The Mark Twain Readers Award is given annually to a book for children in grades four through six.

Winner

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien

Nominations

The King's Fountain by Lloyd Alexander

Goody Hall by Natalie Babbitt

Feldman Fieldmouse by Nathaniel Benchley

Joseph, The Dreamer by Clyde Robert Bulla

A Room Made of Windows by Eleanor Cameron

The Spider, The Cave and the Pottery Bowl by Eleanor Clymer

Jingo Django by Sid Fleischman

All Upon a Stone by Jean Craighead George

The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton

The Trees Stand Shining by Hettie Jones

The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

Kate by Jean Little

Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles

The Vicksburg Veteran by F. N. Monjo

Deep Trouble by Walt Morey

The Almost Year by Florence Randall

The Bear's House by Marilyn Sachs

The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Snyder

By the Highway Home by Mary Stolz

Chipmunks on the Doorstep by Edwin Tunis

References

Mark Twain Awards

1972–1973 Mark Twain Awards