Maybe you have already noticed but some of the AMS Battle of the Books titles are available online, even though the library is physically closed. Or maybe you just forgot your list at school and need a reminder. We got the list from Nancy Grove of AMS back at the beginning of the school year.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi – N/A online
As the lone “young lady” on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious.
Doll Bones by Holly Black – eAudiobook or eBook
Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
A Gathering of Days by Joan Blos – N/A online
The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father’s remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford – eAudiobook or eBook
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko – eAudiobook
A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards’ families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
The School Story by Andrew Clements – eAudiobook
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme to get it accepted at the publishing house where Natalie’s mother works as an editor.
12 Again by Sue Corbett – N/A online
In this captivating novel, wife and mother of three Bernadette McBride makes a wish she never expects to have granted—to be young again. When she awakens—transformed into a twelve-year-old—on what should be the morning of her fortieth birthday, she is at first jubilant, and then quickly realizes how complex life has suddenly become.
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia by Margret Cousins – N/A online
A biography of the American who became known for his work as a printer, author, inventor, and statesman.
The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis – eAudiobook or eBook
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman – eBook
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – eAudiobook or eBook
In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.
Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine – N/A online
Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake – N/A online
Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
One Eyed Cat by Paula Fox – eAudiobook or eBook
An eleven-year-old shoots a stray cat with his new air rifle, subsequently suffers from guilt, and eventually assumes responsibility for it.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank – eAudiobook or eBook
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic — a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annex” of an old office building.
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George – eBook on hoopla or eBook on Overdrive
While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Nory Ryan’s Song by Patricia R. Giff – N/A online
When a terrible blight attacks Ireland’s potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan’s courage and ingenuity help her family and neighbors survive.
Protecting Marie by Kevin Henkes – eBook
Relates twelve-year-old Fanny’s love-hate relationship with her father, a temperamental artist, who has given Fanny a new dog.
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town by Kimberly Willis Holt – N/A online
During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act, 600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world.
Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath – eAudiobook
Eleven-year-old Primrose recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in a small fishing village in British Columbia in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt – eAudiobook on hoopla or eAudiobook on Overdrive
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt – eAudiobook or eBook
Ally’s greatest fear is that everyone will find out she is as dumb as they think she is because she still doesn’t know how to read.
Swindle by Gordon Korman – eBook
After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palomino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino’s heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use the money to finance his father’s failing invention, the SmartPick fruit picker.
The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence – N/A online
Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded.
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island by Ellen Levine – N/A online
Describes, in question and answer format, the great migration of immigrants to New York’s Ellis Island, from the 1880s to 1914. Features quotes from children and adults who passed through the station.
The Call of the Wild by Jack London – eAudiobook on hoopla, eAudiobook on Overdrive, eBook on hoopla, or eBook on Overdrive
The story of Buck the dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.
Heat by Mike Lupica – eAudiobook or eBook
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson – eAudiobook on Overdrive, eBook on hoopla, or eBook on Overdrive
After his anger erupts into violence, Cole, in order to avoid going to prison, agrees to participate in a sentencing alternative based on the native American Circle Justice, and he is sent to a remote Alaskan Island where an encounter with a huge Spirit Bear changes his life.
Wonder by R.J. Palacio – eBook
August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid — but his classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance.
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park – eAudiobook on hoopla, eAudiobook on Overdrive, or eBook on Overdrive
When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson – eAudiobook on Overdrive, eBook on hoopla, or eBook on Overdrive
The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson – eAudiobook or eBook
Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – eAudiobook or eBook
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents’ divorce.
Woodsong by Gary Paulsen – eAudiobook
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author’s first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck – eAudiobook
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Ryan – eAudiobook
When Naomi’s absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt – eAudiobook or eBook
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker’s classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in.
Taking Sides by Gary Soto – N/A online
Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli – eAudiobook
After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee’s life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples – N/A online
When eleven-year old Shabanu, the daughter of a nomad in the Cholistan Desert of present-day Pakistan, is pledged in marriage to an older man whose money will bring prestige to the family, she must either accept the decision, as is the custom, or risk the consequences of defying her father’s wishes.
The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor – N/A online
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940’s rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie’s help in trying to flee the state.
King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige by Wes Tooke – N/A online
Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball so after a year in the hospital fighting polio and with a brace on one leg, Nick takes a job with the team for which his father is catcher and gets to see the great pitcher, Satchel Paige, play during the 1935 season.
Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt – eBook
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1903 by Lawrence Yep – N/A online
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
The Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen – N/A online
Sixteen year old Hanna Stern was a typical American teenager who ignored her family’s heritage until a mystical Passover seder takes her back in time to German-occupied Poland on an emotional journey of life, death and survival.