![Acoustic Rooster and his Barnyard Band]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556632171/hamden/hlzgttbyogpceivaxbrr/AcousticRoosterandhisBarnyardBand.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556632171/hamden/hlzgttbyogpceivaxbrr/AcousticRoosterandhisBarnyardBand.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
Kwame Alexander
- Picture Book
Welcome to our Summer Reading Suggestion Page!
Here, you will find a wide variety of genres and levels that might interest you.
The purpose of summer reading is to encourage the enjoyment of reading and to develop our students’ abilities to choose books for themselves.
Use the tools to sort by grade level or genre. There is something for everyone!
Don't forget to check out the Summer Reading Program at the Hamden Public Library! Visit their page to download the summer reading game sheet or to sign up with READsquared to record your reading online.
Use the buttons to sort books by genre or topic.
Click on the buttons below to sort books by genre.
![A Friend For Henry]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555674975/hamden/ukwqbmeqvrt93kep6avy/AfriendforHenry.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674975/hamden/ukwqbmeqvrt93kep6avy/AfriendforHenry.jpg","width":289}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
Jenn Bailey
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![A Heart in a Body in the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558055574/hamden/coeq9h1kxz8e2tyrwo49/heartinbodyworld.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Deb Caletti
- Mental Health
- Realistic Fiction
![All Are Welcome]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555675014/hamden/dx47ui0s9xs3zozkypem/Allarewelcome.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675014/hamden/dx47ui0s9xs3zozkypem/Allarewelcome.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Alexandra Penfold
- Picture Book
![All Fall Down]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558036230/hamden/tbkwq0h8iw8mmbyxmvxb/AllFallDown.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558036230/hamden/tbkwq0h8iw8mmbyxmvxb/AllFallDown.jpg","width":328}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Ally Carter
- Mystery
![All is Fair]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558052816/hamden/ujizerwea4rlcasb9up3/AllisFair.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Dee Garretson
- Historical Fiction
![All Rights Reserved]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558054729/hamden/dnmauq97agfwj2t6d3hm/Rightsreserved.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Gregory Katsoulis
- Science Fiction
![All You Can Ever Know]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675030/hamden/eqb45r5jjllocwdcywha/Allyoucaneverknow.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Nicole Chung
- Biography
![Amal Unbound]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554853897/hamden/fijixooaa1qwvqlmofok/AmalUnbound_1.jpg","width":1690}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Aisha Saeed
- Realistic Fiction
![American Panda]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558054370/hamden/eznln0mk4g1wsoy4vb6u/Americanpanda.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
Gloria Chao
- Romance
![American Prison]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675064/hamden/vemun8z3bzmlk47kt80b/Americanprison.jpg","width":235}])
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
American Prison
Shane Bauer
- Narrative Nonfiction
![Book cover of Amina's Voice by Hena Khan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558469605/hamden/ai52dhw68w37obifa4pz/Aminasvoice.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Hena Khan
- Realistic Fiction
![A Moon For Moe and Mo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555674989/hamden/yypqbndukxw6c0zgnlmu/AmoonforMoeandMo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674989/hamden/yypqbndukxw6c0zgnlmu/AmoonforMoeandMo.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
Jane Breskin Zalben
![Amulet Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555675047/hamden/j5eh8jhwiae8iurijb2v/Amuletseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675047/hamden/j5eh8jhwiae8iurijb2v/Amuletseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Kazu Kibuishi
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novel
![Aru Shah and the End of Time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557850016/hamden/yd4ohooyufe2uutxecmz/AruShahandtheEndofTime.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Roshani Chokshi
- Fantasy
![As Brave As You]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675092/hamden/ageenjeq0udfvdu15uxr/Asbraveasyou.jpg","width":240}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jason Reynolds
- Realistic Fiction
![Astronaut Academy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555675109/hamden/dkojyhkvzfci7pxjm7ct/AstronautAcademy.jpg","width":254}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Dave Roman
- Graphic Novel
- Science Fiction
![Awkward]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555674754/hamden/rszmwc7xpwtaj38qvdlv/awkward.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674754/hamden/rszmwc7xpwtaj38qvdlv/awkward.jpg","width":453}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Svetlana Chmakova,
- Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction
![Book cover of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558468938/hamden/pro70kv38zyvy2surhs3/BecauseofWinn-Dixie_1.jpg","width":242}])
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Kate DiCamillo
- Realistic Fiction
