Louisiana Readers' Choice Award Winners
2021-2022
3-5th Grade
Winner: The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) written by Natascha Biebow, illustrated by Steven Salerno
Honor: Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team (HarperCollins Children's Books) written by Susan Hood and Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
6-8th Grade
Winner: New Kid (Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins) written and illustrated by Jerry Craft
Honor: Maybe He Just Likes You (Aladdin, Simon & Schuster) written by Barbara Dee
9-12th Grade
Winner: Two Can Keep a Secret (Delacorte Press, Penguin Random House) written by Karen M. McManus
Honor: With the Fire on High (Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins) written by Elizabeth Acevedo
2020-2021 Grades 3-5
Winner: Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo by Thane Maynard
Honor: Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
2020-2021 Grades 6-8
Winner: Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
Honor: City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
2020-2021 Grades 9-12
Winner: The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Honor: The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston
2019-2020 Grades 3-5
Winner: Imagine That!: How Dr. Seuss Wrote The Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Honor: Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gordon C. James
2019-2020 Grades 6-8
Winner: Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
Honor: Refugee by Alan Gratz
2019-2020 Grades 9-12
Winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Honor: One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
2018-2019 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
Honor: Wish by Barbara O'Connor
2018-2019 Grades 6-8
Winner: Ghosts by Raina Telgmeier
Honor: Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
2018-2019 Grades 9-12
Winner: Aging Out by Alton Carter (tie)
Winner: Scythe by Neal Shusterman (tie)
Honor: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
2017-2018 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John, illustrated by Kevin Cornell
Honor: Elle's Story by W. Bruce Cameron
2017-2018 Grades 6-8
Winner: Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Honor: Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman
2017-2018 Grades 9-12
Winner: Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Honor: All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
2016-2017 Grades 3-5
Winner: Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate, illus. by G. Brian Karas
Honor: I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters by Lauren Tarshis
2016-2017 Grades 6-8
Winner: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Honor: Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Lamana
2016-2017 Grades 9-12
Winner: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Honor: Don't Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski
2015-2016 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Mischievians by William Joyce
Honor: Hoop Genius by John Coy and Joe Morse
2015-2016 Grades 6-8
Winner: Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C. Mack
Honor: Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner
2015-2016 Grades 9-12
Winner: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancy
Honor: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
2014-2015 Grades 3-5
Winner: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Honor: Bully by Patricia Polacco
2014-2015 Grades 6-8
Winner: False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Honor: Buddy by M.H. Herlong
2014-2015 Grades 9-12
Winner: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Honor: The Selection by Kiera Cass
2013-2014 Grades 3-5
Winner: Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits
Honor: The Incredible Life of Balto by Meghan McCarthy
2013-2014 Grades 6-8
Winner: Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Honor: The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
2013-2014 Grades 9-12
Winner: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Honor: Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake
2012-2013 Grades 3-5
Winner: Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas
Honor: The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
2012-2013 Grades 6-8
Winner: Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Honor: The Limit by Kristen Landon
2012-2013 Grades 9-12
Winner: Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
Honor: Matched by Ally Condie
2011-2012 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Dunderheads by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by David Roberts
Honor: Little Sister Is Not My Name by Sharon Draper
2011-2012 Grades 6-8
Winner: 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Honor: Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn
2011-2012 Grades 9-12 (inaugural year of the Louisiana Teen Readers' Choice Award)
Winner: Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Honor: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
2010-2011 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Two Bobbies bt Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery, illustrated by Jean Cassels
Honor: Molly the Pony: A True Story by Pam Kaster
2010-2011 Grades 6-8
Winner: Found: The Missing Series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Honor: Boys Are Dogs by Leslie Margolis
2009-2010 Grades 3-5
Winner: Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Honor: The Lemonade Club by Patricia Polacco
2009-2010 Grades 6-8
Winner: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Honor: Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn
2008-2009 Grades 3-5
Winner: The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
