NCSLMA Middle School Battle of the Books List
2025-2026
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Across So Many Seas
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Ruth Behar
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
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Roshani Chokshi |
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The Bitter Side of Sweet
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Tara Sullivan
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Black Brother, Black Brother
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The Bletchley Riddle
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Ruta Sepetys & Steve Sheinkin
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City Spies
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James Ponti
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The Door of No Return
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Kwame Alexander
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The First Rule of Punk
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Celia C. Peréz
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The Fort
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Gordon Korman
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Ground Zero*
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Alan Gratz
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Healer of the Water Monster
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Brian Young
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House Arrest
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K. A. Holt
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
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Dusti Bowling
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The Mona Lisa Vanishes
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Nicholas Day & Brett Helquist
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The Shape of Thunder
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Jasmine Warga
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Solimar
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Pam Muñoz Ryan
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Starfish
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Lisa Fipps
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The Storyteller
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Brandon Hobson
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To Night Owl From Dogfish
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Holly Goldberg Sloan & Meg Wolitzer
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When Stars Are Scattered
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Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed
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*Student choice selection