![Becoming Kareem: growing up on and off the court]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558049711/hamden/xs39dmnpgiql0v23oicv/BecomingKareem.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld
- Memoir
![Bee-bim Bop!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554212777/hamden/bhol7senbsffoseeunyu/Bee-bimBop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/bhol7senbsffoseeunyu/Bee-bimBop.jpg","width":351}])
- Grade 01
- Kindergarten
Linda Sue Park
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Being Jazz: my life as a (transgender) teen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558103828/hamden/k4gwgwdpweyj8pgd0uud/BeingJazz_1.jpg","width":1649}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Jazz Jennings
- LGBTQ+
- Memoir
![Various covers for Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558469386/hamden/rvleskokvkcx3pxcayap/BigNateseries_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558469386/hamden/rvleskokvkcx3pxcayap/BigNateseries_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Lincoln Peirce
- Graphic Novel
- Humorous
![Blood Water Paint]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558054147/hamden/uwnrj6sblank2srhzwdy/bloodwaterpaint.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Joy McCullough
- Historical Fiction
![Various covers of books from Jeff Smith's Bone series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558469144/hamden/rjhuyjdbsbva7yit8lcg/Boneseries_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558469144/hamden/rjhuyjdbsbva7yit8lcg/Boneseries_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jeff Smith
- Graphic Novel
![Booked]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556631930/hamden/yecaj53cfozuarrxaa91/Booked.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Kwame Alexander
- Novel in Verse
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![Book cover of Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Pena]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558469810/hamden/swgcwpxpwqbxnoqb3h7l/Carmelafullofwishes.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558469810/hamden/swgcwpxpwqbxnoqb3h7l/Carmelafullofwishes.jpg","width":325}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Matt de la Pena
- Picture Book
![Check, Please! Book 1, #Hockey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558050498/hamden/gsd0bcdfrgik6iw7bj9s/Checkplease.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Ngozi Ukazu
- Graphic Novel
- LGBTQ+
![Children of Blood and Bone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558050712/hamden/hrx11ezxjpuku2dud5wg/Childrenbloodbone.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Tomi Adeyemi
- Fantasy
![Cinder]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558037730/hamden/oyyd9zspco61blpghhzv/Cinder.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558037730/hamden/oyyd9zspco61blpghhzv/Cinder.jpg","width":314}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Marissa Meyer
- Science Fiction
![Clayton Byrd Goes Underground]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/qlnlrz5hb4yycvmmauv8/ClaytonByrdGeosUnderground.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Rita Williams-Garcia
- Realistic Fiction
![Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557850605/hamden/jqireezpohttxxlkhchr/CrescentMoonsandPointedMinaretPoints.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557850605/hamden/jqireezpohttxxlkhchr/CrescentMoonsandPointedMinaretPoints.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Hena Kahn
- Picture Book
![Crossing Lines]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558103997/hamden/rkknuvtrrptlj7s0z2uw/CrossingLines.jpg","width":1687}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Paul Volponi
- LGBTQ+
- Sports
![Darius The Great is Not Okay]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558053890/hamden/mwvqiglktnca3x2txfag/Dariusgreatnotok.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Adib Khorram
- Mental Health
- Realistic Fiction
![Book cover of Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane and Hoda Hadadi]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558099179/hamden/iryrxg8k9ajveu0zns6t/DeepintheSahara_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558099179/hamden/iryrxg8k9ajveu0zns6t/DeepintheSahara_1.jpg","width":352}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Kelly Cunnane and Hoda Hadadi
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555674883/hamden/v1dhc6bgw0hz4xnphfnq/DiaryofaWimpyKidseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674883/hamden/v1dhc6bgw0hz4xnphfnq/DiaryofaWimpyKidseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Jeff Kinney
- Humorous
- Realistic Fiction
![Dog Days: the Carver Chronicles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554212777/hamden/a7z1pqlgke1zvcl7jjzf/TheCarverChronicles.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/a7z1pqlgke1zvcl7jjzf/TheCarverChronicles.jpg","width":356}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
Karen English
- Early Reader
- Realistic Fiction
![Book covers of Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558097842/hamden/i6gsnvnqdxgcwao4jqlt/DogManseries_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558097842/hamden/i6gsnvnqdxgcwao4jqlt/DogManseries_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
Dav Pilkey
- Graphic Novel
- Humorous
![Book covers of Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558098328/hamden/outqzkm5l0cur7pbjyjc/Dorkdiariesseries_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558098328/hamden/outqzkm5l0cur7pbjyjc/Dorkdiariesseries_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Rachel Renee Russo
