Partial Titles for 2025-2026
NOTE: The name of the series is not part of the title!
If the Spokesperson’s answer includes the name of the series that team will not be credited points.
Thank you to EVERYONE who nominated titles and offered Feedback for the 2025-2026 Season! Stay tuned! The final selections will be posted in late February 2025!
First half of Titles selected for 3-5 division 2025-2026!
- Better With Butter by Victoria Piontek. (Realistic Fiction).
- Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein. (Mystery). Available in Spanish as Escapa de la biblioteca del señor Lemoncello.
- Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome. (Historical Fiction).
- Million Dollar Race, The by Matthew Ross Smith. (Realistic Fiction).
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. (Historical Fiction). Available in Spanish as ¿Quién cuenta las estrellas?
- The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla. (Mystery, Graphic Novel)
Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter. (Realistic Fiction, Graphic Novel). Available in Spanish as Apachurrada: Una novela gráfica.
First half of Titles selected for 6-8 division 2025-2026!
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi. (fantasy). Available in Spanish as Aru Shah y el fin del tiempo.
- Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. (fantasy).
- Dictionary of Scoundrels, A by Beth Lincoln (mystery).
- Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass (realistic fiction).
Eyes and the Impossible, The by Dave Eggers (animal fiction). Available in Spanish as Los ojos y lo imposible. - Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín. (memoir, graphic novel), Available in Spanish as Mexikid: en español.
- Uprooted by Ruth Chan (memoir, graphic novel)
Student Choice Options (all fantasy)
- Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan
- Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maunakea
- Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. Available in Spanish as Alanna, la guerrera.
First half of Titles selected for 9-12 division 2025-2026!
- All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. (realistic fiction). Available in Spanish as De ira y amor.
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. (fantasy). Available in Spanish as Los chicos del cementerio.
- Seven Percent of Ro Devereux by Ellen O’Clover (romance)
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. (science fiction), Available in Spanish as El cementerio de barcos.
Student Choice Options (all fantasy)
- Little Thieves by Margaret Owen. Available in Spanish as Muerte y fortuna.
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko. Available in Spanish as Radiante.
- The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas. Available in Spanish as Las pruebas del sol.