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2022, for Grades 4-8

Indiana

Iowa

  • Iowa Middle School Battle of the Books, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8
  • Iowa Teen Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-9

Kansas

  • William Allen White Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8

Louisiana

  • Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, 2022, Grades 6-8

Maine

  • Maine Student Book Award, 2020-2021

Massachusetts

  • Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2021-2022, Grades 4-6

Michigan

  • Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2020-2021, Grades 6-8
  • MISelf in Books, 2020, Middle School

Minnesota

  • Maud Hart Lovelace Award, 2022, Division II, Grades 6-8

Missouri

  • Truman Readers Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8

Montana

  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6

New Hampshire

  • Great Stone Face Book Award, 2020-2021, Grades 4-6

New Jersey

  • Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2022 -- Fiction
  • Garden State Teen Book Awards, 2021 -- Fiction for Grades 6-8

North Carolina

  • NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books, 2020-2021, Grades 6-8
  • NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books, 2023-2024, Grades 6-8

North Dakota

  • Flicker Tale Children's Book Award, 2021 -- Middle Readers

Ohio

  • Choose to Read Ohio, 2021 & 2022

Oklahoma

  • Sequoyah Book Awards, 2021 - Intermediate, for Grades 6-8

Oregon

  • Oregon Battle of the Books, 2023-2024, Grades 6-8
  • Oregon Reader's Choice Award, 2022 -- Middle School Division, Grades 6-8

Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island Middle School Book Award, 2021, for Grades 6-8

South Carolina

  • Junior Book Award, 2021-2022, Grades 6-8

Texas

  • Lone Star Reading List, 2020, for Grades 6-8

Utah

  • Beehive Award, 2021, Children's Fiction, Grades 3-6

Vermont

  • Vermont Middle-Grade Children's Book Award, 2020-2021, Grades 4-8

Virginia

  • VA Reads, 2020-2021, Middle Grade
  • Virginia Readers' Choice, 2021-2022, Middle School, Grades 6-8

Washington

  • Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award, 2022, Junior Division, for Grades 4-6
  • Sasquatch Reading Award, 2022, Grades 3-6