Battle of the Books 2023 Reading Lists

List A

Author	Title	Level	Interest	Pages
Betty G. Birney	Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs	4.8	MG	224
Peter Brown	The Wild Robot	4.5	MG	320
Amy Guglielmo	Pocket Full of Colors	4.3	LG	48
Dan Gutman	The Million Dollar Shot	4.2	MG	114
Ellen Levine	Henry’s Freedom Box	3.0	LG	40
Lenore Look	Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things	3.8	MG	172
Lois Lowry	All About Sam	4.0	LG	135
Doreen Rappaport	Helen’s Big World: the life of Helen Keller	4.9	LG	44
Emily Rodda	Rowan of Rin	5.1	MG	151
Deborah Wiles	Each Little Bird that Sings	4.5	MG	247

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List B

Author	Title	Level	Interest	Pages
G. Choldenko	Al Capone Does My Shirts	3.5	MG	248
Jack Gantos	Dead End in Norvelt	5.7	MG	341
Patricia R. Giff	Nory Ryan’s Song	4.3	MG	148
Lynne Kelly	A Song for a Whale	5.2	MG	320
Jack London	Call of the Wild	8.0	UG	139
Jenifer Nielsen	A Night Divided	5.4	MG	317
Scott O’Dell	Black Star, Bright Dawn	4.3	MG	134
Richard Peck	The Teacher’s Funeral	4.7	MG	190
Rick Riordan	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	4.7	MG	377
Louis Sachar	Fuzzy Mud	5.0	MG	181