Honor: Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare by Patricia Polacco
2008-2009 Grades 6-8
Winner: Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita
Honor: Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
2007-2008 Grades 3-5
Winner: Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O'Malley
Honor: Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
2007-2008 Grades 6-8
Winner: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Honor: Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade by Denise Vega
2006-2007 Grades 3-5
Winner: Gator Gumbo: A Spicy Hot Tale by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Sally Ann Lambert
Honor: The Champ: The Story of Muhammed Ali by Tonya Bolden, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
2006-2007 Grades 6-8
Winner: So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Honor: Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
2005-2006 Grades 3-5
Winner: Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet, illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf
Honor: Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughn, illustrated by Derek Blanks
2005-2006 Grades 6-8
Winner: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz
Honor: The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
2004-2005 Grades 3-5
Winner: Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague
Honor: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi
2004-2005 Grades 6-8 (inaugural year of the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8)
Winner: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Honor: Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris
2003-2004 Grades 3-5
Winner: Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell
Honor: The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Earl Lewis
2002-2003 Grades 3-5
Winner: My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers
Honor: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
2001-2002 Grades 3-5
Winner: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Honor: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
2000-2001 Grades 3-5
Winner: Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Honor: Feliciana Meets d'Loup Garou: A Cajun Tall Tale by Tynia Thomassie
1999-2000 Grades 3-5 (inaugural year of the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 3-5)
Winner: Verdi by Janell Cannon
Honor: Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler, illustrated by Terry Widener
20222-2023
Grades 3-5:
• All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
written by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali (Sourcebooks Explore, Sourcebooks)
• The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story written by Aya Khalil, illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan
(Tilbury House Publishers, W.W. Norton)
• The Best of Iggy written by Annie Barrows, illustrated by Sam Ricks (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books
for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• The Boy Who Grew Dragons written by Andy Shepherd (little bee books, Simon & Schuster)
• Claude: The True Story of a White Alligator written by Emma Bland Smith, illustrated by Jennifer
M. Potter (Little Bigfoot, Penguin Random House)
• Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist written by Linda
Skeers, illustrated by Marta Álvarez Miguéns (Sourcebooks Explore, Sourcebooks)
• The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton, illustrated by David Mottram (Atheneum Books for Young
Readers, Simon & Schuster)
• Hello Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers written and illustrated by Matthew
Cordell (Neal Porter Books, Penguin Random House)
• The Messy Life of Blue written by Shawna Railey (little bee books, Simon & Schuster)
• Midnight at the Barclay Hotel written by Fleur Bradley, illustrated by Xavier Bonet (Viking Books
for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine written by Linda Elovitz Marshall,
illustrated by Lisa Anchin (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb written by Veronica Chambers, illustrated by Rachelle Baker (Dial
Books, Penguin Random House)
• The Silver Arrow written by Lev Grossman (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hachette)
• Swish!: The Slam-Dunking, Alley-Ooping, High-Flying Harlem Globetrotters written by Suzanne
Slade, illustrated by Don Tate (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Hachette)
• This Way, Charlie written by Caron Lewis, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Abrams Books for
Young Readers, Abrams)
Grades 6-8:
• 96 Miles written by J.L. Esplin (Starscape, Macmillan)
• Bloom written by Kenneth Oppel (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House)
• City Spies written by James Ponti (Aladdin, Simon & Schuster)
• Clean Getaway written by Nic Stone, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile (Crown Books for Young
Readers, Penguin Random House)
• Danny Constantino’s First (and Maybe Last?) Date written by Paul Acampora (HarperCollins)
• Dress Coded written by Carrie Firestone (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Penguin
Random House)
• From the Desk of Zoe Washington written by Janae Marks (Katherine Tegen Books,
HarperCollins)
• Twins written by Varian Johnson, illustrated by Shannon Wright (Graphix, Scholastic)
• When Life Gives You Mangos written by Kereen Getten (Delacorte Press, Penguin Random
House)
• When Stars Are Scattered written by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, illustrated by
Victoria Jamieson and Iman Geddy (Dial Books, Penguin Random House)
• Wink written and illustrated by Rob Harrell (Dial Books, Penguin Random House)
• A Wish in the Dark written by Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick, Candlewick Press)
Grades 9-12 (Teen):
