Battle of the Books 2022 Rainbow Creek and East Lake
George
Gino, Alex, author
2017
When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. George thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. George really, really, wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part, because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, George comes up with a plan.
I can make this promise
Day, Christine, 1993- author
2019
When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother's adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family's history and her own identity.
I survived. The attacks of September 11, 2001 : the graphic novel
Ball, Georgia, author.
2021
When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father's, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City.
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
Dicamillo, Kate, author.
2015
Wings of fire. Book one, The dragonet prophecy : the graphic novel
Deutsch, Barry, author
2018
Not every dragonet wants a destiny...Clay has grown up under the mountain, chosen along with four other dragonets to fulfill a mysterious prophecy and end the war between the dragon tribes of Pyrrhia. He's not so sure about the prophecy part, but Clay can't imagine not living with the other dragonets; they're his best friends. So when one of the dragonets is threatened, all five spring into action. Together, they will choose freedom over fate, leave the mountain, and fulfill their destiny - on their own terms.