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2026-2027 MBOB List

NC Middle School Battle of the Books

a program of the North Carolina School Library Media Association

• Agent Most Wanted*

  -Sonia Purnell

• All Thirteen - Christina Soontornvat

• Blood in the Water - Tiffany D. Jackson

• The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn -Sally J. Pla

• Island of Spies- Sheila Turnage

• The Last Cuentista- Donna Barba Higuera

• Long Lost- Jacqueline West

• Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish- Pablo Cartaya

• Nyxia -Scott Reintgen

• Other Words for Home -Jasmine Warga

• Restart- Gordon Korman

• The Secret Battle of Evan Pao -Wendy Wan-Long Shang

• Shark Teeth -Sherri Winston

• Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky -Kwame Mbalia

• Two Tribes -Emily Bowen Cohen

• When We Flew Away**- Alice Hoffman

*young readers adaptation of A Woman of No Importance
**student choice selection

2026-2027 High School Battle of the Books List

• Six of Crows* -Leigh Bardugo

• Firekeeper’s Daughter -Angeline Boulley

• You and Me at the End of the World- Brianna Bourne

• Under the Same Stars -Libba Bray

• Promise Boys -Nick Brooks

• The Headmaster’s List -Melissa de la Cruz

• Death in the Jungle -Candace Fleming

• The Reappearance of Rachel Price -Holly Jackson

• Better than the Movies-Lynn Painter

• The Field Guide to the North American Teenager -Ben Philippe

• Salvación -Sandra Proudman

• Brownstone**- Samuel Teer

• Where Wolves Don’t Die -Anton Treuer

• Every Time You Hear That Song- Jenna Voris

• Dragon Hoops** -Gene Luen Yang |

• Iron Widow- Xiran Jay Zhao

* Student Choice Selection
**Questions for “Brownstone” and “Dragon Hoops” will be drawn from the entire contents of the book, cover to cover, which includes graphics and text.