Battle of the

Books
2015/2016

Among the Hidden

by Margaret Peterson Haddix

In a future where the Population Police
enforce the law limiting a family to
only two children, Luke has lived all
his twelve years in isolation and fear
on his familys farm, until another
third convinces him that the
government is wrong.
[BL 4.8; MG; 160 p.]

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTtUK99
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About the Author

Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. She
graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism,
English/creative writing and history. Before her first book was published, she worked as
a newspaper copy editor in Fort Wayne, Indiana; a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis;
and a community college instructor and freelance writer in Danville, Illinois.
She has since written more than 30 books for kids and teens, including Running Out
of Time; Dont You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey; Leaving Fishers; Just Ella; Turnabout;
Takeoffs and Landings; The Girl with 500 Middle Names; Because of Anya; Escape from
Memory; Say What?; The House on the Gulf; Double Identity; Dexter the Tough;
Uprising; Palace of Mirrors; Claim to Fame; The Always War; Game Changer; Full Ride;
the Shadow Children series; and the Missing series. She also wrote Into the Gauntlet,
the tenth book in the 39 Clues series. Her books have been honored with New York
Times bestseller status, the International Reading Associations Childrens Book Award;
American Library Association Best Book and Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult
Readers notations; and numerous state readers choice awards. They have also been
translated into more than twenty different languages.
Haddix and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, and they are the parents
of two college-aged kids.
http://www.haddixbooks.com/home.html

The Colossus Rises

SEVEN WONDERS Series BOOK 1

by Peter Lerangis

Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin

a quest to find seven pieces of
Atlantiss power that were hidden long
ago and that will, if returned to
Atlantis, save them from death due to
the genetic abnormality that also
gives them superior abilities.
[BL 4.1; MG; 348 p.]

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC5MJ30
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About the Author

PETER LERANGIS is the author of more than one hundred and sixty books, which have
sold more than five and half million copies and been translated into twenty-eight different
languages, including The Colossus Rises, the first book in the New York Times Bestselling
series Seven Wonders, and two books in the 39 Clues series. Peter is a Harvard graduate
with a degree in biochemistry. He has run a marathon and gone rock climbing during an
earthquake - though not on the same day. He lives in New York City with his wife, musician
Tina deVaron, and their two sons, Nick and Joe. In his spare time, he likes to eat chocolate.
http://www.sevenwondersbooks.com/

Seven Wonders Series

Book 2 Book 3 Book 4

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Twelve-year-old genius and outsider
Willow Chance must figure out how to
connect with other people and find a
surrogate family for herself after her
parents are killed in a car accident.
[BL 5.6; MG; 380 p.]

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrz41FH
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About the Author

http://hollygoldbergsloan.com/

Curse of the Dream Witch

by Allan Stratton (Willow Nominee)

The Dream Witch haunts the forest

beyond the kingdom of Bellumen,
waiting to collect on a horrible debt
owed by the king and queenthe
heart of their only daughter,
Princess Olivia. Until she has it,
none of the kingdoms children are
safe.
[BL 4.3; MG; 265 p.]

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW3pH6f
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About the Author

Author's PhotoAllan Stratton is the
internationally acclaimed author of
Chanda's Secrets, a Michael L. Printz
Honour Book. The film adaptation,
Life, Above All, went on to win the
Francois Chalais Prize at the Cannes
International Film Festival. His most
recent novel, The Grave Robber's
Apprentice, was nominated for the
Governor General's Literary Award.
Allan lives in Toronto, Ontario with his
partner, four cats, and numerous fish.
Author website:
www.allanstratton.com

The False Prince

by Jennifer A. Nielsen

In the country of Carthya, a devious

nobleman engages four orphans in
a brutal competition to be selected
to impersonate the kings longmissing son in an effort to avoid a
civil war. [BL 5.1; MG; 342 p.]
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh6wEm
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About the Author

http://www.jennielsen.com/

The Red Kayak

by Priscilla Cummings
First hailed as a hero for his
dramatic water rescue of a
little boy, thirteen-year-old
Brady soon makes a discovery
that puts him at the heart of a
tragedy. Alone with his dark
secret, Brady is forced to
choose between his friends
and the right thing.
[BL 4.9; MG+; 209 p.]

About the Author

http://www.priscillacummings.com/

Rocket Blues

by David Skuy (Willow Nominee)

When Rocket gets cut from his
AAA bantam hockey team, he
needs
to
re-evaluate
his
priorities.
[BL 4.1; MG; 236 p.]

About the Author

Author's PhotoDavid Skuy is a lawyer,
writer, and Leafs fan to the core. He
spent most of his childhood playing
some sport or another and what he
remembers most is the intensity, the
competitiveness, and the sheer
enjoyment of playing a sport you love
when you're young. David has written
five books in the Game Time series, as
well the standalone novel
Undergrounders, which won the Silver
Birch Award. He lives in Toronto, Ontario
with his family.
Author website: davidskuy.com/

Wave

by Eric Walters
It's December 2004 and Sam and his
parents are leaving frostbitten Ontario for
a vacation in lush, sun-soaked Thailand.
Sam's sister Beth is staying behind. She
drives her family to the airport to bid them
farewell, not knowing that what awaits
them is a natural disaster of unimaginable
proportions.
Over the next few days, Sam will find
himself thrust into the very centre of a
crisis he could never have anticipated, one
that will test his instinct to survive.

About the Author

http://www.ericwalters.net/about/