• Almost American Girl written and illustrated by Robin Ha (Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins)
• Deeplight written by Frances Hardinge (Harry N. Abrams, Abrams)
• Felix Ever After written by Kacen Callender (Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins)
• Here the Whole Time written by Vitor Martins (Scholastic Press, Scholastic)
• I’ll Be the One written by Lyla Lee (Katherine Tegen Books, HarperCollins)
• The Light in Hidden Places written by Sharon Cameron (Scholastic Press, Scholastic)
• Not So Pure and Simple written by Lamar Giles (Quill Tree Books, HarperCollins)
• Punching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam (Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins)
• This Is My America written by Kim Johnson (Random House Books for Young Readers, Penguin
Random House)
• This Train Is Being Held written by Ismée Williams (Harry N. Abrams, Abrams)
2021-2022
Grades 3-5:
Because of the Rabbit written by Cynthia Lord (Scholastic)
Carter Reads the Newspaper written by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Don Tate (Peachtree Publishing)
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons written by Natascha Biebow, illustrated by Steven Salerno (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Friendship War written by Andrew Clements (Penguin Random House)
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary written by Vicki Conrad, illustrated by David Hohn (Penguin Random House)
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet written by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Teresa Martínez (Penguin Random House)
Martin and Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg (Lerner Publishing)
Max and the Midknights written and illustrated by Lincoln Peirce (Penguin Random House)
Operation Frog Effect written by Sarah Scheerger (Penguin Random House)
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden written by Heather Smith, illustrated by Rachel Wada (Orca Book Publishers)
Spark written by Sarah Beth Durst (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Stargazing written and illustrated by Jen Wang (Macmillan)
Stay written by Bobbie Pyron (HarperCollins)
Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team written by Susan Hood and Pathana Sornhiran, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk (HarperCollins)
Tito the Bonecrusher written by Melissa Thomson (Macmillan)
Grades 6-8:
All the Greys on Greene Street written Laura Tucker (Penguin Random House)
The Dark Lord Clementine written by Sarah Jean Horwitz (Algonquin Books)
Genesis Begins Again written by Alicia D. Williams (Simon & Schuster)
Maybe He Just Likes You written by Barbara Dee (Simon & Schuster)
New Kid written and illustrated by Jerry Craft (HarperCollins)
The Next Great Paulie Fink written by Ali Benjamin (Hachette)
The Okay Witch written and illustrated by Emma Steinkellner (Simon & Schuster)
Other Words for Home written by Jasmine Warga (HarperCollins)
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise written by Dan Gemeinhart (Macmillan)
Storm Blown written by Nick Courage (Penguin Random House)
The Strangers written by Margaret Peterson Haddix (HarperCollins)
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky written by Kwame Mbalia (Disney)
Grades 9-12 (Teen):
The Downstairs Girl written by Stacey Lee (Penguin Random House)
Hot Dog Girl written by Jennifer Dugan (Penguin Random House)
Ordinary Hazards written by Nikki Grimes (Penguin Random House)
Patron Saints of Nothing written by Randy Ribay (Penguin Random House)
SLAY written by Brittney Morris (Simon & Schuster)
Sorcery of Thorns written by Margaret Rogerson (Simon & Schuster)
They Called Us Enemy written by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott; illustrated by Harmony Becker (IDW Publishing)
Two Can Keep a Secret written by Karen M. McManus (Penguin Random House)
With the Fire on High written by Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperCollins)
XL written by Scott Brown (Penguin Random House)
2020-2021
Grades 3-5
All That Trash: The Story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and Our Problem with Stuff by Meghan McCarthy
The Art of the Swap by Kristine Asselin and Jen Malone
Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery by Sandra Neil Wallace, illustrated by Bryan Collier
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!) by Barry Wittenstein, illustrated by Chris Hsu
Charlie and Frog by Karen Kane
Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
Dear Sister by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Joe Bluhm
Fly to the Rescue by Megan E. Bryant
Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by John Holyfield
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein, illustrated by Beverly Johnson
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
The Phantom Tower by Keir Graff
Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Baby Hippo by Thane Maynard
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen by Candace Fleming, illustrated by Eric Rohmann
2020-2021
Grades 6-8
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden
Boy Bites Bug Rebecca Petruck
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Game Changer by Tommy Greenwald
Love Like Sky by Leslie C. Youngblood
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
So Done by Paula Chase
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes
Tight by Torrey Maldonado
2020-2021
Grades 9-12
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Dry by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The Lying Woods by Ashley Elston
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Price of Duty by Todd Strasser
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
2019-2020
Grades 3-5
Army Brats by Daphne Benedis-Grab
