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 Korman 

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