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2023-2024 master lists

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Beverley Buller

Selection Committee Chairperson

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GRADES 3 TO 5 MASTER LISTS

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ONCE UPON A CAMEL�by�Kathi Appelt��Simon & Schuster

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LONG ROAD TO THE CIRCUS�by�Betsy Bird��Penguin Random House

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REZ DOGS�by�Joseph Bruchac��Dial Books��

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����TWENTY-ONE STEPS : Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier��by� Jeff Gottesfeld��Candlewick Press�����

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LION OF MARS�by�Jennifer Holm��Penguin Random House�

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STELLA�by�McCall Hoyle��Shadow Mountain Publishing

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SHELTER�by�Christie Matheson��Penguin Random House

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THE GREAT STINK: HOW JOSEPH BAZALGETTE SOLVED LONDON’S POOP PROBLEMS�by�Colleen Paeff��Simon & Schuster

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GRADES 6 TO 8 MASTER LISTS

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PLACE TO HANG THE MOON�by�Kate Albus��Holiday House

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FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN ��by Ann Braden���Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Young Readers���

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365 DAYS TO ALASKA�by�Cathy Carr��Abrams Publishing

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STARFISH��by Lisa Fipps���Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House

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ALONE�by�Megan E. Freeman��Simon & Schuster

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GROUND ZERO: A NOVEL OF 9/11�by�Alan Gratz��Scholastic Press

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THE LAST CUENTISTA ��by Donna Barba Higuera���Levine Querido��

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WHEN THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN�by�K. Ibura��Scholastic Press

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Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown ��by Steve Sheinkin��Roaring Brook Press

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FAST PITCH�by�Nic Stone��Penguin Random House

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UNSPEAKABLE: THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE�by�Carole Boston Weatherford��Lerner Press

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Keep these lists under your hat until students have completed voting on the current lists in April 2023…but by all means promote the books to your readers even before then.