Battle of the Books 2016-2017 -- NC Middle School

This is a list of the official North Carolina School of Library Media Association's 2016-2017 Middle School Battle of the Books.

Showing 1 - 12 of 12  There are a total of 26 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Bomb"
Star rating for Bomb
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Discusses the international competition to create the first atomic bomb.
Book cover for "The Emerald Atlas"
Star rating for The Emerald Atlas
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Average Rating:
3.6 stars
Description:
"A strong . . . trilogy, invoking just a little Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events along the way."—Realms of Fantasy

Siblings Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage.
 
Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being...
Book cover for "Gym candy"
Star rating for Gym candy
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Average Rating:
3.8 stars
Description:
Groomed by his father to be a star player, football is the only thing that has ever really mattered to Mick Johnson, who works hard for a spot on the varsity team his freshman year, then tries to hold onto his edge by using steroids, despite the consequences to his health and social life.
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
Star rating for Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.

5. Legend

Book cover for "Legend"
Star rating for Legend
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Book cover for "A monster calls"
Star rating for A monster calls
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
Book cover for "The ruins of Gorlan"
Star rating for The ruins of Gorlan
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Book cover for "The running dream"
Star rating for The running dream
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
Book cover for "Serafina and the Black Cloak"
Star rating for Serafina and the Black Cloak
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past.
Book cover for "Three times lucky"
Star rating for Three times lucky
Series:
Tupelo Landing volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
Book cover for "To kill a mockingbird"
Star rating for To kill a mockingbird
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Series:
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
"Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee exploreswith rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice--but the weight of history will only tolerate so much."--Provided by publisher.

12. Wonder

Book cover for "Wonder"
Star rating for Wonder
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.