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Minnesota Youth Reading Awards

2026 Maud Hart Lovelace (MHL) Award Nominees

Our selection committee is happy to announce the nominees for Division I and Division II of the Maud Hart Lovelace Award. To learn how our committee selects titles, please visit our main MHL page.

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2026 MHL Division I Nominees

  • Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? Leslie Connor
  • Honestly Elliot Gillian McDunn
  • Just Keep Walking Erin Soderberg Downing
  • Just Right Jillian Nicole D. Collier
  • Legends of Lotus Island: The Guardian Test Christina Soontervat, ill. Kevin Hong
  • Lost Library Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
  • The Unforgettable Logan Foster Shawn Peters
  • Wayward Creatures Dayna Lorentz
  • Hoops Matt Tavares
  • A Royal Conundrum Lisa Yee & Dan Santat


2026 MHL Division II Nominees

  • Hoops Matt Tavares
  • A Royal Conundrum Lisa Yee & Dan Santat
  • The Fort Gordon Korman
  • And then BOOM Lisa Fipps
  • Mexikid Pedro Martin
  • What Happened to Rachel Riley? Claire Swinarski
  • Not Nothing Gayle Forman
  • Louder Than Hunger John Schu
  • Meet Me Halfway Anika Fajardo
  • The Labors of Hercules Beal Gary D. Schmidt


The nominee lists are not intended to be an automatic recommendation of the books. Since selection policies vary, please apply your specific selection criteria to each title and purchase those titles that best meet the needs of your library or school.

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