# William Allen White Children's Book Award reading list

**32** books referenced by 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, administered by Emporia State University since 1952. It has two divisions — Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8 — each with its own annual winner; Kansas students who read a set number of nominees vote, making the lists Kansas-specific and current.

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## 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 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)_
- [Buddy](https://readinglist.school/book/buddy) by M. H. Herlong _(Grades 6–8)_
- [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)_
- [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)_
- [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)_
- [Life on Mars](https://readinglist.school/book/life-on-mars) by Jennifer Brown _(Grades 3–5)_
- [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)_
- [Stella](https://readinglist.school/book/stella) by McCall Hoyle _(Grades 3–5)_
- [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 Fort](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fort) by Gordon Korman _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise](https://readinglist.school/book/the-remarkable-journey-of-coyote-sunrise) by Dan Gemeinhart _(Grades 5–8)_
- [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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