All incoming and current Morse Pond students were given a copy of New Kid by Jerry Craft to read over the summer. This list contains the books that will be part of the Battle of the Books Program, which will be REQUIRED for ALL STUDENTS

1. The Academy  by TZ Layton

2. Alone by Megan Freeman

3.. Ban This Book  by Alan Gratz

4. Belly Up by Stuart Gibbs

5 Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation     by Stuart Gibbs

6. Crossover by  Kwame Alexander

7. Diary of A Wimpy Kid: No Brainer by Jeff Kinney

8. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein

9. Football Fraud by Jake Maddox

10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone  by JK Rowling

11.The Land of Stories  (The Wishing Spell) by Chris Colfer

12. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 

13.  The Lorax by Dr.  Seuss

14. New Kid (graphic novel) by Jerry Craft

15.The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett

16.  Silverwing (graphic novel) by Kenneth Oppel

17The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

18. White Bird  (graphic novel) by RJ Palacio

19 . Wings of Fire (The Dragonet Prophecy) by Tui Sutherland

20. A Wrinkle in Time (graphic novel) by Madeleine L'Engle