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School Library Journal's Battle of the Books

School Library Journal's Battle of the Kids' Books is a competition among 16 of the very best books for young people of the year, judged by some of the biggest names in children's books. Here are the match-ups:

Match 1 Amelia Lost vs Anya's Ghost

Match 2  Between Shades of Gray vs Bootleg

Match 3 The Cheshire Cheese Cat vs Chime

Match 4  Daughter of Smoke and Bone vs Dead End in Norvelt

Match 5 Drawing from Memory vs The Grand Plan to Fix Everything

Match 6 Heart and Soul vs Inside Out and Back Again

Match 7 Life: An Exploded Diagram vs A Monster Calls

Match 8 Okay for Now vs Wonderstruck

I'll let you know who won once the Rounds are done! If you want to follow along, go to the School Library Journal's Battle of the Books site

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