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.

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1. Crow

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Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
In 1898, Moses Thomas's summer vacation does not go exactly as planned as he contends with family problems and the ever-changing alliances among his friends at the same time as he is exposed to the escalating tension between the African-American and white communities of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Book cover 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 "A night divided"
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Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
When the Berlin Wall went up, Gerta, her mother, and her brother Fritz are trapped on the eastern side where they were living, while her father, and her other brother Dominic are in the West--four years later, now twelve, Gerta sees her father on a viewing platform on the western side and realizes he wants her to risk her life trying to tunnel to freedom.