Elementary Battle of the Books 2025-2026 (for incoming 4th-6th graders)

If you have a student who be in 4^th- 6^th grades next year, please have them consider reading books from our Battle of the Books list for next year!  We have a great selection of books from a variety of genres.  You can locate them on SORA or at the public library!

Adventure: Wild Wave: A Novel by W.R. Philbrick
Fantasy: Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Fantasy: Dogtown by Katherine Applegate
Graphic Novel: Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol
Graphic Novel: Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas
Graphic Novel: Blue Stars. Mission 1, The Vice Principal Problem by Kekla Magoon
Graphic Novel: Dona Quixote. Rise of the Knight by Ray Terciero
Historical Fiction: The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Historical Fiction: Max in the House of Spies (Operation Kinderspion, Book 1) by Adam Gidwitz
Mystery: Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
Mystery: A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall by Jasmine Warga
Nonfiction: Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall by Lynn Brunelle
Nonfiction: Wings of an Eagle: The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills by Billy Mills
Realistic: The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko
Realistic: Just Keep Walking by Erin Soderberg Downing
Realistic: And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps
Realistic: Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise, Book 2) by Dan Gemeinhart
Realistic: The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Realistic: Gracie Under the Waves by Linda Sue Park
Spooky: It Came From the Trees by Ally Russell

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