The Black Eyed Susan Committee of the Maryland Association of School Librarians nominees for 2023-2024
PICTURE BOOK
Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
Everywhere with You by Carlie Sorosiak, illustrated by Devon Holzwarth
Finding Fire by Logan S. Kline
Home by Tonya Lippert, illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier
Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste, illustrated by Amber Ren
Lunch From Home by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Jing Li
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang and Huynh Kim Lien
There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers
XO, Exoplanet by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Jorge Lacera
GRADES 3-5
Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? by Leslie Connor
Chester Keene Cracks the Code by Kakla Magoon
Cookies & Milk by Shawn Amos, illustrated by Robert Paul
Honestly Elliott by Gillian McDunn
How to Win a Slime Ear by Mae Respicio
Just Right Jillian by Nicle D. Collier
Maizy Chen's Last Chance by Lisa Yee
The Natural Genius of Ants by Betty Culley
Odder by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso
Once Upon a Tim by Stuart Gibb, illustrated by Stacy Curtis
GRAPHIC NOVELS: GRADES 3-5
Garlic & the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Stephanie Yue
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Trang Nguyen, illustrated by Jeet Zdung
The Secret Garden of 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir, illustrated by Amber Padilla
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn, illustrated by Meredith Laxton
Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria grace Elliott
GRADES 6-8
Attack of the Black Rectangles by A.S. King
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander
Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Violets Are Blue by Barbara Dee
When the World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
GRAPHIC NOVELS: GRADES 6-8
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Book 1 by Kanehito Yamada, illustrated by Tsukasa Abe
Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega, illustrated by Rose Bousamra
Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein
Isla to Island by Alexis Castellanos
Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case
M is for Monster by Talia Dutton
Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment
The Well by Jake Wyatt, illustrated by Choo
HIGH SCHOOL
The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson
Call Me Athena: Girl From Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao
