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Battle of the Books

2024-2025 Book List

Ashlords*                                              Scott Reintgen

The Best at It                                     Maulik Pancholy

Beyond the Bright Sea                           Lauren Wolk

Bloom                                                  Kenneth Oppel

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind**

                       William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

The Bridge Home                    Padma Venkatraman

Freewater                            Amina Luqman-Dawson

Ghost                                                   Jason Reynolds

A Good Kind of Trouble              Lisa Moore Ramée

I Must Betray You                                  Ruta Sepetys

I Will Always Write Back

                              Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda

The Lost Year                                   Katherine Marsh

Maybe He Just Likes You                       Barbara Dee

Mexikid***                                             Pedro Martín

Paper Things                    Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Roller Girl                                        Victoria Jamieson

The Screaming Staircase               Jonathan Stroud

Simon Sort of Says                                       Erin Bow

Song for a Whale                                     Lynne Kelly

A Wish in the Dark                Christina Soontornvat

 

*Student choice selection

**Young Readers Edition

***Mexikid has replaced The Fort by Gordon Korman. The Fort will appear on the 2025-26 MBOB list.

The Battle of the Books (BOB) is a competitive reading team that meets weekly to prepare for competition in February each year.
 
The 2024-25 competition will take place on 2/24/25
 
Competition Results:
2023-2024 - NC Region 2 Champions
2023-2024 - OCS Competition - 1st Place
2021-2022 - OCS Competition - 2nd Place
 
Battle of the Books Coach:
Mrs. Jennifer Sullivan
NBMS Media Specialist
 

Congratulations! OCS Winners!

Picture of BOB Team at the local competition
Picture of 23-24 NBMS BOB team