Battle of the Books

2016-2017
Book selection

A Night Divided by:Jennifer A.

Nielsen
When her family is abruptly divided by the
rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old
Gerta harbors forbidden thoughts about
freedom and reuniting with her loved ones
before a coded message from her father
inspires a daring plan. [BL 5.4; MG; 317
p.]

Out of My Mind by: Sharon M.

Draper

Considered by many to be mentally

retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifthgrader with cerebral palsy discovers
a technological device that will allow
her to speak for the first time. [BL
4.3; MG; 295 p.]

Spy School by: Stuart Gibbs

Twelve-year-old Ben Ripley
leaves his public middle
school to attend the CIAs
highly secretive Espionage
Academy, which everyone is
told is an elite science school.
[BL 5.3; MG; 290 p.]

Masterminds by: Gordon Korman

(Willow Nominee): In the tooperfect setting of Serenity, New
Mexico, Eli Frieden and twenty-nine
other kids discover they were
cloned from the DNA of some of
the greatest criminal masterminds
in history for a sociological
experiment. [BL 5.2; MG; 323 p.]

Mark of a Thief by Jennifer A.

Nielsen
Nic, a slave in the mines of
Rome, is forced to enter a sealed
cave filled with Julius Caesars
treasures. What he finds will
change his destiny and the
history of the Empire. [BL 5.2;
MG; 339 p.]

The Lightening Thief by: Rick

Riordan
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns
he is a demigod, the son of a mortal
woman and Poseidon, god of the sea.
His mother sends him to a summer
camp for demigods, where he and
his new friends set out on a quest to
prevent a war between the gods. [BL
4.7; MG; 377 p.]

Crenshaw by: Peter Katherine

Applegate
Fearing

his family will have to

move back into their minivan
when they suffer another
financial setback, Jackson finds
support and comfort through his
friendship with a giant imaginary
cat.[BL 3.8; MG; 245 p.]

Because of Mr. Terupt by: Rob

Buyea

Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill

School in Connecticut relate how
their lives are changed for the
better by rookie teacher Mr. Terupt.
[BL 3.7; MG; 269 p.]