Important Documents and Information for Students
Students-This is a very valuable website but remember to check the Battle of the Books Google Classroom that we established. There are many additional resources located there to help you prepare for the Battle.
2019-2020 Battle Books
2019-2020 5th/6th Grade
Battle of the Books List
Created by NJASL’S Battle of the Books Committee
The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry
El Deafo by Cece Bell
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
It Ain’t So Awful Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tom
Greenwald
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (Warriors, book 1)
Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by
E.L. Konigsburg
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Ghost by Jason Reynolds (Track, book 1)
Rump: the (fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl
Shurtliff
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Pie by Sarah Weeks
2019-2020 7th/8th Grade
Battle of the Books List
Created by NJASL’s Battle of the Books Committee
Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Airman by Eoin Colfer
Absolutely Truly by Heather Vogel Frederick (Pumpkin
Falls Mystery #1)
Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
Ties that Bind, Ties that Break by Lensey Namioka
Maximum Ride: the Angel Experiment by James Patterson
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
I am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and
Changed the World(Young Reader’s Edition) by Malala
Yousafzai