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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!

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