# Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award reading list

**47** books referenced by Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The William Allen White Children's Book Award is Kansas's statewide children's-choice book award, established in 1952 at Emporia State University and named for the celebrated Kansas journalist and editor William Allen White. Kansas students vote each year in two divisions — grades 3-5 and grades 6-8 — making it one of the oldest and best-known readers'-choice awards in the United States. Its winner lists are read in Kansas classrooms and libraries statewide and include widely loved titles such as Holes, Bud Not Buddy, Because of Winn-Dixie, The City of Ember, Pax, Fish in a Tree, Ghost, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and Ground Zero.

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## Kansas William Allen White Children's Book Award reading list

- [11 Birthdays](https://readinglist.school/book/11-birthdays) by Wendy Mass _(Grades 3–5)_
- [96 Miles](https://readinglist.school/book/96-miles) by J. L. Esplin _(Grades 6–8)_
- [A Dog's Life](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dogs-life-the-autobiography-of-a-stray) by Ann M. Martin _(Grades 4–6)_
- [A Million Ways Home](https://readinglist.school/book/a-million-ways-home) by Dianna Dorisi-Winget _(Grades 4–6)_
- [America is Under Attack September 11 2001](https://readinglist.school/book/america-is-under-attack-september-11-2001) by Don Brown _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Because of Winn-Dixie](https://readinglist.school/book/because-of-winn-dixie) by Kate DiCamillo _(610L · Grades 3–5)_
- [Bud, Not Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/bud-not-buddy) by Christopher Paul Curtis _(950L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/buddy) by M. H. Herlong _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Clementine](https://readinglist.school/book/clementine) by Sara Pennypacker _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Confetti Girl](https://readinglist.school/book/confetti-girl) by Diana López _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Cracker The Best Dog in Vietnam](https://readinglist.school/book/cracker-the-best-dog-in-vietnam) by Cynthia Kadohata _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Donuthead](https://readinglist.school/book/donuthead) by Sue Stauffacher _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Eleven](https://readinglist.school/book/eleven) by Patricia Reilly Giff _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library](https://readinglist.school/book/escape-from-mr-lemoncellos-library) by Chris Grabenstein _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Fish in a Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/fish-in-a-tree) by Lynda Mullaly Hunt _(550L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Ghost Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-boys) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(360L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Ghost Dog Secrets](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-dog-secrets) by Peg Kehret _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Ground Zero](https://readinglist.school/book/ground-zero) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Guinea Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/guinea-dog) by Patrick Jennings _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Hidden](https://readinglist.school/book/hidden) by Helen Frost _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Holes](https://readinglist.school/book/holes) by Louis Sachar _(660L · Grades 4–7)_
- [How to Steal a Dog](https://readinglist.school/book/how-to-steal-a-dog) by Barbara O'Connor _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus](https://readinglist.school/book/insignificant-events-in-the-life-of-a-cactus) by Dusti Bowling _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Landry News](https://readinglist.school/book/the-landry-news) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Life on Mars](https://readinglist.school/book/life-on-mars) by Jennifer Brown _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Loser](https://readinglist.school/book/loser) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Malcolm at Midnight](https://readinglist.school/book/malcolm-at-midnight) by W. H. Beck _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Odder](https://readinglist.school/book/odder) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Pax](https://readinglist.school/book/pax) by Sara Pennypacker _(760L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Restart](https://readinglist.school/book/restart) by Gordon Korman _(730L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Scritch Scratch](https://readinglist.school/book/scritch-scratch) by Lindsay Currie _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Small Spaces](https://readinglist.school/book/small-spaces) by Katherine Arden _(Grades 3–5)_
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Stella](https://readinglist.school/book/stella) by McCall Hoyle _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Surviving the Applewhites](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-the-applewhites) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Author's Guide to Surviving Hitler](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-hitler-a-boy-in-the-nazi-death-camps) by Andrea Warren _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Boy Who Dared](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boy-who-dared) by Susan Campbell Bartoletti _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Boy on the Porch](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boy-on-the-porch) by Sharon Creech _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The City of Ember](https://readinglist.school/book/the-city-of-ember) by Jeanne DuPrau _(Grades 4–6)_
- [The Fort](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fort) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Ghost Sitter](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost-sitter) by Peni R. Griffin _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Ghost of Fossil Glen](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-fossil-glen) by Cynthia DeFelice _(Grades 3–8)_
- [The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise](https://readinglist.school/book/the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Report Card](https://readinglist.school/book/the-report-card) by Andrew Clements _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Took](https://readinglist.school/book/took) by Mary Downing Hahn _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Wildfire](https://readinglist.school/book/wildfire) by Rodman Philbrick _(Grades 3–5)_

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