Battle of the Books List 2026-2027
Listed Alphabetically by Title
Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Chains by Laurie Anderson
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
City Spies by James Ponti
Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Perez
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Hana’s Suitcase by Karen Levine
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary Schmidt NEW
Linked by Gordon Korman
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley NEW
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Rain, Reign by Ann M. Martin
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sidetracked by Diana Harmon Asher
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
Three Times Lucky by Shelia Turnage
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
Two Degrees by Alan Gratz
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wonder by R. J. Palacio