Balderdash: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
A Boy Called Bat (#1) by Elana K. Arnold, illustrated by Charles Santoso
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick Barnes
Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code by Laurie Wallmark, illustrated by Katy Wu
Imagine That!: How Dr. Seuss Wrote the Cat in the Hat by Judy Sierra
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real by Craig Robinson and Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Keith Knight
Lemons by Melissa Savage
Malala – Activist for Girl’s Education by Raphaelle Frier, illustrated by Aurelia Fronty
Sled Dog School by Terry Lynn Johnson
The Explorers: The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress
The Princess and the Peas by Rachel Himes
Wedgie & Gizmo by Suzanne Selfors
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso
2019-2020
Grades 6-8
All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jameson
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Brave by Svetlana Chmakova
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry, Feiwel & Friends
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
Greetings from Witness Protection! by Jake Burt
In the Shadow of the Sun by Anne Sibley O'Brien
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Slider by Pete Hautman
The Red Bandanna (Young Readers Adaptation) by Tom Rinaldi
2019-2020
Grades 9-12
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Warcross by Maria Lu
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
2018-2019
Grades 3-5
Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
Adrift at Sea: A Vietnamese Boy’s Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, with Tuan Ho, illustrated by Brian Deines
The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
FRAMED! A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery by James Ponti
The Marvelous Thing That Came From a Spring – The Accidental Invention of the Toy That Swept the Nation by Gilbert Ford
My Life in Pictures by Deborah Zemke
Seven and a Half Tons of Steel by Janet Nolan, illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez
Soar by Joan Bauer
Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World About Kindness by Donna Janell Bowman
Tiny Stitches – The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas by Gwendolyn Hooks, illustrated by Colin Bootman
Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers
The William Hoy Story by Nancy Churnin, illustrated by Jez Tuya
Wish by Barbara O’Connor
Word of Mouse by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein
2018-2019
Grades 6-8
The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Escapes by Wade Albert White
Booked by Kwame Alexander
Dara Palmer’s Major Drama by Emma Shevah
Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Once Was a Time by Leila Sales
Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz
Terror at Bottle Creek by Watt Key
The Thing About Leftovers by C.C. Payne
Top Prospect by Paul Volponi
2018-2019
Grades 9-12
Aging Out by Alton Carter
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley
Riders (Book 1) by Veronica Rossi
Scythe: Arc of a Scythe (Book 1) by Neal Shusterman
The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
This Is Our Story by Ashley Elston
Three Dark Crowns (Book 1) by Kendare Blake
2017-2018
Grades 3-5
Bigfoot is Missing! by J. Patrick Lewis
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate
The Doublecross: And Other Skills I Learned as a Superspy by Jackson Pearce
Ellie’s Story by W. Bruce Cameron
Finding Serendipity by Angelica Banks, 9781627791540, 288 pgs. Henry Holt.
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick, illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Flunked by Jen Calonita
Fort by Cynthia DeFelice
The House That Jane Built: A Story About Jane Addams by Tanya Lee Stone
Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Marvelous Cornelius- Hurricane Katrina And the Spirit of New Orleans by Phil Bildner, illustrated by John Parra
Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story by Emily Arnold McCully
Ratscalibur by Josh Lieb
The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
2017-2018
Grades 6-8
5 to 1 by Holly Bodger
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Backlash by Sarah Darer Littman
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
A Blind Guide to Stinkville by Beth Vrabel
Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Charlie and the Grandmothers by Katy Towell
The Disappearance of Emily H. by Barrie Summy
Ferals by Jacob Grey
Fuzzy Mud by Louis Sachar
How Lunchbox Jones Saved Me from Robots, Traitors, and Missy the Cruel by Jennifer Brown
Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff
2017-2018
Grades 9-12
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender
Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
2016-2017
Grades 3-5
Almost Super by Marion Jensen
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells, illustrated by Marcos Calo
I Survived True Stories: Five Epic Disasters by Lauren Tarshis
Ivan The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate, illus. G. Brian Karas
Kung Pow Chicken: Let’s Get Cracking by Cyndi Marko
Lend a Hand: Poems About Giving by John Frank, illustrated by London Ladd
Lindbergh:The Tale of a Flying Mouse by Torben Kuhlmann, illustrated by Suzanne Levesque
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illus. Frank Morrison
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel by Kathryn Gibbs Davis, illustrator Gilbert Ford
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Marie GrandPré
Odd, Weird & Little by Patrick Jennings
Pack of Dorks by Beth Vrabel
Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914 by John Hendrix,
Wind Dancer by Chris Platt
2016-2017
Grades 6-8
