1. Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Awards
High School
Nominated Books

3. Gutless by Carl Deuker
"With both good speed and good hands, wide receiver Brock Ripley should be a natural for the varsity team, but he shies from physical contact. When his issues get him cut from varsity, he also loses his friendship with star quarterback Hunter Gates. Now a target for bullying, Brock struggles to overcome his fears and discover that, in his own way, he is brave enough."

4. Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin
"The first book in a duology about an alternate version of 1956 where the Axis powers won WWII, and hold an annual motorcycle race across their conjoined continents to commemorate their victory."

5. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
"Lady Jane Grey, sixteen, is about to be married to a total stranger--and caught up in an insidious plot to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But that's the least ofJane's problems. She's about to become Queen of England. Like that could go wrong."

6. March by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.

7. The Safest Lies by Megan Miranda
"When Kelsey's agoraphobic mother disappears after years of claiming the kidnappers she escaped from were coming back for her, Kelsey quickly discovers that her mother isn't who she thought she was -- and she's not the abductor's only target."

8. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Agoraphobic sixteen-year-old Solomon has not left his house in three years, but Lisa is determined to change that--and to write a scholarship-winning essay based on the results.

9. The Steep & Thorny Way by Cat Winters
"A sixteen-year-old biracial girl in rural Oregon in the 1920s searches for the truth about her father's death while avoiding trouble from the Ku Klux Klan in this YA historical novel inspired by Shakespeare's 'Hamlet.‘

10. The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
"Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them."

11. The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
The son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Forrestville, Tennessee without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self.

12. Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award Nominees

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