2026-2027 books of the month

Tome Society (grades 9-12)
August
The Stranded by Sarah Daniels
The Davenports by Krystal Marquis
September 
Wild Song by Candy Gourlay*
In the Tunnel by Julie Lee
October 
Kill Call by Jeff Wooten
The Summer She Went Missing by Chelsea Ichaso
November
Flying Through Water by Mamle Wolo
Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer
December
The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson Wheeler
Illuminary by Chawna Schroeder
January 
Salvación by Sandra Proudman
Wendy's Ever After by Julie Wright
February
Steel & Spellfire by Laura E. Weymouth
A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim
March 
Sonnets and Serpents by Elizabeth Lowham
Sonora by Jenni L. Walsh
April 
A Curious Kind of Magic by Mara Rutherford
The House Saphir by  Marissa Meyer*
May
Room to Breathe by Kasie West
Few Blue Skies by Carolina Ixta
*these titles will   not    be tested in the Reading Bowl competition
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Junior Tome (grades 6-8)
August
Weirdo by Tony Weaver*
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko 
September 
The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñiero
October 
Secrets of the Broken House by Taryn Souders
November
The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. Salerni
December
Rebellion 1776 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Away by Megan E. Freeman
January 
What If You Fall For Me First? by G.F. Miller*
February
School for Thieves by Peter Burns
March 
Coach by Jason Reynolds
April 
The Lion's Run by Sara Pennypacker
May
Once for Yes by Allie Millington 
*these titles will   not    be tested in the Reading Bowl competition

Club Tome (grades 2-5) 
August
The Girl Who  Kept the Castle by Ryan Graudin
September 
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti
October 
Lola by Karla Arenas Valenti
November
The Enemy's Daughter by Anne Blankman
December
Where Only Storms Grow by Alyssa Colman
January 
Forever Ripley by McCall Hoyle
February
Reach by Celesta Rimington
March 
The Bug Bandits by Jenni L. Walsh*
April 
The House  With The Dragon In It by Nick Lake*
May
Growing Home by Beth Ferry*
*these titles will   not    be tested in the Reading Bowl competition
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