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
The Dirt Diary (The Dirt Diary #1) by Anna Staniszewski
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
I Kill the Mockingbird by Paul Acampora
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune by Jude Watson
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth
The Perfect Place by Teresa E. Harris
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Saving Lucas Biggs by Marisa de los Santos and David Teague
Surrounded by Sharks by Michael Northrop
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere by Julie Lamana
2016-2017
Grades 9-12
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith
Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski
Fake ID by Lamar Giles
How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds, photographs by Michael Frost
2015-2016
Grades 3-5
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Melissa Sweet
Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage
Einstein the Class Hamster by Janet Tashjian, illustrated by Jake Tashjian
Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee, illustrated by Kelly Light
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Skottie Young
Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution by Don Brown
Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band, by Anne F. Rockwell, illustrated by Colin Bootman
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy, illustrated by Joe Morse
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline,
Mischievians by William Joyce
Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov,
Sugar by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
2015-2016
Grades 6-8
Athlete vs. Mathlete by W.C. Mack
The boy on the wooden box: how the impossible became possible... on Schindler's list: a memoir by Leon Leyson
Counting By 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Darkest Path by Jeff Hirsch
Dogs of War by Sheila Keenen, illustrated by Nathan Fox
The Heartbreak Messenger by Alexander Vance
Jack Strong Takes a Stand by Tommy Greenwald, illustrated by Melissa Mendés,
One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
QB 1 by Mike Lupica
Sylo by D.J. MacHale
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner
Zero Tolerance by Claudia Mills
2015-2016
Grades 3-5
Bully by Patricia Polacco
The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by Mordecai Gerstein
Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
The Forgiveness Garden by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Christy Hale
The Ghost Tree by Yvette Landry, illustrations by Cullen Bernard
Hocus Pocus Hotel by Michael Dahl, illustrated by Lisa Weber
The Humming Room by Ellen Potter
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School by Kim Baker, illustrated by Tim Probert
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina, illustrations by Eric Velasquez
The World's Greatest Lion by Ralph Helfer, illustrated by Ted Lewin
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Words Set Me Free: The Story of Young Frederick Douglass by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Ransome
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
2015
Grades 6-8
Anyway*: *A Story about Me with 138 footnotes, 27 exaggerations, and 1 Plate of Spaghetti by Arthur Salm
Believe: The Victorious Story of Eric LeGrand by Eric LeGrand
A Black Hole Is NOT a Hole by Carolyn Cinami Decristofano, illustrations by Michael Carroll
Buddy by M. H. Herlong
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Double by Jenny Valentine
Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Small Medium at Large by Joanne Levy
2014
Grades 3-5
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon. Illustrations by Katherine Tillotson
America Is Under Attack: The Day the Towers Fell – September 11, 2001 by Don Brown
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade by Melissa Sweet
Bongo Fishing by Thatcher Hurd
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
Escape by Night: A Civil War Adventure by Laurie Myers. Illustrations by Amy June Bates
The Incredible Life of Balto by Meghan McCarthy
Lots and Lots of Coins by Margarette S. Reid. Illustrations by True Kelley
Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero by Marissa Moss. Illustrations by John Hendrix
Olivia’s Birds by Olivia Bouler
The Secret Kingdom: Chronicles of the Red King, Book 1 by Jenny Nimmo
Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break if You Want to Survive the School Bus by John Grandits. Illustrations by Michael Allen Austin
Trundle’s Quest by Allan Jones. Illustrations by Gary Chalk
Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan. Illustrations by Amy June Bates
2014
Grades 6-8
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Hidden by Helen Frost
How to Rock Braces and Glasses by Meg Haston
Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
Quarterback Season by Fred Bowen
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Silhouetted by the Blue by Traci L. Jones
Variant by Robison E. Wells
Wild Life by Cynthia DeFelice
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
A World Without Heroes by Brandon Mull
2013
Grades 3-5
All Star! : Honus Wagner and the Most Famous Baseball Card Ever by Jane Yolen.
The Case of the Lost Boy: The Buddy Files Book 1 by Dori Hillestad Butler. Illus. Jeremy Tugeau.
Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham. Illus. Juan Wijngaard.
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill. Illus. Bryan Collier.
The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester by Barbara O’Connor.
The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco.
Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer. Illus. Josee Massee.
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama. Illus. Loren Long.
