On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises, and the final one is possibly the best one ever.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.1
Published by Greenwillow Books
Copyright April 6, 2021
ISBN# 978-0063042797 (HB)
This biography tells the story of Elizebeth Friedman (1892–1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA’s first cryptology unit.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 6.3
Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers
Copyright March 2, 2021
ISBN# 978-1419739637 (HB)
Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Starscape
Copyright June 1, 2021
ISBN# 978-1250163387 (HB)
When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma—can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret?
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte Press
Copyright February 15, 2022
ISBN# 978-0593374122 (HB)
10-year-old Jack is shocked to discover his parents are moving from their rural homestead to the boring suburbs of Chicago. Full of energy and determination, Jack devises a plan to get himself back to his beloved farmhouse forever. Only three things stand in his way: a neighbor in need, a shocking discovery, and tornado season.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Moody Publishers
Copyright April 6, 2021
ISBN# 978-0802421029 (HB)
Luigi has a knack for games and puzzles, but sometimes it feels like the cards are stacked against him. When a carnival arrives in town, Luigi gets the chance of a lifetime.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.2
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Copyright May 3, 2022
ISBN# 978-0593480830 (HB)
In August 1965, twelve-year-old Eden is excited when her cousin from Mississippi comes to visit her in Los Angeles, but their priorities and plans change when the Watts Riots erupt around them.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 4.4
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Copyright January 11, 2022
ISBN# 978-1524741587 (HB)
Ben and Nora discover through a mail-order DNA test kit that their youngest sister was adopted and must unravel a family secret.
2023-2024 Crown Award
Reading Level: 3.2
Published by Katherine Tegen Books
Copyright September 28, 2021
ISBN# 978-0062885852 (HB)
