State Battle February 24-28, 2025
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Borders by Thomas King
City Spies by James Ponti
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper **
Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton ***
House Arrest by K.A. Holt
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Nature’s Best Hope (Young Reader’s Edition) by Douglas Tallamy, adapted by Sarah L. Thomson
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Operation Do-Over by Gordon Korman *
Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca **
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson **
The Season of Styx Malone by Kekla Magoon ****
Sidetracked by Diana Harmon Asher
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow * & **
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi **
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz *
Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
*Golden Archer nomination 2024
**Newbery Honor book
***Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Award
****Coretta Scott King Author Honor