# Blue Hen Book Award reading list

**17** books referenced by Blue Hen Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Blue Hen Book Award is Delaware's statewide children's-choice book award (grades 4-8). Each year a committee selects nominees; students across Delaware read from the list and vote for their favorite. This list links the award's verified winners that appear in the ReadingList corpus.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/blue-hen-book-award
**Primary source:** https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/ (dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
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## Blue Hen Book Award reading list

- [A Season of Gifts](https://readinglist.school/book/a-season-of-gifts) by Richard Peck _(Grades 3–8)_
- [A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)](https://readinglist.school/book/a-snicker-of-magic) by Natalie Lloyd _(Grades 3–10)_
- [Amari and the Night Brothers](https://readinglist.school/book/amari-and-the-night-brothers) by B. B. Alston _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Artemis Fowl](https://readinglist.school/book/artemis-fowl) by Eoin Colfer _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Clementine](https://readinglist.school/book/clementine) by Sara Pennypacker _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-from-mr-lemoncellos-library) by Chris Grabenstein _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Ghost Knight](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-knight) by Cornelia Funke _(Grades 3–10)_
- [Girl in a Cage](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-in-a-cage) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone](https://readinglist.school/book/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone) by J.K. Rowling _(880L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Million-Dollar Throw](https://readinglist.school/book/million-dollar-throw) by Mike Lupica _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Nightmare at the Book Fair](https://readinglist.school/book/nightmare-at-the-book-fair) by Dan Gutman _(Grades 3–8)_
- [No Talking](https://readinglist.school/book/no-talking) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Project Mulberry](https://readinglist.school/book/project-mulberry) by Linda Sue Park _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Sword of Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sword-of-summer) by Rick Riordan _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo _(670L · Grades 3–6)_
- [The Wishing Spell](https://readinglist.school/book/the-wishing-spell) by Chris Colfer _(Grades 3–8)_

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