Battle of the Books 2024-2025
Title Author Summary
Almost a World Record Breaker Burnham
Ten-year-old Teddy Mars seeks to stand apart from his
six siblings by earning a listing in the Guinness Book of
World Records.
Averil Offline Parks
Twelve-year-old Averil is on a mission to find the creator
of the phone app her helicopter parents use to keep
track of her.
Detective's Assistant, The Hannigan
In 1859, Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the
first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective
Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a
mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln and the mystery
of what happened to Nell's own father.
Dogtown Applegate
When Chance, a real dog, and Metal Head, a robot dog,
break out of the Dogtown shelter, they embark on an
adventure to find their fur-ever homes, encountering
both danger and unexpected kindness along the way.
Duet Broach
The life of a musically gifted bird changes forever after
she discovers the music of Chopin and helps a talented
young pianist solve the mystery of a long-lost Chopin
piano.
Firefly Summer, The Matson
When her estranged grandparents invite her to stay with
them in the Poconos for the summer, Ryanna meets
many relatives on her late mom's side of the family and
discovers a whole new side of herself--and a place
where she really belongs.
Ginny Off the Map Hickey
When Ginny Pierce's father gets deployed to
Afghanistan just as her family is moving to a new post in
Maryland, she tries to salvage a long and lonely summer
by running her own geography camp.
Gnome is Where Your Heart Is Lyall
Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited her
grandfather thirty years ago, but she is running out of
time to prove it before Grandpa Walt's memory fades.
Good Different Kuyatt
Selah Godfrey knows that to be "normal" she has to
keep her feelings tightly controlled when people are
around, but after hitting a fellow student, she needs to
figure out just what makes her different--and why that is
ok.
Grounded Saeed
Told from alternating viewpoints, one unexpected night
at an airport brings together four kids in an encounter
that forever changes their lives.
Honestly Elliott McDunn
Struggling with ADHD, loneliness, and connecting with
his divorced father who would rather see him embrace
sports instead of cooking, Elliott finds an unlikely friend
in popular, perfect Maribel when the two are paired in a
school-wide contest.
How to Catch a Polar Bear DeKeyser
While working at his uncle’s custard stand at the zoo in
1948 Milwaukee, Nick discovers his summer won’t be so
boring after all when he must solve a mystery involving a
polar bear while stopping his uncle’s competitor from
playing dirty
Hummingbird Lloyd
Twelve-year-old Olive, who is seen as “fragile” due to
brittle bone disease, searches for a magical, wish-
granting hummingbird that could possibly make her
most desperate, secret wish come true.
International House of Dereliction, The Davies
Quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to
repair the dilapidated mansion next door--only to
discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need
mending, too
Jerry Changed the Game Tate
Introduces readers to Jerry Lawson, a Black engineer
who changed the videogaming world forever by building
a videogame console that allowed players to switch out
cartridges and who founded the first African American-
owned videogame company in the country.
Lasagna Means I Love You O'Shaughnessy
When foster kid Mo finds a handmade cookbook filled
with someone else’s family recipes, she collects the
stories behind them and builds a website to share them,
secretly hoping a long-lost relative will find her and give
her a family recipe all her own.
Last Plastic Straw, The Romito
A history of the technological advancements behind the
straw, how modern plastic straws harm the
environment, and what is being done to solve the
problem of plastic pollution.
Leepike Ridge Wilson
Tom, presumed dead after drifting away down a river,
finds himself trapped in a series of underground caves
with another survivor and a dog, and pursued by
murderous treasure-hunters.
Legend of Greyhallow, The Short
Ainsley Galloway and her brother, Tobin, accidentally
open a passage between their new town and a magical
realm reminiscent of the popular Greyhallow movies and
must close the portal to save their new home.
Liars Society, The Gerber
When the money for their school trip is stolen at their
elite Boston School, Weatherby and Jack, each
protecting secrets that could destroy their lives, are
invited to solve this high-stakes mystery, which would
guarantee their entrance into the oldest, most powerful
society in the world.
Light Comes to Shadow Mountain Buzzeo
In 1937 rural Kentucky, Cora Mae starts a school
newspaper to rally support for the Rural Electrification
Act, but the town's resistance to change is not easy to
overcome.
Lost Year, The Marsh
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic,
Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-
grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the
Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.
Midnight Children, The Gemeinhart
When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend
Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are
in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the
only person who has ever understood him.