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Past Champs My Pet Feet by Josh Funk and Billy Young (2023) This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin (2022) Pacho Nacho By Silvia Lopez and Pablo Pino (2021) Rescue & Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes and Scott Magoon (2020) Finding Winnie By Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall - (2019 and 2016) Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima (2018) Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio and Christian Robinson (2017) The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers (2015) New Titles Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld Big by Vashti Harrison This is a Story by John Schu and Lauren Castillo There Was a Party for Langston by Jason Reynolds, Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker I’m From by Gary R. Gray Jr and Oge Mora Hidden Gem by Linda Liu |
Past Champs Glitch by Laura Martin (2023) Ground Zero by Alan Gratz (2022) Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood (2021) Insignificant Events in The Life of A Cactus by Dusti Bowling (2020) A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen (2019 and 2017) Restart by Gordon Korman (2018) Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper (2016) Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (2015) New Titles Nightmare Island by Shakirah Bourne Hands by Torrey Maldonado A Work In Progress by Jarrett Lerner You Are Here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh A First Time For Everything by Dan Santat The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt The Jules Verne Prophecy by Larry Schwarz and Iva-Marie Palmer Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang |
Past Champs I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (2023) Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas (2022) Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus (2021) Dear Martin by Nic Stone (2020) Crossover by Kwame Alexander (2019 and 2015) Scythe by Neal Shusterman (2018) All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (2017) The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey (2016) New Titles All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir The Getaway by Lamar Giles Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers Invisible Son by Kim Johnson Chaos & Flame by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland The Island by Natasha Preston The Black Queen by Jumata Emill |
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Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond and Daniel Minter Music Is A Rainbow by Bryan Collier Shy by Deborah Freedman My Pet Feet by Josh Funk and Billy Young Blips on a Screen by Kate Hannigan and Zachariah Ohora El Cucuy is Scared Too! By Donna Barba Higuera and Juliana Perdomo This Joy by Shelley Johannes The Cool Bean by Jory John and Pete Oswald Action!: How Movies Began by Meghan McCarthy That's Not My Name by Anoosha Syed Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings! By Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat There are No Bears in this Bakery by Julia Sarcone -Roach Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and Tiffany Rose Gibberish by Young Vo Runs With the Stars by Darcy Whitecrow, Heather M. O’Connor and Lenny Lishchenko Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter and Oge Mora |
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros A Perfect Mistake by Melanie Conklin The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriella Epstein The Fort by Gordon Korman Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson Glitch by Laura Martin The Stars Did Wander Darkling by Colin Meloy The Unforgettable Logan Foster by Shawn Peters Stuntboy by Jason Reynolds and Raúl the Third The Aquanaut by Dan Santat Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wang-Long Shang A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee |
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf Monsters are Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgos and Liz Lawson Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland Mister Miracle: The Great Escape by Varian Johnson and Daniel Isles Me: Moth by Amber McBride Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp Four for the Road - K.J. Reilly I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys Squire by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner |
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Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison The Cot In The Living Room by Hilda Eunice Burgos, illustrated by Gaby D'Alessandro Change Sings by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes A Congresswoman by Sharice Davids, illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley Norman Didn't Do It!: (Yes, He Did) by Ryan T. Higgins Every Night Is Pizza Night by J. Kenji Lopéz-Alt, illustrated by Gianna Ruggiero Zonia’s Rain Forest by Juana Martinez-Neal My First Day by Phùng Nguyên Quang, Huỳnh Kim Liên Stroller Coaster by Matt Ringler, illustrated by Raul The Third This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth by Sean Rubin Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Natasha Donovan Except Antarctica by Todd Sturgell A Walk in the Words by Hudson Talbott Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Loren Long Everything Naomi Loved by Katie Yamasaki |
Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds by Samira Ahmed The In-Between by Rebecca K.S. Ansari The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus The Great Peach Experiment 1: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin Soderberg Downing Long Distance by Whitney Gardner Ground Zero by Alan Gratz Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year by Nina Hamza The Lion Of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm Linked by Gordon Korman Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd Millionaires For The Month by Stacey McAnulty Chunky by Yehudi Mercado Becoming Muhammad Ali by James Patterson & Kwame Alexander Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Last Gamer Standing by Katie Zhao |
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Diviners by Libba Bray This Will Be Funny Someday by Katie Henry Walking in Two Worlds By Wab Kinew Skyhunter by Marie Lu More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood Burn by Patrick Ness Broken Things by Lauren Oliver The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe Want by Cindy Pon Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Solomon Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas Frankly in Love by David Yoon |
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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything by Annette Bay Pimentel, illustrated by Nabigal-Nayagam Haider Ali Bo the Brave by Bethan Woollvin Double Bass Blues by Andrea J. Loney, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina, illustrated by Sonia Sanchez Hands Up! by Breanna McDaniel, illustrated by Shane W Evans How to Solve a Problem by Ashima Shiraishi, illustrated by Yao Xiao I am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Gorden C James Lift by Minh Lê, illustrated by Dan Santat Pacho Nacho By Silvia Lopez, Illustrated by Pablo Pino Soaked! By Abi Cushman The Camping Trip by Jennifer K Mann The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read By Rita Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by Oge Mora The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom, illustrated by Michaela Goade You Matter By Christian Robinson Your Place in The Universe By Jason Chin |
A Wish In The Dark by Christina Soontornvat Before The Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson Black Brother Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes Bloom by Kenneth Oppel CIty Spies by James Ponti Clean Getaway by Nic Stone Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis,Traci Sorell Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood Look Both Ways: A Tale Told In Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds My Life As A Potato by Arianne Costner Otherwood by Pete Hautman Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie The Canyon's Edge by Dusti Bowling The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas What Lane? By Torrey Maldonado When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed |
