2022-2023 Books of the Month and Reading Bowl Exam Lists

Books of the Month 2022-2023
Tome Society (grades 9-12) 
August

1. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 
2. Stay by Catherine Ryan Hyde 

September 

1. The June Boys by Court Stevens 
2. Hush by Dylan Farrow

October 

1. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
2. Deeplight by Frances Hardinge 

November 

1. 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston 
2. Fireborne by Rosaria Munda 

December 

1. Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson 
2. Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price 

January 

1. The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. by Colleen Nelson 
2. Small Favors by Erin A. Craig 

February 

1. Eyes of the Forest by April Henry
2. Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson 

March 

1. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 
2. Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee 

April 

1. On the Hook by Francisco X. Stork 
2. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen 

May 

1. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys 
2. We Were Kings by Court Stevens 

Junior Tome (grades 6-8) 
August - The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling
September - Real by Carol Cujec with Peyton Goddard
October - I Am Defiance by Jenni L. Walsh
November - Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan 
December - Oddity by Eli Brown
January - Ten Thousand Tries by Amy Mackechnie
February - Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes
March - Pony by RJ Palacio
April - Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
May - The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 

Club Tome (grades 2-5) 
August - Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
September - The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington
October - The Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin Bowman
November - The Magic in Changing Your Stars by Leah Henderson*
December - Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley*
January - A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
February - Rescue by Jennifer Nielsen
March - Wilderlore by Amanda Foody
April - The Islanders by Mary Alice Monroe*
May - Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti 

Reading Bowl Exam Lists 
Tome Society (grades 9-12) 
Exam #1 

1. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer 
2. Stay by Catherine Ryan Hyde
3. The June Boys by Court Stevens 
4. Hush by Dylan Farrow 
5. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 
6. Deeplight by Frances Hardinge 

Exam #2 

1. 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston 
2. Fireborne by Rosaria Munda 
3. Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson 
4. Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price 
5. The Life and Deaths of Frankie D. by Colleen Nelson 
6. Small Favors by Erin A. Craig 
7. Eyes of the Forest by April Henry

Exam #3 

1.  Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson
2. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim  
3. Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee  
4. On the Hook by Francisco X. Stork  
5. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen  
6. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys  
7. We Were Kings by Court Stevens 

Junior Tome (grades 6-8) 
Exam #1 

1. The Canyon’s Edge by Dusti Bowling
2. Real by Carol Cujec with Peyton Goddard
3. I Am Defiance by Jenni L. Walsh

Exam #2 

1. Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan 
2. Oddity by Eli Brown
3. Ten Thousand Tries by Amy Mackechnie
4. Paradise on Fire by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Exam #3 

1. Pony by RJ Palacio
2. Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan
3. The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera 

Club Tome (grades 3-5) 
Exam #1 

1. Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
2. The Elephant’s Girl by Celesta Rimington

Exam #2 

1. The Girl and the Witch’s Garden by Erin Bowman
2. A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
3. Rescue by Jennifer Nielsen

Exam #3 

1. Wilderlore by Amanda Foody
2. Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti