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2021-2022 Caudill Books
(chosen by Illinois librarians)
The following sites are not managed by Thompson Junior High School.
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
I Can Make this Promise by Christine Day
Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
The Line Tender by Kate Allen
Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
Orange for Sunsets by Tina Athaide
Other Words from Home by Jasmine Warga
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart
They Called Us the Enemy by George Takei
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of “The Children’s Ship” by Deborah Heiligman
2020-2021 Caudill Books
(chosen by Illinois librarians)
The following sites are not managed by Thompson Junior High School.
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Raymond Obstfeld
Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Front Deskby Kelly Yang
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Nightbooks by J.A. White
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Speechless by Adam P. Schmitt
Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh
Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugeesby Mary Beth Leatherdale
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and her Monster by Jonathan Auxier
Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 by Larry Dane Brimner
Tiger Tales
(chosen by Mrs Buan)
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorfor
BFF# 1 Repeat After Me: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur by Brandon Montclare
Beast Rider by Tony Johnston and Maria Elena Fontandt De Rhoads
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye
Dangerous by Shannon Hale
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya
Finding Mightyby Sheela Chari
Ice Wolvesby Amie Kaufman
The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
Piper by Jay Asher and Jessica Freeburg
The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani Dasgupta
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds
Stepsisterby Jennifer Donnelly
Twins by Varian Johnson
Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
The Unteachables by Gordon KormanClick on the underlined titles to view the book trailer!