North Carolina School Library Media Association
2023-2024 Elementary Battle of the Books

Books listed by title, including the author's name:

• Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
• Where the Watermelons Grow by Cindy Baldwin
• Root Magic by Eden Royce
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
• The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg
• Linked* by Gordon Korman
• Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry
• The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez**  by Adrianna Cuevas
• Wish by Barbara O’Connor
• Pax by Sara Pennypacker
• The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson
• Wildfire by Rodman Philbrick
• The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty
• Not If I Can Help It by Carolyn Mackler
• The Very, Very Far North by Dan Bar-el

*This book replaced Horizon which went out of print on 8/1/23

**Student choice selection