Lists and Suggestions for Kids

List: 2023 Rebecca Caudill Award Nominees

Alston, B. B..

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects... More

Bildner, Phil.

Also available in Overdrive. After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player ... More

Blankman, Anne.

Also available in Overdrive. "On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savch... More

Braden, Ann.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three young... More

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.

Also available in Overdrive. "Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anythi... More

Cartaya, Pablo.

Also available in Overdrive. After a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's ... More

Cisneros, Ernesto.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava... More

Colbert, Brandy.

Also available in Overdrive. Beach loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for ye... More

Cuevas, Adrianna.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. "A Cuban-American boy must use his ability to communica... More

Currie, Lindsay.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicag... More

Faruqi, Saadia.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting h... More

Harrell, Rob.

Also available in Overdrive. After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross dis... More

Jamieson, Victoria.

Also available in Overdrive. "Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and ... More

Kyi, Tanya Lloyd.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. "An essential overview of the science behind stereotyp... More

Messner, Kate.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young g... More

Pancholy, Maulik.

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. "Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small ... More

Rhodes, Jewell Parker.

Also available in Overdrive. Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies ... More

Soontornvat, Christina.

Also available in Overdrive. "On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer ... More

Venable, Colleen A. F.

Also available in Overdrive. Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are a... More

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Also available in Overdrive. ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his fathe... More