- Humorous
![Book cover of Drama by Raina Telgemeier]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558098900/hamden/fxoyzfsl4wwf0hm6wxh3/drama_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558098900/hamden/fxoyzfsl4wwf0hm6wxh3/drama_1.jpg","width":500}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Raina Telgemeier
- Graphic Novel
![Book cover of Dreamers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1553309928/hamden/cnib6d2xwijefz97uobl/Dreamers-Morales.jpg","width":204}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Yuyi Morales
- Memoir
- Picture Book
![Book cover for El Deafo by Cece Bell]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558040704/hamden/l99wr9ohiblsu9xwrzek/ElDeafo_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558040704/hamden/l99wr9ohiblsu9xwrzek/ElDeafo_1.jpg","width":287}])
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Cece Bell
- Graphic Novel
- Memoir
![Book covers of Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558470081/hamden/vvs7s6v8vm4uzombmil1/ElephantandPiggie_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558470081/hamden/vvs7s6v8vm4uzombmil1/ElephantandPiggie_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 01
- Kindergarten
Mo Willems
- Early Reader
- Humorous
![Book cover of Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558126394/hamden/ltp9vx8aca61qqv9dnbf/Enriquesjourney_1.jpg","width":233}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Sonia Nazario
- Narrative Nonfiction
![Book cover of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558126780/hamden/wqmjh8uqgd90of9kcgac/EscapefromMrLimoncelloslibrary_1.jpg","width":245}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Chris Grabenstein
- Fantasy
- Mystery
![Everlasting Nora]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674672/hamden/qu1all6pp1ihzhjldvpo/EverlastingNora.jpg","width":233}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Marie Miranda Cruz
- Realistic Fiction
![Every Shiny Thing]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556632485/hamden/necyc7odufkejidu3eng/Everyshinything1.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Cordelia Jensen
- Realistic Fiction
![False Prince]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558104135/hamden/skwopmlwg35pktwylcvc/FalsePrince.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558104135/hamden/skwopmlwg35pktwylcvc/FalsePrince.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558104135/hamden/skwopmlwg35pktwylcvc/FalsePrince.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558104135/hamden/skwopmlwg35pktwylcvc/FalsePrince.jpg","width":822}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Fantasy
![Families, Families, Families]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554212777/hamden/zchr3u5wylyu6pnzrtjl/FamiliesFamiliesFamilies.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/zchr3u5wylyu6pnzrtjl/FamiliesFamiliesFamilies.jpg","width":358}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
Suzanne Lang
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Fish in a Tree]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557850762/hamden/jp5fx8kinhpss6ey0ll5/FishinaTree.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Realistic Fiction
![From North to South: Del Norte al Sur]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1556632683/hamden/cjhamnykjmgkynnkhshj/FromnorthtosouthDelnortealsur_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556632683/hamden/cjhamnykjmgkynnkhshj/FromnorthtosouthDelnortealsur_1.jpg","width":288}])
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
Rene Colato Lainez
- Bilingual
- Picture Book
![Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Cavaleras]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554212777/hamden/vco502cokb6u4nuxg4ea/FunnyBonesPosadaandHisDayoftheDeadCalaveras.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/vco502cokb6u4nuxg4ea/FunnyBonesPosadaandHisDayoftheDeadCalaveras.jpg","width":296}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Duncan Tonatiuh
- Biography
![Fuzzy Mud]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674463/hamden/gseopvc4o80sydzdswob/Fuzzymud.jpg","width":239}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Louis Sachar
- Mystery
![Genesis Begins Again]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557074815/hamden/bva9lp0vjzd7euni7rlh/Genesisbeginsagain_1.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Alicia Williams
- Realistic Fiction
![Genuine Fraud]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558036257/hamden/uiiewzqvhoqdkdkeniwd/GenuineFraud.jpg","width":1675}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
e. Lockhart
- Mystery
![George]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557850876/hamden/ntkhnrc23cbmwx9xfguw/George.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Alex Gino
- LGBTQ+
- Realistic Fiction
![Ghost]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555373867/hamden/ywzjfunyox5yyawonqjy/Ghost.jpg","width":237}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jason Reynolds
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![Ghost Boys]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555373878/hamden/qvmjmaq6d53msestmb2i/GhostBoys.jpg","width":248}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Realistic Fiction
![Ghosts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673833/hamden/oo2omhmp2wfidhcrt8wx/ghosts.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673833/hamden/oo2omhmp2wfidhcrt8wx/ghosts.jpg","width":500}])
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Raina Telgemeier
- Graphic Novel
![Giant Steps to Change the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557850979/hamden/rkvu8iuunurhq4m4htuc/GiantStepstoChangetheWorld.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557850979/hamden/rkvu8iuunurhq4m4htuc/GiantStepstoChangetheWorld.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Spike Lee & Tanya Lewis Lee
- Picture Book
![Girl in Pieces]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673858/hamden/ncnhav5rhrpvttgvyciw/Girlinpieces.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Kathleen Glasgow
- Realistic Fiction
![Girl Interrupted]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673875/hamden/pq0uynrv96vjoffbhji3/Girlinterrupted.jpg","width":234}])
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Susanna Kaysen
- Memoir
- Mental Health
![Gone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558037978/hamden/ctthk6oggxee1vdwrxto/Gone.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558037978/hamden/ctthk6oggxee1vdwrxto/Gone.jpg","width":269}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Michael Grant
- Science Fiction
![Gone Crazy in Alabama]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557075467/hamden/w1jab3bwhunwakt7n9ys/GonecrazyinAlabama.jpg","width":238}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Rita Williams-Garcia
- Historical Fiction
![Good-bye, Havana! Hola, New York!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554390479/hamden/wcmazq9s1yjf6u8cy9gz/Good-byeHavanaHolaNewYork.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554390479/hamden/wcmazq9s1yjf6u8cy9gz/Good-byeHavanaHolaNewYork.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
by Edie Colon
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
![Hank Zipzer series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557851050/hamden/oxwlobxywx0dhec2rzax/HankZipzer.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557851050/hamden/oxwlobxywx0dhec2rzax/HankZipzer.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Henry Winkler
- Humorous
![Harry Potter series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673915/hamden/xjm6xha2ahlbfhqyykwc/HarryPotterseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673915/hamden/xjm6xha2ahlbfhqyykwc/HarryPotterseries.jpg","width":357}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
J.K. Rowling
- Fantasy
![Have I Ever Told You?]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673935/hamden/lzdkhlq6xnknxenxdfo3/Haveievertoldyou.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673935/hamden/lzdkhlq6xnknxenxdfo3/Haveievertoldyou.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Shani King
- Picture Book
![Hey Kiddo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557076038/hamden/kxpbvryrrurmackean7n/HeyKiddo.jpg","width":254}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Jarrett Krosoczka
- Graphic Novel
- Memoir
![Hidden Figures]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557851201/hamden/j7pu6xx7d5hx5mfiiljr/HiddenFiguresThetruestoryoffourblackwomenandthespacerace.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557851201/hamden/j7pu6xx7d5hx5mfiiljr/HiddenFiguresThetruestoryoffourblackwomenandthespacerace.jpg","width":296}])
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Margot Lee Shetterly
- Biography
- Picture Book
![Homelands]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673021/hamden/dnkd6xkilvbcxgcvspwh/Homelands.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Alfredo Corchado
- Narrative Nonfiction
![Honeysmoke]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673046/hamden/lzaixvy6hd4guczxnzdz/Honeysmoke.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673046/hamden/lzaixvy6hd4guczxnzdz/Honeysmoke.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Yesenia Moises
- Picture Book
![Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557076346/hamden/nwdji0nevustzc6i18nt/HotHotRotiforDada-ji.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557076346/hamden/nwdji0nevustzc6i18nt/HotHotRotiforDada-ji.jpg","width":290}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
F. Zia
- Picture Book
![Hurricane Child]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557851339/hamden/lmm0xtkorjnbwhezzran/HurricaneChild.jpg","width":1644}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Kheryn Callender
- LGBTQ+
- Realistic Fiction
![I am Enough]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673085/hamden/ki5ogwaqqcsqlz0ovtp7/Iamenough.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673085/hamden/ki5ogwaqqcsqlz0ovtp7/Iamenough.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Grace Byers
- Picture Book
![I am Not a Number]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555673100/hamden/qithyq0coseuwxwps4f3/Iamnotanumber.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673100/hamden/qithyq0coseuwxwps4f3/Iamnotanumber.jpg","width":278}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Jenny Kay Dupuis
- Historical Fiction
![I Am Number 4]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558038285/hamden/kigoodb3ovl1fhofb1lj/IAmNumberFour.jpg","width":220}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Pittacus Lore
- Science Fiction
![I Dont' Want to be Crazy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555673116/hamden/ancsfmlv0pwtmykazgyp/Idontwanttobecrazy.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
Samantha Schutz
- Memoir
- Poetry
![If I Was Your Girl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558052541/hamden/xkjepu4ptaa9qx3aoydd/IfIWasUrGirl.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Meredith Russo
- LGBTQ+