Ol Bloo’s Boogie-Woogie Band and Blues Ensemble by Jan Huling. Illus. Henri Sorenson.
The PS Brothers by Maribeth Boelts.
The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere, Volume 1 by Jacqueline West Illus. Poly Bernatene.
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord.
We the Children: Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School Bk. 1 by Andrew Clements.
Wildfire Run by Dee Garretson.
Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas.
2013
Grades 6-8
The Call (bk. 1 in The Magnificent 12 series) by Michael Grant
The Dead Boys by Royce Buckingham
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Hide and Seek by Katy Grant
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
The Limit by Kristen Landon
Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
Max Cassidy: Escape From Shadow Island by Paul Adam
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
2012
Grades 3-5
Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Study Guide
The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy, Sorcery, and Shoes By Roderick Townley Study Guide
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett Study Guide
The Dream Stealer By Sid Fleischman Study Guide
The Dunderheads By Paul Fleischman Study Guide
Extra Credit By Andrew Clements Study Guide
Flight of the Phoenix By R. L. LaFevers Study Guide
The Hidden Bestiary of Marvelous, Mysterious, and (Maybe Even) Magical Creatures By Judy Young Study Guide
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 By Brian Floca, No Study Guide
Redwoods By Jason Chin Study Guide
Sassy: Little Sister Is Not My Name Sharon Draper Study Guide
Sea of the Dead By Julia Durango Study Guide
Tsunami! By Kimiko Kajikawa Study Guide,Tsunami Lesson Plan prepared by the author
We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes By Patrick Jennings Study Guide
Wild Girl By Patricia Reilly Giff Study Guide
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2012
Grades 6-8
Title List
11 Birthdays By Wendy Mass Study Guide
Brand-New Emily by Ginger Rue, No Guide
City of the Dead: The Haunting of Derek Stone Book 1 by Tony Abbott Study Guide
Closed for the Season By Mary Downing Hahn Study Guide
Dormia by Jake Halpern and Peter Kujawinski Study Guide
Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise Study Guide
Invisible I by Stella Lennon, Please Note: this title has been repackaged and remarketed with the same content but with a different title and authors as:
The Amanda Project: Book 1 by Amanda Valentino and Melissa Kantor, Downloadable the Amanda Project Kit, which includes a 29 page Teacher’s Guide at http://www.theamandaidentitykit.com/.
Jolted: Newton Starker’s Rules for Survival by Arthur Slade Study Guide
Malice by Chris Wooding Study Guide
A Truth Worth Tellin’ by Toni Teepell Study Guide
Wings Book 1 by Jason Lethcoe Study Guide
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior Book 1 by Chris Bradford Study Guide
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2011
Grades 3-5
Title List
PowerPoint
The Apple-Pip Princess Study Guide
Blacker the Berry: Poems by Joyce Carol Study Guide
Boys of Steel Study Guide
Dodger and Me Study Guide
The Dragon in the Sock Drawer Study Guide
Eleven Study Guide
Key to Rondo Study Guide
Molly the Pony: A True Story Study Guide
Nic Bishop Frogs Study Guide
Oh, Brother Study Guide
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Difference Study Guide
There’s a Wolf at the Door Study Guide
Two Bobbies Study Guide
When Sergeant Came Marching Home Study Guide
The Wolves Are Back Study Guide
2011 Grades 6-8
Title list
PowerPoint
Amulet: The Stonekeeper Book One Study Guide
Bewitching Season Study Guide
Boys are Dogs Study Guide
The Cabinet of Wonders Study Guide
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Study Guide
Diamond Willow Study Guide
FOUND: The Missing Series Study Guide
The Great Wide Sea Study Guide
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet Study Guide
The Juvie Three Study Guide
Stolen Study Guide
Write Before Your Eyes Study Guide
2010
Grades 3-5
Title List
Powerpoint
Casey Back at Bat, Study Guide
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings, Study Guide
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington, Study Guide
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Study Guide
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, Study Guide
Hairy Hezekiah, Study Guide
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Study Guide
How to Steal a Dog, Study Guide
Jim Limber Davis, Study Guide
Lawn Boy, Study Guide
The Lemonade Club, Study Guide
Marley a Dog Like No Other, Study Guide
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, Study Guide
Moxy Maxell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Study Guide
Satchel Paige, Study Guide
2010 Grades 6-8
Title List
Powerpoint
Chaos Code, Study Guide
Cracker the Best Dog in Vietnam, Study Guide
Deep and Dark and Dangerous, Study Guide
Diamonds in the Shadow, Study Guide
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Study Guide
Dragon Slippers, Study Guide
Elijah of Buxton, Study Guide
Fire From the Rock, Study Guide
Football Genius, Study Guide
Gabriel's Horses, Study Guide
Kimchi and Calamari, Study Guide
Night of the Howling Dogs, Study Guide
Peak, Study Guide
Schooled, Study Guide
So Totally Emily Ebers, Study Guide
2009
Grades 3-5
