North Carolina School Library Media Association
2019-2020 Middle School Battle of the Books List
Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The War that Saved My Life Kimberly by Brubaker Bradley
Gym Candy by Carl Deuker
The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler by Phillip Hoose
House Arrest by K. A. Holt
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam by Cynthia Kadohata
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Legend by Marie Lu
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
I’ll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Crow by Barbara Wright
I Am Malala * by Malala Yousafzai
* Young Reader’s edition with Patricia McCormick