- Realistic Fiction
![In Another Time]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558053157/hamden/n6zt7h4zvpk3ibro3qju/InAnotherTime.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Caroline Leech
- Historical Fiction
- Romance
![I Walk With Vanessa]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632529/hamden/bcdznnixqzfmjwqmwlab/IwalkwithVanessa.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632529/hamden/bcdznnixqzfmjwqmwlab/IwalkwithVanessa.jpg","width":295}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Kerascoet
- Picture Book
![Jabari Jumps]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1554849476/hamden/jl5rkspyftxrwj0wdjrc/JabariJumps.jpg","width":2200}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Gaia Cornwall
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Jackaby]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558036303/hamden/t1gksui9cn3qqjkixq9q/Jackaby.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558036303/hamden/t1gksui9cn3qqjkixq9q/Jackaby.jpg","width":333}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
William Ritter
- Mystery
![Jada Jones Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632597/hamden/r91icckgseps84mdujby/JadaJonesseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632597/hamden/r91icckgseps84mdujby/JadaJonesseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Kelly Starling Lyons
- Early Reader
- Realistic Fiction
![Jasmine Toguchi Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632613/hamden/b1wdqoiqogjkvuqxqnrx/JasmineToguchiseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632613/hamden/b1wdqoiqogjkvuqxqnrx/JasmineToguchiseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
Debbi Michiko Florence
- Humorous
- Realistic Fiction
![Joey Pigza series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557851448/hamden/pluj4sypaguf4rzfw8p7/JoeyPigza.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557851448/hamden/pluj4sypaguf4rzfw8p7/JoeyPigza.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Jack Gantos
- Realistic Fiction
![Judy Moody series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632634/hamden/eot1o2ekk8bzp4ela5p1/JudyMoodyseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632634/hamden/eot1o2ekk8bzp4ela5p1/JudyMoodyseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
Megan McDonald
- Realistic Fiction
![Julian is a Mermaid]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557531625/hamden/ofygiqapqu5tpj5ehgfn/Julianisamermaid.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557531625/hamden/ofygiqapqu5tpj5ehgfn/Julianisamermaid.jpg","width":360}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Jessica Love
- Picture Book
![Katie Woo Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632663/hamden/vt6dmf512lkkxqiuathk/KatieWooseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632663/hamden/vt6dmf512lkkxqiuathk/KatieWooseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
Fran Manuskin
- Early Reader
- Realistic Fiction
![King Alice]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632289/hamden/uasearvpth3jyjktoabh/KingAlice.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632289/hamden/uasearvpth3jyjktoabh/KingAlice.jpg","width":280}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Matthew Cordell
- Picture Book
![Last Stop at Market Street]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1554389358/hamden/k5n3q9pt49r1o7ptuf1v/LaststoponMarketStreet.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554389358/hamden/k5n3q9pt49r1o7ptuf1v/LaststoponMarketStreet.jpg","width":293}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
by Matt de la Pena
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Listen to Your Heart]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558103547/hamden/fvzxlylj2o4osczbfgjo/ListentoYourHeart.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558103547/hamden/fvzxlylj2o4osczbfgjo/ListentoYourHeart.jpg","width":344}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Kasie West
- Romance
![Little & Lion]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558051039/hamden/ppdtjxenqizsvupxvgs0/Littlelion.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Brandy Colbert
- LGBTQ+
- Mental Health
![Long Way Down]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558104701/hamden/z6pzkelqylrezeu1dqnz/LongWayDown.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558104701/hamden/z6pzkelqylrezeu1dqnz/LongWayDown.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558104701/hamden/z6pzkelqylrezeu1dqnz/LongWayDown.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1558104701/hamden/z6pzkelqylrezeu1dqnz/LongWayDown.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558104701/hamden/z6pzkelqylrezeu1dqnz/LongWayDown.jpg","width":1399}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Jason Reynolds
- Novel in Verse
- Realistic Fiction
![Loot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632303/hamden/cga8ynae89x7shbciddh/Loothowtostealafortune.jpg","width":235}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
Jude Watson
- Mystery
![Love]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632323/hamden/hnoykoy2m4eoyi2fugdk/Love.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632323/hamden/hnoykoy2m4eoyi2fugdk/Love.jpg","width":312}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Matt de la Pena
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Lu]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632335/hamden/xflhc52sjc5c19twjvcv/Lu.jpg","width":241}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jason Reynolds
