K-2
Elmer, by David McKee.
Tacky the Penquin, by Helen Lester.
The Wheels on the Bus, by Maryann Kovalski
Henry and Mudge, by Cynthia Rylant.
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!, by Janet Stevens.
Hedgie's Surprise, by Jan Brett.
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes.
Grades 3-5
Bud, not Buddy, by Christopher Paul.
Holes, by Louis Sacher.
Curtis Frindle, by Andrew Clements.
Nasty, Stinky Sneakers, by Eve Bunting.
Shiloh, by Phyllis Naylor.
Perloo, by Avi.
How to Talk to your Cat, by Jean George.
How to Talk to your Dog, by Jean George.
Grades 6-8
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith.
Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls.
Night, by Elie Wiesel.
The Giver, by Lois Lowery.
The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox.
Lost in the Barrens, by Farley Mowfat.
The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier.
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson.
Grades 9-12
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
My Antonia, by Willa Cather.
Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison.
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest Gaines.
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston.
Black Boy, by Richard Wright.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou.
A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen.
—Source: BJHS Book Battlers, American Library Association (ALA) and Joan Brown, Irving School Media Specialist
