Battle of the Books 2023-2024 Booklist
May 26th, 2023
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)