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![Lucky Broken Girl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632350/hamden/zmli7xf8rhl7vemtcf2c/Luckybrokengirl.jpg","width":245}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Ruth Behar
- Historical Fiction
![Magnificent Mya Tibbs]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632380/hamden/cy8qhliodka92xhxthrq/MagnificentMyaTibbs.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632380/hamden/cy8qhliodka92xhxthrq/MagnificentMyaTibbs.jpg","width":356}])
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
Crystal Allen
- Realistic Fiction
![Mark of the Thief]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558105027/hamden/paemil5cowydgi3jzyor/MarkoftheThief.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558105027/hamden/paemil5cowydgi3jzyor/MarkoftheThief.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558105027/hamden/paemil5cowydgi3jzyor/MarkoftheThief.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558105027/hamden/paemil5cowydgi3jzyor/MarkoftheThief.jpg","width":822}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Fantasy
![Maximum Ride]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558107574/hamden/kiguyyzbzmzhzgmsaass/MaximumRide.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558107574/hamden/kiguyyzbzmzhzgmsaass/MaximumRide.jpg","width":339}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
James Patterson
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novel
![Mayham]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632054/hamden/m71pq4tgllfhjpxnacsg/Mayhem.jpg","width":242}])
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Sigrid Rausing
- Memoir
![Michael Vey Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558038360/hamden/zexu9r5ohrucr1oqvmlr/MichaelVey.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558038360/hamden/zexu9r5ohrucr1oqvmlr/MichaelVey.jpg","width":333}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Richard Paul Evans
- Science Fiction
![Miles Morales Spider-Man]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558096927/hamden/iebb0fupyhozmcuu5c7k/MilesMorales.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Jason Reynolds
- Fantasy
![Miracle's Boys]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557235694/hamden/unfeck6gesddfnjwxasi/MiraclesBoys.jpg","width":219}])
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- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Jacqueline Woodson
- Realistic Fiction
![Mommy's Khimar]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555632148/hamden/bwdh7pdup76j4ihvxmpc/Mommyskhimar.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632148/hamden/bwdh7pdup76j4ihvxmpc/Mommyskhimar.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![Monday's Not Coming]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558102643/hamden/hu17wuwvfr5ipsxht1j1/MondaysNotComing.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Tiffany D. Jackson
- Mystery
![Monster]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632163/hamden/f9sv7bvtodk6ov5ud4fl/Monster.jpg","width":241}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Walter Dean Myers
- Fantasy
- Realistic Fiction
![Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557236047/hamden/whyrqi8ch1ov7ihyfu5m/MorrisMicklewhiteandtheTangerineDress.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557236047/hamden/whyrqi8ch1ov7ihyfu5m/MorrisMicklewhiteandtheTangerineDress.jpg","width":266}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Christine Baldacchino
- Picture Book
![Mr. Wolf's Class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555632202/hamden/r95h9rbsckcg7oaxqwzk/MrWolfsclass.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
- Grade 04
Aron Nels Steinke
- Graphic Novel
![Ms. Marvel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557236172/hamden/gojprxemj0h5trepqcmd/MsMarvel.jpg","width":241}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
G. Willow Wilson
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novel
![Munmun]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558054904/hamden/fbyex0zmabkgrdywwjkr/munmun.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
Jesse Andrews
- Science Fiction
![My Fight/Your Fight]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555631792/hamden/ahjqwfgofedzcvqh7h8m/Myfightyourfight_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631792/hamden/ahjqwfgofedzcvqh7h8m/Myfightyourfight_1.jpg","width":273}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Ronda Rousey
- Memoir
![New Kid]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631865/hamden/w9qk7bxf92747gjkwpn4/Newkid.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jerry Kraft
- Graphic Novel
- Realistic Fiction
![OCDaniel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558456528/hamden/vhdaq0i9snoc0ztbvnry/OCDaniel.jpg","width":184}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Wesley King
- Mental Health
- Realistic Fiction
![Book Cover for One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558041273/hamden/w8ari3dsqzlt6xecda9h/OneCrazySummer.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558041273/hamden/w8ari3dsqzlt6xecda9h/OneCrazySummer.jpg","width":293}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Rita Williams-Garcia
- Historical Fiction
![One of Us is Lying]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558056156/hamden/g0kciu4fexrrebhuxop1/OneofUsLying.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Karen M. McManus
- Mystery
![Patina]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631517/hamden/upbykhfu4jrgeyuhz3eu/Patina.jpg","width":236}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jason Reynolds