Title List
Brothers, Study Guide
The Diary of a Killer Cat, Study Guide
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale, Study Guide
Maggie's Amerikay,Study Guide
My Name Is Sally Little Song, Study Guide
Night Boat to Freedom, Study Guide
The Prophecy, Study Guide
Room One: A Mystery or Two, Study Guide
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare, Study Guide
Roxie and the Hooligans, Study Guide
Safe at Home, Study Guide
What Athletes Are Made Of, Study Guide
Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?, Study Guide
The Winner's Walk, Study Guide
The World's Greatest Elephant, Study Guide
2009
Grades 6-8
Title List
Black Duck, Study Guide
Crossing the Wire, Study Guide
Dark Water Rising, StudyGuide
Escaping into the Night, Study Guide
Fairest, Study Guide
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery, Study Guide
Heat, Study Guide
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, Study Guide
Runaway Princess, Study Guide
Runaway, Study Guide
Secrets of My Hollywood Life, Study Guide
Shug, Study Guide
Sparrow, Study Guide
Storm Thief, Study Guide
The Legend of Bass Reeves, Study Guide
2008
3-5th Grade Study Guides
Title List
A Bear Named Trouble, Study Guide
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray, Study Guide
The Ghost’s Grave, Study Guide
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms, Study Guide
Lucy Rose: Big on Plans, Study Guide
Lunch Money, Study Guide
Magyk, Study Guide
Mr. Williams, Study Guide
The Next-Door Dogs, Study Guide
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, Study Guide
Precious and the Boo Hag, Study Guide
Pteranodon: The Life Story of a Pterosaur, Study Guide
Reaching for the Moon, Study Guide
The School is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement, Study Guide
Show Way, Study Guide
2008
6-8th Grade
Basketball (Or Something Like It)
Black Storm Comin
Blood Red Horse
Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade
Code Orange
The Cottonmouth Club
Double Identity
Flush
Jazz A B Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits
The Lightning Thief
The Pig Scrolls
The Sacrifice
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me
The Stumptown Kid
2007: Grades 3-5
Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson.
The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Tonya Bolden. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson.
Gator Gumbo: A Spicy-Hot Tale by Candace Fleming.
Ida B: …And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan.
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements.
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss.
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look.
Science Verse by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by Lane Smith.
Secret Identity (Shredderman # 1) by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor.
Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow.
Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail by Coleen Salley.
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
Worth by A. LaFaye.
2007: Grades 6-8
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Ryan Muñoz
Bird by Angela Johnson.
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. Translated by Anthea Bell.
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren.
Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave by Elizabeth Mitchell.
Never Mind! A Twin Novel by Rachel Vail and Avi.
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer.
So B. It: A Novel by Sarah Weeks.
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery. Photographs by Nic Bishop.
The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck.
Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits.
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale.
The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick.
2006: Grades 3-5
Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems by Mary Batten. Illustrated by Beverly Doyle.
Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf.
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Illustrated by Colin Bootman.
Attack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseye.
Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. the Virginia by Patrick O’Brien.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech.
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson.
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Bea Uusma Schyffert.
Moon's Cloud Blanket by Rose Anne St. Romain. Illustrated by Joan C. Waites.
Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver.
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain by William Anderson. Illustrated by Dan Andreasen.
Rodzina by Karen Cushman.
Sacagawea by Lise Erdrich. Illustrated by Julie Buffalohead.
Snowed in with Grandmother Silk by Carol Fenner. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughan. Illustrated by Derek Blanks.
2006: Grades 6-8
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter.
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa.
Don’t Hold Me Back: My Life and Art by Winfred Rembert.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins.
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass.
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo.
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes.
Prairie Whispers by Frances Arrington.
