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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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Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

J Bertman

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Firegirl

by Tony Abbott

J Abbott

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I Survived the American Revolution, 1776

by Lauren Tarshis

J Tarshis

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Save Me A Seat

by Sarah Weeks

J Weeks

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Belly Up

by Stuart Gibbs

J Gibbs

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Maze of Bones: The 39 Clues

by Rick Riordan

J Riordan

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Rules

by Cynthia Lord

J Lord

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The War That Saved My Life

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

J Bradley

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The Wild Robot

by Peter Brown

J Brown

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The BFG

by Roald Dahl

J Dahl

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The Dragonet Prophecy: The Wings of Fire #1

by Tui Sutherland

J Sutherland

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Ghosts

by Raina Telgemeier

J Telgemeier GN

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Jake and Lily

by Jerry Spinelli

J Spinelli

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Measuring Up

by Lily LaMotte

J LaMotte GN

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Sarah, Plain and Tall

by Patricia MacLachlan

J MacLachlan

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Ways to Make Sunshine

by Renee Watson

J Watson

For Middle School

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The Boy Who Dared

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 

F Bartoletti

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Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan

J Sloan

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Hope Was Here

by Joan Bauer

YA Bauer

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Melissa

by Alex Gino

J Gino

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Refugee

by Alan Gratz

J Gratz

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The Night Diary

by Veera Hiranandani

J Hiranandani

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Chains

by Laurie Halse Anderson

J Anderson

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library

by Chris Grabenstein

J Grabenstein

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Found

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

J Haddix

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The Name of this Book is Secret

by Pseudonymous Bosch

YA Bosch

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A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel

by Hope Larson

J Larson GN

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The City of Ember

by Jeanne DuPrau 

YA DuPrau

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Esperanza Rising

by Pam Munoz Ryan

J Ryan

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Ghost

by Jason Reynolds

J Reynolds

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The Lions of Little Rock

by Kristin Levine

J Levine

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Red, White, and Whole

by Rajani LaRocca

J LaRocca

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Stolen into Slavery

by Judith Bloom Fradin

YA 92 Northup

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Wink

by Rob Harrell

J Harrell

For High School

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American Street

By Ibi Aanu Zoboi

YA Zoboi

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The Bite of the Mango

By Mariatu Kamara

YA 92 Kamara

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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

By Holly Black

YA Black

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Firekeeper's Daughter

By Angeline Boulley

YA Boulley

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Give a Boy a Gun

By Todd Strasser

YA Strasser

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The Impossible Knife of Memory

By Laurie Halse Anderson

YA Anderson

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Please Ignore Vera Dietz

By A.S. King

YA King

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Ready Player One

By Ernest Cline

F Cline SF

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Anna and the French Kiss

By Stephanie Perkins

YA Perkins

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Bound

By Donna Jo Napoli

YA Napoli

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Enchantment

By Orson Scott Card

F Card SF

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Flygirl

By Sherri L. Smith

YA Smith

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I Am the Messenger

By Markus Zusak

YA Zusak

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Project Hail Mary

By Any Weir

F Weir SF

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Turtles All the Way Down

By John Green

YA Green

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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

By Susannah Cahalan 

616.83 Cahalan

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

By Jonathan Safran Foer

F Foer

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The Immortal Life of Herietta Lacks

By Rebecca Skloot

92 Lacks

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Neverwhere

By Neil Gaiman

F Gaiman SF

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Radium Girls

By Kate Moore

YA 363.17 Moore

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