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2025-2026 Battle of the Books List: 3rd-4th Grade

Check out the titles for this year's DCL Battle of the Books competition. All of these are available at DCL as Your Lucky Day books.

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  • Introverted Bicycle has lived most of her life at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C. When her guardian, Sister Wanda, announces that Bicycle is going to attend a camp where she will learn to make friends, Bicycle says no way and sets…
    Book, 2020New York : Holiday House, 2020. — J USS, C
  • Clementine is different from other mice: she can calculate the speed of light, and she dreams in Latin. The scientists say she's a genius and put her through test after test. Clementine is lonely. When a compassionate lab technician frees…
    Book, 2022Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books US, a division of Candlewick Press, 2022. — J SOROSIAK, C
  • When his veterinarian mom brings home a stray baby skunk that needs rehabilitation, Bat, who is autistic, resolves to prove that he is up to the challenge of caring for the skunk permanently.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — J ARNOLD, E
  • Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is alone on his favorite beach in Hawaii when the world is torn apart, and World War II officially hits the United States. Does he have what it takes to find his way home?
    Book, 2011New York : Scholastic, 2011. — J TARSHIS, L
  • Meesh is a bad demon—"bad" because she always sees the good in those around her! When disaster strikes and all demon-kind is threatened, Meesh must journey to other worlds in search of help.
    Book, 2023New York : Alfred A Knopf, [2023] — JGN LAM, M
  • Odder spends her days playing underwater and learning life lessons from her mother. But when Odder's life takes a dramatic turn, she is rescued by humans. Soon, it's clear that Odder has a talent for teaching other pups how to "otter."
    Book, 2022New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2022. — J APPLEGATE, K
  • Humorous episodes from the classroom on the 30th floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
    Book, 1998New York : Morrow Junior Books, an imprint of Harper Collins, 1998, 2019. — J SACHAR, L.
  • When renowned prankster Miles Murphy moves to the quiet town of Yawnee Valley, he finds himself in a prank war with a mysterious local trickster. However, the rivalry soon turns into a partnership as the two join forces to execute the most elaborate…
    Book, 2015New York : Amulet Books, 2015. — J BARNETT, M
  • The fifth grade's annual camping trip in the woods tests Mark's survival skills and his ability to relate to a teacher who seems out to get him.
    Book, 2002New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. — J CLEMENTS, A
  • Bowser is a mutt, just adopted by 11-year-old Birdie Gaux and her grandmother. When they all get home to Grammy's bait and tackle shop in the bayou, they discover that their prize stuffed marlin has been stolen. Bowser decides to investigate, and…
    Book, 2015New York : Scholastic Press, 2015. — J QUINN, S