Filtered Results for 2023-2024, Crown

Billy Miller Makes A Wish

By Kevin Henkes

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.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.1

Published by Greenwillow Books

ISBN# 978-0063042797 (HB)

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Code Breaker, Spy Hunter: How Elizebeth Friedman Changed the Course of Two World Wars

By Laurie Wallmark, Illustrated by Brooke Smart

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.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 6.3

Published by Abrams Books for Young Readers

ISBN# 978-1419739637 (HB)

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Cooper’s Story

By W. Bruce Cameron

Cooper, a malamute-Great Dane puppy, finds purpose as service dog and emotional support animal to fifth-grader Burke, a boy in a wheelchair.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.4

Published by Starscape

ISBN# 978-1250163387 (HB)

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Dear Student

By Elly Swartz

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?

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Delacorte Press

ISBN# 978-0593374122 (HB)

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Jack vs. the Tornado

By Amanda Cleary Eastep

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.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 0.0

Published by Moody Publishers

ISBN# 978-0802421029 (HB)

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Mr. Lemoncello’s Very First Game

By Chris Grabenstein

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.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.2

Published by Random House Books for Young Readers

ISBN# 978-0593480830 (HB)

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When Winter Robeson Came

By Brenda Woods

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.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.4

Published by Nancy Paulsen Books

ISBN# 978-1524741587 (HB)

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A Secret Shared

By Patricia MacLachlan

Ben and Nora discover through a mail-order DNA test kit that their youngest sister was adopted and must unravel a family secret.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 3.2

Published by Katherine Tegen Books

ISBN# 978-0062885852 (HB)

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The Beatryce Prophecy

By Kate DiCamillo, Illustrated by Sophie Blackall

When a child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health. When he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 4.4

Published by Candlewick

ISBN# 978-1536213614 (HB)

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The Islanders

By Mary Alice Monroe and Angela May

While spending the summer with his grandmother on Dewees Island, eleven-year-old Jake finds two friends also struggling with family issues. Together, they try to save a sea turtle nest.

Nominated

2023-2024 Crown Award

Reading Level: 3.8

Published by Aladdin

ISBN# 978-1534427273 (HB)

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