# Kentucky Bluegrass Award reading list

**52** books referenced by Kentucky Bluegrass Award, a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

The Kentucky Bluegrass Award (KBA) is Kentucky's statewide reading program, run by the Kentucky Association of School Librarians since 1983. Students read from annual nominee lists across grade divisions (including grades 3-5 and 6-8) and vote each year for their favorite title. Its winners are read in Kentucky classrooms and libraries statewide and span the most-loved middle-grade titles, from The Tale of Despereaux and Wonder to The Crossover, Ghost, and Alone.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/kentucky-bluegrass-award
**Primary source:** https://www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle (www.kasl.us/kba/kba-winners-circle)
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## Kentucky Bluegrass Award reading list

- [A Corner of the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/a-corner-of-the-universe) by Ann M. Martin _(Grades 5–8)_
- [A Tale Dark and Grimm](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tale-dark-and-grimm) by Adam Gidwitz _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Albert](https://readinglist.school/book/albert) by Donna Jo Napoli _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Allergic](https://readinglist.school/book/allergic) by Megan Wagner Lloyd _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Alone](https://readinglist.school/book/alone) by Megan E. Freeman _(Grades 4–6)_
- [Avalon High](https://readinglist.school/book/avalon-high) by Meg Cabot _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Big Nate: In a Class by Himself](https://readinglist.school/book/big-nate-in-a-class-by-himself) by Lincoln Peirce _(500L · Grades 4–7)_
- [Black Brother, Black Brother](https://readinglist.school/book/black-brother-black-brother) by Jewell Parker Rhodes _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Call Me Hope](https://readinglist.school/book/call-me-hope) by Gretchen Olson _(Grades 3–5)_
- [City of Ghosts](https://readinglist.school/book/city-of-ghosts) by Victoria Schwab _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Class Clown](https://readinglist.school/book/class-clown) by Johanna Hurwitz _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Diary of a Wimpy Kid](https://readinglist.school/book/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid) by Jeff Kinney _(950L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Dog Man](https://readinglist.school/book/dog-man) by Dav Pilkey _(390L · Grades 2–5)_
- [Duke](https://readinglist.school/book/duke) by Kirby Larson _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Game Changer](https://readinglist.school/book/game-changer) by Tommy Greenwald _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Ghost](https://readinglist.school/book/ghost) by Jason Reynolds _(730L · Grades 5–8)_
- [Giants Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/giants-beware) by Jorge Aguirre _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Knocked Out by Nunga-Nungas](https://readinglist.school/book/knocked-out-by-nunga-nungas) by Louise Rennison _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Legend](https://readinglist.school/book/legend-marie-lu) by Marie Lu _(Grades 6–9)_
- [Max and the Midknights](https://readinglist.school/book/max-and-the-midknights) by Lincoln Peirce _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Million-Dollar Throw](https://readinglist.school/book/million-dollar-throw) by Mike Lupica _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Odder](https://readinglist.school/book/odder) by Katherine Applegate _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Piggie Pie!](https://readinglist.school/book/piggie-pie) by Margie Palatini _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Rules](https://readinglist.school/book/rules) by Cynthia Lord _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Secrets of the Mummies](https://readinglist.school/book/secrets-of-the-mummies) by Shelley Tanaka _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Smile](https://readinglist.school/book/smile) by Raina Telgemeier _(410L · Grades 4–8)_
- [Smoky Mountain Rose](https://readinglist.school/book/smoky-mountain-rose) by Alan Schroeder _(Grades 3–5)_
- [So B. It](https://readinglist.school/book/so-b-it) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Something Big Has Been Here](https://readinglist.school/book/something-big-has-been-here) by Jack Prelutsky _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Steelheart](https://readinglist.school/book/steelheart) by Brandon Sanderson _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Stepping Stones](https://readinglist.school/book/stepping-stones) by Lucy Knisley _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Stuck in Neutral](https://readinglist.school/book/stuck-in-neutral) by Terry Trueman _(Grades 7–10)_
- [Surviving the Applewhites](https://readinglist.school/book/surviving-the-applewhites) by Stephanie S. Tolan _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Swindle](https://readinglist.school/book/swindle) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Big Bad Fox](https://readinglist.school/book/the-big-bad-fox) by Benjamin Renner _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Butterfly Jar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-butterfly-jar) by Jeffrey Moss _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Christmas of the Reddle Moon](https://readinglist.school/book/the-christmas-of-the-reddle-moon) by J. Patrick Lewis _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Crossover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crossover) by Kwame Alexander _(750L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Ghost of Graylock](https://readinglist.school/book/the-ghost-of-graylock) by Dan Poblocki _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Graveyard Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-graveyard-book) by Neil Gaiman _(820L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Honest Truth](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honest-truth) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_
- [The Invention of Hugo Cabret](https://readinglist.school/book/the-invention-of-hugo-cabret) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Lost Library](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lost-library) by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass _(Grades 4–8)_
- [The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane](https://readinglist.school/book/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Stranger](https://readinglist.school/book/the-stranger) by Chris Van Allsburg _(Grades 3–5)_
- [The Tale of Despereaux](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tale-of-despereaux) by Kate DiCamillo _(670L · Grades 3–6)_
- [The Thing About Leftovers](https://readinglist.school/book/the-thing-about-leftovers) by C.C. Payne _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Tucky Jo and Little Heart](https://readinglist.school/book/tucky-jo-and-little-heart) by Patricia Polacco _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Two Degrees](https://readinglist.school/book/two-degrees) by Alan Gratz _(Grades 5–8)_
- [When Stars Are Scattered](https://readinglist.school/book/when-stars-are-scattered) by Victoria Jamieson _(Grades 5–8)_
- [Who Needs a Bratty Brother?](https://readinglist.school/book/who-needs-a-bratty-brother) by Linda Gondosch _(Grades 3–5)_
- [Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/wonder) by R.J. Palacio _(790L · Grades 3–7)_

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