Book Lists
Updated: Dec 1, 2020
Here are some book lists I have used for book groups in recent years.
3rd-4th grade:
Rain Reign, Ann M. Martin
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick
Heart of a Samurai, Margi Preus
The Birchbark House, Louise Erdrich
Ahimsa, Supriya Kelkar
Paper Wishes, Lois Sepahban
Locomotion, Jacqueline Woodson
The Mighty Miss Malone, Christopher Paul Curtis
Some Places More than Others, Renée Watson
Roller Girl, Victoria Jamieson
Ghost, Jason Reynolds
Finding Langston, Lesa Cline-Ransome
Words with Wings, Nikki Grimes
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech
Hate that Cat, Sharon Creech
Moo, Sharon Creech
Middle school:
Forced Migration theme
Refugee, Alan Gratz
Other Words for Home, Jasmine Warga
Inside out and back again, Thanhhà Lai
Esperanza Rising, Pam Muñoz Ryan
African American Literature theme
Betty Before X, Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
This Promise of Change, Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
Reaching for the Moon, Katherine Johnson
March, John Lewis
One Crazy Summer, Rita Williams-Garcia
Brown Girl Dreaming, Jacqueline Woodson
World War II theme
When My Name Was Keoko, Linda Sue Park
The War that Saved my Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Infinite Hope, Ashley Bryan
Allies, Alan Gratz
A Place to Belong, Cynthia Kadohata
Teen Book Club:
Love from A to Z, S.K. Ali
The Land of Permanent Goodbyes, by Atia Abawi
You Bring the Distant Near, by Mitali Perkins
The Authentics, by Abdi Nazemian
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
The Weight of Our Sky, by Hanna Alkaf