Battle of the Books 2023-2024 Booklist
May 26th, 2023 /
Spencer Tuinei /
Amelia Earhart, Canyon Crest, Centennial Middle, Dixon Middle, Edgemont, Elementary School, Franklin, Lakeview, News, Provo Peaks, ProvoReads, Provost, Rock Canyon, Schools, Secondary Schools, Spring Creek, Sunset View, Timpanogos, Wasatch, Westridge
Here’s our 2023 Battle of the Books list for early readers!
Elementary School, Grades 3-4:
- Applegate, Katherine – The One and Only Ivan
- Barretta, Gene – Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare
- Blume, Judy – Freckle Juice
- Brown, Tricia – Bobbie the Wonder Dog: a true story
- Byars, Betsy – Tornado
- Catling, Patrick Skene – The Chocolate Touch
- Cleary, Beverly – Muggie Maggie
- Clements, Andrew – Frindle
- Davies, Jacqueline – The Lemonade War
- DiCamillo, Kate – Because of Winn-Dixie
- Dowell, Frances – Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts!: The First Experiment
- Fleming, Candace – Boxes for Katje
- LaReau, Kara – The Infamous Ratsos
- Orr, Wendy – Nim’s Island
- Pennypacker, Sara – Clementine
- Scieszka, Jon – Knights of the Kitchen Table
- Tarshis, Lauren – I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919
- Warner, Gertrude – Boxcar Children
- White, E.B. – Charlotte’s Web
- Winter, Jonah – You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Elementary School, 5-6 Grade:
- Christopher, John – The White Mountains (Tripods Series #1)
- Christopher, Matt – Ice Magic
- Edwards, Roberta – Who Was Neil Armstrong?
- George, Jean Craighead – My Side of the Mountain
- Grabenstein, Chris – Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
- Jones, Kelly – Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
- Korman, Gordon – Masterminds
- Levine, Gail Carson – Ella Enchanted
- Hale, Shannon – The Princess Academy
- Lowry, Lois – Number the Stars
- Magras, Diane – The Mad Wolf’s Daughter
- Mull, Brandon – Candy Shop War
- Palacio, R.J. – Wonder
- Paulsen, Gary – Hatchet
- Roberts, Willo Davis – Scared Stiff
- Ryan, Pam Munoz – Esperanza Rising
- Sachar, Louis – Holes
- Vernick, Audrey – Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
- Wiles, Deborah – Love, Ruby Lavender
- Winthrop, Elizabeth – The Castle in the Attic
Middle Schools, 7-8 Grade:
- Christina Soontornvat – The Last Mapmaker (359 pg)
- Gary Paulsen – Northwind (246 pg)
- Lindsay Eagar – The Patron Thief of Bread (442 pg)
- Donna Barba Higuera – Lupe Wong Won’t Dance (263 pg)
- Kelsey Hartwell – 11 Paper Hearts (295 pg)
- Rick Riordan – Daughter of the Deep (not listed)
- Jacqueline Woodson – Harbor Me (176 pg)
- Erin Entrada Kelly – We Dream of Space (391 pg)
- Adam Gidwitz – The Inquisitor’s Tale (363 pg)
- Hugh Lofting – Doctor Dolittle (122 pg)
- Nancy Springer – The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1) (216 pg)
- V.E. Schwab – Gallant (338 pg)
- Daniel Nayeri – Everything Sad is Untrue (356 pg)
- Christina Diaz Gonzalez – Invisible (195 pg)
- Jasmine Warga – Other Words for Home (342 pg)
- Bryan Stevenson – Just Mercy (YA Edition) (277 pg)
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