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America Edited by Ibi Zoboi LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff Opposite of Always by Justin A Reynolds Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner Red Hood by Elena K. Arnold Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson Spin by Lamar Giles Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee The Lovely War by Julie Berry Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal |
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The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes & Vanessa Brantly-Newton The Princess and the Pit Stop by Tom Angleberger & Dan Santat My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero & Zeke Peña Her Fearless Run: Katherin Switzer’s Historic Boston Marathon by Kim Chaffee & Ellen Rooney I Will Be Fierce by Bea Birdsong & Nidhi Chanini Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed & Stasia Burrington It’s Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk & Edwardian Taylor Game Changers: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James E Ransome I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Miranda & Baptiste Paul & Elizabeth Zunon The Journey by Francesca Sanna Mission to Space by John Herrington The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad, S.K. Ali & Hatem Aly Rescue & Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson Penguin Flies Home by Lita Judge |
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden Insignificant Events in The Life of A Cactus by Dusit Bowling Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez New Kid by Jerry Craft The Mad Wolf's Daughter by Diane Magras Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed The Unsung Hero of Birdsong, USA by Brenda Woods Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano Wildfire: A Novel by Rodman Philbrick We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey Count Me in by Vasha Bajaj Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen |
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Pride by Ibi Zoboi Internment by Samira Ahmed A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Darius The Great is Not Okay by Adir Khorram Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Black Wings Beating by Alex London Dear Martin by Nic Stone The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro Dumplin by Julie Murphy |
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Finding Winnie By Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall - 2016 Champion Gaston by Kelly DiPuccio and Christian Robinson - 2017 Champion Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima - 2018 Champion A Big Mooncake For Little Star by Grace Lin Ada’s Violin by Susan Hood and Sally Wern Comport Drawn Together by Minh Lê and Dan Santat Dreamers by Yuyi Morales I Walk With Vanessa by Kerascoët King For a Day by Rukhsana Khan Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson Teddy’s Favorite Toy by Christian TImmer and Madeline Valentine The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López The Field by Baptiste Paul and Jacqueline Alcántara The Very Last Castle by Travis Jonker and Mark Pett We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell and Frané Lessac |
Percy Jackson: Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 2015 Champion Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper - 2016 Champion A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen - 2017 Champion Restart by Gordon Korman - 2018 Champion Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older First Rule of Punk by Celia Pérez Front Desk by Kelly Yang Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai The Best Man by Richard Peck The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney |
Crossover by Kwame Alexander - 2015 Champion The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey - 2016 Champion All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - 2017 Champion Scythe by Neal Shusterman - 2018 Champion A Land Of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi An Ember In The Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Love, Hate, And Other Filters by Samira Ahmed Outrun The Moon by Stacey Lee Simon vs. The Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Reader by Traci Chee Warcross by Marie Lu |
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Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty, illustrated by Dave Roberts Thunder Boy Jr.by Sherman Alexie, illustrated by Yuyi Morales Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgens The Water Princess by Susan Verde Shark Lady by Jess Keating, illustrated by Alvarez Miguéns The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall Radiant Child by Javaka Steptoe Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Matt Davies It's Not Jack and the Beanstalk by Josh Funk, illustrated by Edwardian Taylor Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great by Bob Shea Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Bryan Collier I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley |
Restart by Gordon Korman Clayton Bird Goes Underground by Orphan Island by Ms. Bixby's Last Day by John David Anderson Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart The Seventh Most Important Thing by Love That Dog by Sharon Creech Ghost by Jason Reynolds How To Steal A Dog by Barbara O’Connor The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks and Jodie Bellaire Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen Wishtree by Katherine Applegate Refugee by Alan Gratz Finding Mighty by Sheela Chari Nine, Ten by Nora Raleigh Baskin |
Scythe by Neal Shusterman Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart The Young Elites by Speak Wolf By Wolf by Ryan Graudin American Street by Ibi Zoboi The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Nimona by Noelle Stevenson Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali Miles Morales: Spider Man by Jason Reynolds How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner City Of Saints And Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson At The Edge Of The Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson We Were Here by Matt de la Peña |
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Last Stop On Market Street by Matt De La Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson Pink Is For Blobfish by Jess Keating Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by G. Brian Karas My Teacher is A Monster by Peter Brown The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, illustrated by Patricia Barton Wolfie The Bunny by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Zachariah OHora Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beatty, illustrated by David Roberts Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery by Jeanette Winter Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) by Julie Falatko, illustrated by Tim J. Miller Journey by Aaron Becker The Night Gardener by Terry Fan and Eric Fan Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Christian Robinson Blizzard by John Rocco Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews, illustrated by Bryan Collier Drum Dream Girl by Margarita Engle, illustrated by Rafael López |
Fish In A Tree by Lynn Mallaly Hin El Deafo by Cece Bell A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Booked by Kwame Alexander Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan Pax by Sara Pennypacker Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate Sister by Raina Tegemeier Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart |
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Supetys Serpent King by Jeff Zentner Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Fan Girl by Rainbow Rowell Bone Gap by Laura Ruby Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon Winger by Andrew Smith Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Cinder by Marissa Meyer Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman When I Was The Greatest by Jason Reynolds The Great American Whatever by Ian Federle Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner Read Between The Lines by Jo Knowles |
