Commitment

Nonfiction

  • Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy - 796.323 Coy
  • Becoming Babe Ruth by Matt Tavares - 796.357 Tav
  • Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick - 796.357 Ver
  • The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks by Barb Rosenstock - 979.4 Ros
  • The Firehouse Light by Janet Nolan - 363.37 Nol
  • Franklin and Winston: A Christmas That Changed the World by Douglas Wood and Barry Moser - 940.53 Woo
  • Here Come the Girl Scouts! by Shana Corey - 369.463 Cor
  • The House That George Built by Suzanne Slade - 975.3 Sla
  • Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff - 917.3 Koe
  • Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic by Monica Carnesi - 636.7 Car
  • Nelly May Has Her Say by Cynthia DeFelice - 398.2 DeF
  • Pierre the Penguin by Jean Marzollo - 598.47 Mar
  • The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter - 590 Win
  • Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laure Halse Anderson - 394.2649 And
  • Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic by Robert Burleigh - 629.13 Bur
  • Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter - 371.823 Win
  • Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport - 974.7 Rap
  • Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt's Treasured Books by Susan L. Roth and Karen Leggett Abouraya - 962.05 Rot
  • Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story by Margot Theis Raven - 940.4 Rav

Biography

  • Clara and Davie by Patricia Polacco - B Barton
  • Annie and Helen by Deborah Hopkinson - B Kel
  • Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson - B Ree
  • Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss - B Zen
  • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer - B Kam
  • Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim - B Was
  • Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares - B Aar
  • On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne - B Ein
  • Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender: The True Story of a Civil War Spy by Carrie Jones - B Edm
  • Stand Straight, Ella Kate: The True Story of a Real Giant by Kate Klise - B Ewe
  • Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina - B Coa
  • What to Do About Alice? How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drover Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley - B Lon
  • When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan - B And
  • Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa b Jeanette Winter - B Maa
  • Queen of the Diamond: The Lizzie Murphy Story by Emily Arnold McCully - B Mur
  • Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport - B Kin
  • JFK by Jonah Winter - B Ken
  • Just Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo - B Hep
  • Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia by Jeanette Winter - B Sor
  • Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet - B Sar

Everybody (picture books)

  • H Is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet by Devin Scillian - E Sci
  • Light in the Darkness by Lesa Cline-Ransome - E Cli
  • 11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill - E Off
  • The Art of Miss Chew by Patricia Polacco - E Pol
  • The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man by Michael Chabon - E Cha
  • The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce - E Joy
  • The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner - E Bil
  • How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills - E Hil
  • In the Garden with Dr. Carver by Susan Grigsby - E Gri
  • Testing the Ice: A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson - E Rob
  • When Grandmama Sings by Margaree King Mitchell - E Mit
  • Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World's Smartest Horse by Emily Arnold McCully - E McC
  • Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden - E Blu
  • Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby - E Ker
  • John, Paul, George, & Ben by Lane Smith - E Smi
  • Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle - E Eng
  • Blizzard by John Rocco - E Roc
  • EIEIO: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm (with a Little Help from Hen) by Judy Sierra - E Sie
  • Flight School by Lita Judge - E Jud
  • Going Places by Peter and Paul Reynolds - E Rey
  • Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea - E She
  • The Monkey Goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom - E Blo

Fiction

  • Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan - F Mac
  • The Girl from Felony Bay by J.E. Thompson - F Tho
  • Almost Super by Marion Jensen - F Jen
  • Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year by Bill Harley - F Har
  • Duke by Kirby Larson - F Lar
  • Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes - F Cer
  • Gingersnap by Patricia Reilly Giff - F Gif
  • Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord - F Lor
  • The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky by Holly Schindler - F Sch
  • Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle - F Eng
  • Rules for Ghosting by A.J. Paquette - F Paq
  • Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Leisl Shurtliff - F Shu
  • Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman - F Edd
  • A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd - F Llo
  • Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick - F Phi
  • The Rookie Bookie by L. Jon Wertheim and Tobias Moskowitz - F Wer
  • Saving Kabul Corner by N.H. Senzai - F Sen
  • Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff - F Shu
  • Masterminds by Gordon Korman - F Kor
  • Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells - F Wel
  • Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty - F Bea
  • The Iron Trial (Magisterium, Book One) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare - F Bla
  • The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book One) by Rick Riordan - F Rio
  • The Terrible Two by Mac Barnett and Jory John - F Bar
  • Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo - F Dic
  • Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - F Hun
  • The Adventures of Beanboy by Lisa Harkrader - F Har
  • After All, You're Callie Boone by Winnie Mack - F Mac
  • January's Sparrow by Patricia Polacco - F Pol
  • Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M.T. Anderson - F And

Graphic Novels

  • El Deafo by Cece Bell - GN Bel