Because reading is the gateway to knowledge and lifelong learning, because the teen years are the gateway to adulthood, and because Missouri was the Gateway to the West, the Gateway Readers Award is for authors of books chosen by high school students in Missouri.
2020-2021 Gateway Nominees
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
After The Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
Camp Valor by Scott McEwen and Hof Williams
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Flight Season by Marie Marquardt
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe by Preston Norton
Someone I Used to Know by Patty Blount
The Book Of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett
After The Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
Camp Valor by Scott McEwen and Hof Williams
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Dry by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman
Flight Season by Marie Marquardt
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka
Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
Neanderthal Opens The Door To The Universe by Preston Norton
Someone I Used to Know by Patty Blount
The Book Of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Unfortunates by Kim Liggett