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![P.S. Be Eleven]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557236330/hamden/loi99r8aiabnbb3fmqbv/PSBeEleven.jpg","width":241}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Rita Williams-Garcia
- Realistic Fiction
![Rebound]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631630/hamden/tilhlub4jkyftsfmdgxw/Rebound.jpg","width":239}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Kwame Alexander
- Novel in Verse
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![Red Queen]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558105195/hamden/bx9ozunuyvo7pi02ur3t/RedQueen.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558105195/hamden/bx9ozunuyvo7pi02ur3t/RedQueen.jpg","width":332}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Victoria Aveyard
- Fantasy
![Renegades]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558105396/hamden/lxkdvklmnbeifdvukgq1/Renegades.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558105396/hamden/lxkdvklmnbeifdvukgq1/Renegades.jpg","width":318}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Marissa Meyer
- Fantasy
![Shai and Emmie Series]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555631346/hamden/mswfpfuozoahwuajqbhg/ShaiEmmieseries.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631346/hamden/mswfpfuozoahwuajqbhg/ShaiEmmieseries.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
Quvenzhane Wallis
- Realistic Fiction
![Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555631365/hamden/ejcbspmrlts15ue01i9j/Shakingthingsup.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631365/hamden/ejcbspmrlts15ue01i9j/Shakingthingsup.jpg","width":280}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Grade 03
- Kindergarten
Susan Hood
- Biography
- Picture Book
![Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558107331/hamden/nq1jih9pjeub4vdgjpzx/SimonvsTheHomoSapiensAgenda.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558107331/hamden/nq1jih9pjeub4vdgjpzx/SimonvsTheHomoSapiensAgenda.jpg","width":488}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Becky Albertalli
- LGBTQ+
- Romance
![Six of Crows]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558105823/hamden/jqmiw95lvpvzvycj8sfx/SixofCrows.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558105823/hamden/jqmiw95lvpvzvycj8sfx/SixofCrows.jpg","width":344}])
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Leigh Bardugo
- Fantasy
![Spin]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558036360/hamden/hy2cltpr0seamdhcovzf/Spin.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558036360/hamden/hy2cltpr0seamdhcovzf/Spin.jpg","width":338}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Lamar Giles
- Mystery
![Sunny]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631409/hamden/o8j94hnt8jtcafrhbxyg/Sunny.jpg","width":245}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jason Reynolds
- Realistic Fiction
- Sports
![Sunny Side Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558107009/hamden/hgnz388eyobetqat1tzm/Sunny-Side-Up.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558107009/hamden/hgnz388eyobetqat1tzm/Sunny-Side-Up.jpg","width":344}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Jennifer L. Holm
- Graphic Novel
![Thank You, Omu]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555631027/hamden/bflfji8bgrlw1b5q6agf/ThankyouOmu.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555631027/hamden/bflfji8bgrlw1b5q6agf/ThankyouOmu.jpg","width":295}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Oge Mora
- Picture Book
- Realistic Fiction
![The Belles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/zhkxzncs8yvjim1ierkn/TheBelles.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Dhonielle Clayton
- Fantasy
![The Best Man]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/aqho2cc2ce3eyahvwvsv/TheBestMan.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Richard Peck
- Realistic Fiction
![The Crossover]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/da7blqsflafinjshrnzb/Crossover.jpg","width":240}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
by Kwame Alexander
- Novel in Verse
- Sports
![The Cruel Prince]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558053389/hamden/xe3a2fpmdszlxgerskom/Cruelprince.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Holly Black
- Fantasy
![The Dinosaur Expert]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1555674900/hamden/uiek4azqkqcxbdpcb3jn/Dinosaurexpert.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555674900/hamden/uiek4azqkqcxbdpcb3jn/Dinosaurexpert.jpg","width":292}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Margaret McNamara
- Picture Book
![The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/rovfazlwfamiby2ow3bx/TheEpicFailofArturoZamora.jpg","width":238}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Pablo Cartaya
- Realistic Fiction
![The First Rule of Punk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1554212777/hamden/epfcjttikqjqtp8ymps1/FirstRuleofPunk.jpg","width":238}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Celia Perez
- Realistic Fiction
![The Greatest: Muhammad Ali]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1556640085/hamden/lkbgxr1xwkyyrwtin355/TheGreatest.jpg","width":248}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Walter Dean Myers
- Biography
![The Home Team Collection]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558106800/hamden/sclytxuqefakqhhq2kux/TheHomeTeamCollection.jpg","width":165}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Mike Lupica
