diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0f175579..820ae787 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5602,6 +5602,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-test",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "state_reader"
+version = "0.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c7530e3b..d4433c25 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/mempool_test_utils",
     "crates/mempool_types",
     "crates/starknet_sierra_compile",
+    "crates/state_reader",
     "crates/task_executor",
     "crates/tests-integration",
 ]
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ indexmap = "2.1.0"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 mockall = "0.12.1"
-mockito =  "1.4.0"
+mockito = "1.4.0"
 num-bigint = { version = "0.4.5", default-features = false }
 num-traits = "0.2"
 # TODO(YaelD, 28/5/2024): The special Papyrus version is needed in order to be aligned with the
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml b/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04bd5069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/state_reader/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "state_reader"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs b/crates/state_reader/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b