Green Mountain Book Award

The Green Mountain Book Award (GMBA), initiated in 2005, is a reader's choice award for Vermont students in grades 9 - 12 created to honor excellence in young adult literature. The program is intended to encourage high schoolers to become enthusiastic and discriminating readers.

Green Mountain Book Award Committee Website

Find information about this year's nominees, related links, and teaching resources.

Green Mountain Book Award Policies

2025-2026 Award Year Information and Materials

NEW: 2025-2026 Green Mountain Book Award Nominee List

Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce
To the Bone by Alena Bruzas
Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho
The Wilderness of Girls by Madeline Claire Franklin
Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky by Josh Galarza
Ghost Roast by Shawnelle Gibbs & Shawneé Gibbs
A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds by Rebecca E Hirsch
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States by J. Albert Mann
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
What’s Eating Jackie Oh by Patricia Park
Darkly by Marisha Pessl
Night Owls by A.R. Vishny
Compound Fracture by Andrew J. White

2024-2025 Award Year Information and Materials

NEW: The Vermont Department of Libraries announces the award winning 2025 Vermont Youth Book Award titles selected by 17,244 Vermont youth:

The Red Clover Book Award, chosen by kindergarten to fourth-grade students, went to Who’s Afraid of the Light? by Anna McGregor.
The Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, selected by fourth to eighth graders, was awarded to Lasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'Shaughnessy.
The Green Mountain Book Award, chosen by high school students, was given to Where He Can't Find You by Darcy Coates.

The Vermont Youth Book Awards promote literacy and foster a love of reading and critical thinking skills among Vermont’s children and teens. Special thanks to the award committees, all who assist students in their reading and voting efforts, and, most of all, Vermont youth who are at the core of the awards. Read more about the winning titles and authors.

2025 Green Mountain Book Award Voting Spreadsheet
2025 Green Mountain Book Award Voting Charts (PDF)
2024-2025 Green Mountain Book Award Nominee List (PDF)
2024-2025 Green Mountain Book Award Committee Membership (PDF)
2024 Green Mountain Book Award Conference Videos
- Author K. J. Reilly discussed winner of the 2023-2024 Green Mountain Book Award, Four For The Road, her writing process, and her book Sixteen Minutes. From her moving and inspiring presentation: "Librarians are basically soldiers in a rebel army of community building superheros defending literacy, education, and intellectual freedom. And librarians change lives."
- Green Mountain Book Award committee members led an exploration into the award nomination list, highlighting innovative and fun ways to promote and engage book award participation in schools and libraries.