- Sports
![Book cover for the Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558447713/hamden/gtcanygbt4oqdkbiv5yz/Thejumpies_1.jpg","width":238}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Tracey Baptiste
- Fantasy
![The Lotterys Plus One]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555630771/hamden/bo9ercjmb66nj8oc6b7t/TheLotterysplusone.jpg","width":245}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Emma Donoghue
- Realistic Fiction
![The Love and Lies of Rukhasna Ali]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555630795/hamden/unzlvj5dd93djcnreath/TheloveliesofRukhsanaAli.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Sabina Khan
- LGBTQ+
![The Marrow Thieves]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558707936/hamden/c54uiufvxnfbh4fo5xh0/TheMarrowThieves.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Cherie Dimaline
- Science Fiction
![The Poet X]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558049202/hamden/mrkqxpjreqq0tsk8qthd/ThePoetX.gif","width":200}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Elizabeth Acevedo
- Novel in Verse
![The Red Pencil]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557706108/hamden/ifdyeeatfyxkokw3orp3/TheRedPencil.jpg","width":245}])
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Realistic Fiction
![The Season of Styx Malone]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1555630891/hamden/bs7xto88nnv7ycovktmx/TheseasonofStyxMalone.jpg","width":238}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
Kekla Magoon
- Realistic Fiction
![The Six]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558108739/hamden/m3sdqts7nqnjtslexquo/TheSix.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558108739/hamden/m3sdqts7nqnjtslexquo/TheSix.jpg","width":333}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Mark Alpert
- Science Fiction
![The Stars Beneath Our Feet]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557706484/hamden/n0u7mlmn4ptsowmulpjg/TheStarsBeneathourFeet.jpg","width":239}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
David Barclay Moore
- Realistic Fiction
![The Summer I Turned Pretty]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558105939/hamden/hagtnvcaiaqpcjwgdewa/TheSummerITurnedPretty.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558105939/hamden/hagtnvcaiaqpcjwgdewa/TheSummerITurnedPretty.jpg","width":328}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Jenny Han
- Romance
![Book cover for THey Call Me Guero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558448151/hamden/rgusw9tedxsc27yk8jvq/TheycallmeGuero.jpg","width":232}])
- Award Winners
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
David Bowles
- Novel in Verse
- Realistic Fiction
![Book cover of This Promise of Change by Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558445599/hamden/ru3qebadviwfq19oloqc/Thispromiseofchange_1.jpg","width":247}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy
- Memoir
![To All the Boys I've Loved Before]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558054550/hamden/rtjnmwybfwwkifym3g69/Toallboysiveloved.gif","width":200}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Jenny Han
- Romance
![To Kill a Mockingbird]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558107665/hamden/gyul2xzllvnyglfw7ysd/ToKillaMockingbird.jpg","width":187}])
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Harper Lee
- Graphic Novel
- Historical Fiction
![Top Prospect]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558106062/hamden/awdloqrdlderelzfogqg/TopProspect.jpg","width":1694}])
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
- Grade 08
Paul Volponi
- Sports
![Book cover of Under my Hijab by Hena Khan and Aaliya Jaleel]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558445321/hamden/hzoabamklmclpxyrm6nj/Undermyhijab_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558445321/hamden/hzoabamklmclpxyrm6nj/Undermyhijab_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Hena Khan and Aaliya Jaleel
- Picture Book
![Book cover of Watched by Marina Budhos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558445111/hamden/wnjk5frz5yisr94tueff/Watched_1.jpg","width":234}])
- Grade 08
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
Marina Budhos
- Realistic Fiction
![Book cover for We are cousins by Diane Gonzales Bertrand]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558444423/hamden/oxgplnzyiw6urlrcb4yy/Wearecousins_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558444423/hamden/oxgplnzyiw6urlrcb4yy/Wearecousins_1.jpg","width":360}])
- Grade 01
- Grade 02
- Kindergarten
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
- Bilingual
- Picture Book
![Book cover of We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558444680/hamden/k8n3uu5luaoexhfv67jl/Weshouldhangoutsometime_1.jpg","width":230}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Josh Sundquist
- Humorous
- Memoir
![Book cover for White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558444207/hamden/oldsfl7wzubkuxbjvckv/Whitefragility_1.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Robin DiAngelo
- Nonfiction
![Book Cover for Wonder by RJ Palacio]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558096375/hamden/iwcwj1tr7dsfab0aag92/wonder_1.jpg","width":250}])
- Grade 04
- Grade 05
- Grade 06
- Grade 07
R.J. Palacio
- Realistic Fiction
![Book cover of You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558468637/hamden/s8xzmyiyxvcuxnz57x43/Youbringthedistantnear_1.jpg","width":240}])
- Grade 09
- Grade 10
- Grade 11
- Grade 12
Mitali Perkins
- Historical Fiction
- Realistic Fiction