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Tome Student Literacy Society

2025-2026 books of the month & reading bowl exam lists

Tome Society (grades 9-12)
August

The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

September 
Salt and Sugar by Rebecca Carvalho
The Last Bloodcarver by Vanessa Le

October 
Rhythm & Muse by India Hill Brown
The Smoke That Thunders by Erhu Kome

November
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell
Of Jade and Dragons by Amber Chen 

December
Sweetest Darkness by Leslie Lutz
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

January 
Stay Dead by April Henry
The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

February
The Brightwood Code by Monica Hesse
Our Divine Mischief by Hanna C. Howard

March 
The Only Girl in Town by Ally Condie
Once a Queen by Sarah Arthur

April 
Casters & Crowns by Elizabeth Lowham 
The Art of Us by Julie Wright 

May
Dust by Alison Stine
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

Junior Tome (grades 6-8)
August

Slug Fest by Gordon Korman
First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

September 
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

October 
The Legend of the Last Library by Frank L. Cole

November
Westfallen by Ann Brashares and Ben Brashares

December
One Wrong Step by Jennifer Nielsen
​Jupiter Rising by Gary D. Schmidt 

January 
Perry Home Ruins Everything by Beth Vrabel

February
Not If You Break Up With Me First by G.F. Miller

March 
The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys

April 
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

May
Wild Poppies by Haya Saleh

Club Tome (grades 2-5) 
August

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

September 
Hummingbird by Natalie Lloyd

October 
Olivetti by Allie Millington

November
The Race for the Ruby Turtle by Steve Bramucci

December
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

January 
The Secret Language of Birds by Lynne Kelly

February
Thea and the Mischief Makers by Tracy Badua

March 
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

April 
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

May
Operation Happy by Jenni L. Walsh 

2025-2026 Reading Bowl exam lists - coming soon

Tome Student Literacy Society
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PO Box 129 . Lula . GA . 30554