7th & 8th Grade Battle
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Learn more and register at www.carnegielibrary.org/battleofthebooks
If you’re interested in audio or digital copies of the books, check them out on Hoopla and OverDrive with your library card, or ask your local library staff for help!
During the Revolutionary War, Peggy Schuyler accepts a plea for help from aide-de-camp Alexander Hamilton in wooing her sister Eliza, and becomes his friend – even as the war comes closer to home. You can also check out this title as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla and as eAudio on Hoopla.
While waiting to leave Mars before it burns up like the Earth before it, Liam and his friend discover some facts about time and space and realize that the human race is just one race trying to survive in space. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.
Ten middle-schoolers walk home from school. Ten lives, ten unique points of view, ten minds thinking of jokes, grandparents, boogers, money, fear, love, and skateboarding, among other things. And a school bus, falling from the sky. You can also check out this title as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Sisters Plum and Ginny have their secrets, but have always been friends. This year, they feel themselves drifting apart as financial stress makes their household a chaotic one. You can also check out this title as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as an eBook on Hoopla and as eAudio on Hoopla.
Gabi is student council president. Sal is class clown. Gabi is convinced Sal planted a raw chicken in her friend’s locker and discovers the truth is much stranger than she ever would have guessed. You can also check out this title as an eBook on Hoopla, as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby and as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
Snap meets the town “witch” when her dog goes missing and the witch is taking care of him – and a bunch of baby opossums. Snap asks to learn how to care for them, and Jacks agrees, in exchange for some help around the house. She starts to suspect Jacks may actually be magic. You can also check out this title as an eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Thelonius “T” Mitchell is a troublemaker – he likes to pull pranks and have fun – but he’s not a criminal. So, when a gun is found at school and he and his special ed classmates are blamed, he’s angry, and uses his unique way of seeing the world to get to the bottom of it.