Remember the Lusitania! by Diana Preston.
The River Between Us by Richard Peck.
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge.
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz.
Vampire High by Douglas Rees.
The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
2005: Grades 3-5
The Boy Who Drew Cats by Lafcadio Hearn. Adapted by Margaret Hodges. Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague. Illustrated by Mark Teague.
Dinosaur Hunt: Texas, 115 Million Years Ago by Karen Carr. Illustrated by Karen Carr.
Guy Wire by Sara Weeks.
The Jacket by Andrew Clements. Illustrated by Dan Gonzalez.
Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou by Sharon Arms Doucet. Illustrated by Scott Cook.
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers. Illustrated by Michael Dooling.
My Chimp Friday: The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis.
The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. Illustrated By David Diaz.
The Spider and the Fly by Mary Bothan Howitt. Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi.
Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Earl Lewis.
Togo by Robert J. Blake.
Travels with Tarra by Carol Buckley.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan. Illustrated by Brian Selznick.
When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep.
2005: Grades 6-8
Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi.
The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China by Jane O’Connor.
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris.
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson.
Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe.
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman.
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer.
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan.
Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems by Kristine O’Connell George.
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.
2004: Grades 3-5
Awful Ogre’s Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky. Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer by Barbara Kerley.
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
The Great Chicken Debacle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch. Illustrated by Herm Auch.
Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie (and More!) written and illustrated by Charise Mericle
Leonardo’s Horse by Jean Fritz. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco.
No More Nasty by Amy MacDonald.
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Earl Lewis.
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell. Illustrated by Jim Harris.
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko. Illustrated by
Christopher Raschka.
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst. Illustrated by James Stevenson.
Storm Maker’s Tipi by Paul Goble.
2003: Grades 3-5
Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.
Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker.
Ereth’s Birthday by Avi. Illus by Brian Floca.
Fiddle Fever by Sharon Doucet.
Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport.
Jack Tales by Ray Hicks.
My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Ryars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers.
Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes by Uzo Unobagha. Illus. by Julia Cairns.
Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds by Seymour Simon
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch.
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis. Illus. by Daniel Minter.
So You Want to Be President? By Judith St. George. Illus. by David Small.
Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers. Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill.
2002: Grades 3-5
Abraham's Battle by Sara Harrell Banks
Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan. Illustrated by Brian Selznick
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Flicker Flash: Poems by Joan Bransfield Graham. Illustrated by Nancy Davis
The Hatseller and the Monkeys written and illustrated by Baba Wague Diakite
Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton Taulbert. Illustrated by Earl B. Lewis
The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill. Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
The Trolls by Polly Horvath
The Two Bullies written and illustrated by Junko Morimoto
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
2001: Grades 3-5
Bandit’s Moon by Sid Fleischmann. Illustrated by Joseph A. Smith
Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West by Laurie Carlson. Illustrated by Holly Meade.
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney.
Feliciana Meets D’Loup Garou: A Cajun Tall Tale by Tynia Thomassie. Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Junebug and the Reverend by Alice Mead
Lucy Dove by Janice Del Negro
Mister and Me by Kimberly Willis Holt. Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins.
Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Illustrated by Dave Kramer.
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by Lane Smith.
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. Edited by Patricia Gauch.
The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis. Illustrated by Earl B. Lewis.
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson. Illustrated by Sue Parker.
Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks by Walter Wick.
2000: Grades 3-5
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler. Illustrated by Terry Widener.
Hoops by Robert Burleigh. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson.
More Stories Huey Tells by Ann Cameron. Illustrated by Lis Toft.
Verdi by Janell Cannon.
Amber Brown Sees Red by Paula Danziger. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff.
A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa by Virginia Hamilton. Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Sun & Spoon by Kevin Henkes
Birdie’s Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root.
Buddy by William Joyce.
Keepers Story by Lois Lowry. Illustrated by True Kelly.
White Water by P.J. Petersen.
Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler. Illustrated by Norman Eyolfson.
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick.
Beany (Not Beanhead) and the Magic Crystal by Susan Wojciechowski. Illustrated by Susanna Natti.
Black Duck
Crossing the Wire
Dark Water Rising
Escaping into the Night
Fairest
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery
Heat
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City
Runaway Princess
Runaway
Secrets of My Hollywood Life
Shug
Sparrow
Storm Thief
The Legend of Bass Reeve