Quiz Bowl Books 2024-2025
2024-25 Big Island Heluhelu Quiz Bowl Titles
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna, Alda P. Dobbs (Gr 3-7, 2022 Pura Belpre Honor)
City Spies, James Ponti (Gr 3-7, 2024 Nēnē Award)
Eagle Drums, Nasugraq Rainey Hopson (Gr 4-6, 2024 Newbery Honor)
Elf Dog and Owl Head, M.T. Anderson (Gr 3-7, 2024 Newbery Honor)
Freewater, Amina Luqman-Dawson (Gr 5-8, 2023 Newbery Medal)
Frizzy, Clarabel A. Ortega (Gr 4-7, graphic novel, 2023 Pura Belpre medal)
Hoops, Matt Taveras (Gr 3-7, graphic novel, recommended by Meg Medina)
Invisible, Gonzalez, Epstein, & Pien, (Gr 3-7, 2024 Nēnē Graphic Novel Award)
Iveliz Explains It All, Andrea Beatriz Arango ( Gr 5-8, 2023 Newbery honor)
Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone, Tae Keller (Gr 4-7)
Lei and the Fire Goddess, Malia Maunakea (Gr 3-7, School LIbrary Journal Best Book of the Year)
Mexikid, Pedro Martin (Gr 5-9, graphic novel, 2024 Newbery Honor, 2024 Pura Belpre medal)
Odder, Katherine Applegate (Gr 4-7)
Rez Dogs, Joseph Bruchac (Gr 3-6)
Seen and Unseen, Elizabeth Partridge and Lauren Tamaki (Gr 4-8, 2023 Siebert medal)
Small Spaces, Katherine Arden (Gr 4-7,2023 Nēnē award)
Swim Team, Johnnie Christmas (Gr 3-6, graphic novel)
The Blackbird Girls, Anne Blankman (Gr 4-7)
The Eyes and the Impossible, Dave Eggers (Gr 3-7, 2024 Newbery Medal)
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn, Sally J. Pla (Gr 5-6, 2024 Schneider Family Book Award)
The Last Mapmaker, Christina Soontornvat (Gr 4-8, 2023 Newbery Honor)
The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, Daniel Nayeri (Gr 3-7, 2024 Newbery Honor)
The Midnight Children, Dan Gemeinhart (Gr 4-6)
The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity, Nicholas Day with art by Brett Helquist (Gr 5-9, 2024 Siebert Medal)
The Silver Arrow, Lev Grossman (Gr 3-7)
Tumble, Celia C. Perez (Gr 4-7, Pura Belpre Honor)
When Stars Are Scattered, Victoria Jamieson (Gr 4-8, graphic novel, National Book Award finalist)
Wink, Rob Harrell (Gr 4-7)
Legacy Titles - Newbery Medal winners that won earlier than five years ago
Flora & Ulysses: the illuminated adventures, Kate DiCamillo (Gr 3-7, 2014 Newbery Medal)
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry (Gr 5-7, 1990 Newbery Medal)