skip navigation

Battle of the Books 2023-2024 Booklist

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)
Spencer Tuinei
  • Communication Specialist
  • Spencer Tuinei
Share
Tweet
0 Shares
EN
EN ES