Skip to main content

School Library's Journal's Annual Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books is back! This year's contenders are:




THE BOYS WHO CHALLENGED HITLER by Phillip Hoose


CHALLENGER DEEP by Neal Shusterman


DROWNED CITY by Don Brown


ECHO by Pam Muñoz Ryan


GONE CRAZY IN ALABAMA by Rita Williams-Garcia


GOODBYE STRANGER by Rebecca Stead


THE HIRED GIRL by Laura Amy Schlitz


I CRAWL THROUGH IT by A. S. King


THE MARVELS by Brian Selznick


MOST DANGEROUS by Steve Sheinkin


MY SENECA VILLAGE by Marilyn Nelson


NEST by Kenneth Oppel


NIMONA by Noelle Stevenson


RHYTHM RIDE  by Andrea Davis Pinkney


SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD by M. T. Anderson


X: A NOVEL by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon


Follow along at the Battle of the Books site to see what book comes out the winner!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dealing with Grief

Below are some sites that can help you cope with the grieving process. Death and Grief Teen Grief Support Help for Teens Teens and Grief Support for Grieving Teens Grief Speaks: Death of a Friend
Post a Comment
Read more

8 YA BOOK CLUB BOOKS TO READ FOR GREAT DISCUSSIONS

Alice Nuttall   Sep 5, 2023 B ook clubs aren’t just a way to enjoy reading and branch out by trying books you wouldn’t have picked for yourself — they’re also a great way to get into discussions of multiple different subjects inspired by the reading you’ve done together. While book clubs can be beneficial to people of all ages, they can be a particularly helpful place for teens to engage with new ideas, put their opinions forward, and take part in friendly discussions about everything from social issues to the writing process. I’ve been in a few book clubs over the years, and while I certainly haven’t loved everything I’ve read as part of them, it definitely led me to YA book club books I otherwise would never have tried and got me looking at a whole range of different perspectives. School is back in session for the autumn, and whether you’re an educator yourself or just want to help the teens in your life discover new books, a YA book club is a great way to get young people engage...
Post a Comment
Read more

CLASSIC YA BOOKS THAT MADE YOU FEEL SEEN

  K.W. Colyard   Jul 26, 2023 SPEAK   BY LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON I’m sure I’d heard of another book about rape before  Speak  came along. Hell, I might even have read one. But these days? This is the only book I can remember that dealt with one of the myriad possible reactions to sexual assault: silence.  Speak  and other books that deal with similar subject matter have the ability to empower victims of abuse to label what’s happened to them and seek help. ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET  BY JUDY BLUME Once a staple on banned books lists, Judy Blume’s most famous novel has been teaching preteens about puberty — including menstruation and boob exercises — since 1970.  Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret  was far ahead of its time, being one of the first children’s books to show an interfaith family on the page, and — along with Lois Lowry’s Anastasia Krupnik — depicted a child allowed to make up her own m...
Post a Comment
Read more