2022-2023 Book List
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On the printer-friendly version, we've underlined the required portions of the titles, authors' names, and illustrators' names for competition answers.
Fiction
Leaving Lymon by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest
The Time of Green Magic by Hilary McKay
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park
The Magic in Changing your Stars by Leah Henderson
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat
Focused by Alyson Gerber
Survivor Girl by Erin Teagan
Something to Say by Lisa Moore Ramée
Nonfiction
Kid Athletes: True Tales of Childhood from Sports Legends by David Stabler
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
Pink is for Blobfish: Discovering the World’s Perfectly Pink Animals by Jess Keating
Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World’s Brightest Bird by Pamela S. Turner
Poetry
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling
Picture Books
Schools First Day of School by Adam Rex, illustrated by Christian Robinson
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt, illustrated Adam Rex
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, illustrated by Patrice Barton
The Goodbye Cancer Garden by Janna Matthies, illustrated by Kristi Valiant
Graphic Novels
Snapdragon by Kat Leyh, illustrated by Kat Leyh
Bear by Ben Queen, illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton
A note:
We understand the incredible value that illustrators play in communicating a story. We chose to include the illustrators’ names for only the books listed in the picture book & graphic novels sections, but hope that you will pay attention to the illustrators’ names for every book you read. Questions about the illustrations are allowed for every book on the list, as this is an integral part of the story.