Battle of the Books

The Battle of the Books (BOB) Team is a group of no more than twelve students who read and reread books chosen by the North Carolina School Library Media Association (NCSLMA).  The tryout list is shared on this website in May for the following school year.  Students take a test based on the tryout books in September or October.  The tryout books are typed in red below.  The students with the top twelve scores on the test become the BOB Team.  The BOB Team meets once a week in the fall and twice a week in January and February to get ready for a one-day competition at the end of February with other middle schools in the county.  

2023-2024

Middle School Battle of the Books List

Agent Most Wanted by Sonia Purnell

The Book Jumper by Mechthild Glaster

Death on the River of Doubt by Samantha Seiple

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

Long Lost by Jacqueline West

Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

New Kid by Jerry Kraft

Nyxia by Scott Reitgen

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Restart by Gordon Korman

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Unlawful Orders by Barbara Binns 

The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk