2019-2020 Caudill Books

(chosen by Illinois librarians)

The following sites are not managed by Thompson Junior High School.

All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson 

As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds 

The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands 

The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya 

The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling 

The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Refugee by Alan Gratz

Restart by Gordon Korman

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

Slider by Pete Hautman

Space Case by Stuart Gibbs

The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore 

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen

42 is Not Just a Number:  the Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero by Doreen Rappaport

Tiger Tales

(chosen by Mrs Buan)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Dear Sister by Alison McGhee

For Every One by Jason Reynolds

The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson

Impyrium by Henry Neff

Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

It Wasn’t Me by Dana Alison Levy

Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

Primates: The Fearless Science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas

Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasly

The Whydah by Martin W. Sandler

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