Novel Knowledge 2022-23 Book List
What is Novel Knowledge Competition?
Novel Knowledge (NK) is a team reading competition for grades 4 - 6 that begins at each elementary site in the late
fall and ends with a district-wide competition mid-late spring.
VUSD has proudly sponsored the NK Competition for the past 20 years! This is a fun reading competition that allows
our dedicated readers the chance to shine at both site and district competitions.
The list of books for 2022-2023 competition:
- One Dead Spy by Nathan Hale
- There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom by Louis Sachar
- Fish in a Tree by Linda Mulally Hung
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- Coretta Scott King: I Kept on Marching by Kathleen Krull

20th Annual
Novel Knowledge
District Championship
at Vaca Peña Middle School
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
6:30pm