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Reading List: Reading Olympics 2023 -
Children

These are the 2023 Reading Olympics books selected by the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit 

For Elementary 

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by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

J Bertman

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by Tony Abbott

J Abbott

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by Lauren Tarshis

J Tarshis

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by Sarah Weeks

J Weeks

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by Stuart Gibbs

J Gibbs

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by Rick Riordan

J Riordan

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by Cynthia Lord

J Lord

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by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

J Bradley

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by Peter Brown

J Brown

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by Roald Dahl

J Dahl

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by Tui Sutherland

J Sutherland

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by Raina Telgemeier

J Telgemeier GN

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by Jerry Spinelli

J Spinelli

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by Lily LaMotte

J LaMotte GN

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by Patricia MacLachlan

J MacLachlan

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by Renee Watson

J Watson

For Middle School

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by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 

F Bartoletti

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by Holly Goldberg Sloan

J Sloan

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by Joan Bauer

YA Bauer

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by Alex Gino

J Gino

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by Alan Gratz

J Gratz

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by Veera Hiranandani

J Hiranandani

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by Laurie Halse Anderson

J Anderson

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by Chris Grabenstein

J Grabenstein

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by Margaret Peterson Haddix

J Haddix

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by Pseudonymous Bosch

YA Bosch

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by Hope Larson

J Larson GN

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by Jeanne DuPrau 

YA DuPrau

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by Pam Munoz Ryan

J Ryan

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by Jason Reynolds

J Reynolds

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by Kristin Levine

J Levine

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by Rajani LaRocca

J LaRocca

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by Judith Bloom Fradin

YA 92 Northup

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by Rob Harrell

J Harrell

For High School

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By Ibi Aanu Zoboi

YA Zoboi

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By Mariatu Kamara

YA 92 Kamara

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By Holly Black

YA Black

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By Angeline Boulley

YA Boulley

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By Todd Strasser

YA Strasser

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By Laurie Halse Anderson

YA Anderson

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Please Ignore Vera Dietz

By A.S. King

YA King

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By Ernest Cline

F Cline SF

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By Stephanie Perkins

YA Perkins

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By Donna Jo Napoli

YA Napoli

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By Orson Scott Card

F Card SF

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Flygirl

By Sherri L. Smith

YA Smith

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By Markus Zusak

YA Zusak

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By Any Weir

F Weir SF

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By John Green

YA Green

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By Susannah Cahalan 

616.83 Cahalan

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By Jonathan Safran Foer

F Foer

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By Rebecca Skloot

92 Lacks

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By Neil Gaiman

F Gaiman SF

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By Kate Moore

YA 363.17 Moore

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