2022-2023 Caudill Books

(chosen by Illinois librarians)

The following sites are not managed by Thompson Junior High School.

All Thirteen:  The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

The Best At It by Maulik Pancholy

Black Brother, Black Brother by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

Chirp by Kate Messner

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen A.F. Venable and Stephanie Yue

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie

This is Your Brain on Stereotypes by Tanya Lloyd Kyi

A Thousand Questions by Saadia Faruqi

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas

When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Wink by Rob Harrell

Tiger Tales

(chosen by Ms. Buan)

The Brave by James Bird

Camp Murderface by Josh Berk and Saundra Mitchell

Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs

Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

The House in Poplar Woods by KE Ormsbee 

Kingston and the Magician's Lost and Found by Rucker Moses and Theo Gangi 

Legacy: Women Poets of Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes

Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green

The Magic Fish by Le Nguyen Trung

The Mystery of the Moon Tower by Francesco Sedita & Prescott Seraydarian

The North Star by Kat Shepherd

Past Perfect Life by Elizabeth Eulberg

Pink Hair and Other Terrible Ideas by Andrea Pyros

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Reckless, Glorious, Girl by Ellen Hagan

Unplugged by Gordon Korman

We Belong by Cookie Hiponia Everman

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

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