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Picture Book | Grades 3-5 | Graphic Novels: Grades 3-5 | Grades 6-8 | Graphic Novels: Grades 6-8 | High School | Graphic Novels: High School
Picture Book
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- A New Day by Brad Meltzer, illustrated by Dan Santat
- Acorn was a Little Wild by Jen Arena, illustrated by Jessica Gibson
- Beneath by Cori Doerrfeld
- Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems by Betsy Franco, illustrated by Priscilla Tey
- Her Name was Mary Katharine: The Only Woman Whose Name is on The Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz, illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
- I am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer
- I Can’t Draw by Stephen W. Martin, illustrated by Brian Biggs
- I Want 100 Dogs by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Claire Keane
- Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura
- Once Upon a Book by Grace Lin and Kate Messner , illustrated by Grace Lin
- The Sweetest Scoop: Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Revolution by Lisa Robinson, illustrated by Stacy Innerst
- What Happened to You? By James Catchpole, illustrated by Karen George
- When the Stars Came Home by Brittany Luby, illustrated by Natasha Donovan
- The Witness Trees by Ryan G. Van Cleave, illustrated by Dom Dom
- Yoshi and the Ocean: A Sea Turtle’s Incredible Journey Home by Lindsay Moore
Grades 3-5
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- The Curious Vanishing of Beatrice Willoughby by G.Z. Schmidt
- Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko, illustrated by Wallace West
- Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
- Home Away from Home by Cynthia Lord
- The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
- Minerva Keen’s Detective Club by James Patterson and Keir Graff
- Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder
- The Superteacher Project by Gordon Korman
- The Way I Say It by Nancy Tandon
- You are Here: Connecting Flights edited by Ellen Oh
Graphic Novels: Grades 3-5
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Batcat by Meggie Ramm
- The Dog Knight by Jeremy Whitley, illustrated by Bre Indigo
- Enlighten Me by Minh Lê, illustrated by Chan Chau
- Killer Underwear Invasion: How to Spot Fake News, Disinformation & Lies by Elise Gravel
- Meesh the Bad Demon, Book 1 by Michelle Lam
- Paws: Gabby Gets it Together, Book 1 by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
- Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring by Matthew Loux
- Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Shazleen Khan
- Squire & Knight, Book 1 by Scott Chantler
- Things in the Basement by Ben Hatke
Grades 6-8
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- Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
- Harboring Hope: The True Story of How Henny Sinding Helped Denmark’s Jews Escape the Nazis by Susan Hood
- Hunters of the Lost City by Kali Wallace
- The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart
- The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud
- The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett
- Serwa Boateng’s Guide to Vampire Hunting by Roseanne A. Brown
- Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
- Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
- What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski
Graphic Novels: Grades 6-8
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- Buzzing by Samuel Sattin, illustrated by Rye Hickman
- Eerie Tales from the School of Screams by Graham Annable
- The Faint of Heart by Kerilynn Wilson
- Lost in Taiwan by Mark Crilley
- Pearl of the Sea by Anthony Silverston and Raffaella Delle Donne, illustrated by Willem Samuel
- Play Like a Girl: a graphic memoir by Misty Wilson, illustrated by David Wilson
- Santiago! Santiago Ramôn y Cajal — Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker by Jay Hosler
- Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton, illustrated by Aska
- Sunshine: How One Camp Taught Me about Life, Death, and Hope by Jarrett Krosoczka
- Twig, Book 1 by Skottie Young, illustrated by Kyle Strahm
High School
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- Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives it Changed by Dashka Slater
- Four for the Road by K. J. Reilly
- Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe by Lindsay S. Zrull
- Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed
- The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
- Lore by Alexandra Bracken
- Love in English by Maria E. Andreu
- Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal
- Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
- We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds
Graphic Novels: High School
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- Cursed Princess Club, Volume 1 by LambCat
- Danger and Other Unknown Risks by Ryan North and Erica Henderson, illustrated by Erica Henderson
- Hollow by Shannon Watters and Branden Boyer-White, illustrated by Berenice Nelle
- Kaiju No. 8, Book 1 by Naoya Matsumoto
- Knee Deep, Book 1 by Joe Flood
- Northranger by Rey Terciero, illustrated by Bre Indigo
- Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo
- The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
- Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi
- Twelfth Grade Night — Arden High, Book 1 by Molly Horton Booth and Stephanie Kate Strohm, illustrated by Jamie Green
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