The Mesa Public Library has a collection of paperback titles, previously used in the Battle of the Books program, which are available for loan to classroom teachers in Mesa schools. These books are located at the Main branch (64 E. 1st St.) Call 480-644-2734 for more information.

You must complete and return a Literature Studies Participation Agreement [PDF, 380 KB, Adobe Acrobat Required] to use our sets.

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4.9 Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osborne
4.5 Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry
5.0 Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
4.7 A Year With Butch and Spike by Gail Gauthier
4.4 Battle for the Castle by Elizabeth Winthrop
4.0 Beauty by Bill Wallace
5.1 Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
5.1 Big Wander by Will Hobbs
5.3 The Borrowers by May Norton
5.9 Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen
4.6 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
5.0 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Curtis
4.2 Bunnicula by James Howe
4.9 Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
5.3 The Cay by Theodore Taylor
5.1 Curse of the Blue Figurine by John Bellairs
4.7 Danger in the Desert by Terri Fields
3.9 Danger on Panther Peak by Bill Wallace
4.3 The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
6.2 The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
6.4 The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
4.6 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
5.3 Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
5.4 Frindle by Andrew Clements
4.7 From the Mixed –Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
5.9 The Ghost Belonged to Me by Richard Peck
5.7 Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
5.0 The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
3.9 Is Anybody There? By Eve Bunting
4.6 Jennifer Murdley’s Toad by Bruce Coville
5.0 Megan’s Island by Willo Davis Roberts
5.3 Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
4.2 Monster Garden by Vivien Alcock
5.1 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert O’Brien
5.0 Mr. Tucket by Gary Paulsen
3.7 Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade by Barthe DeClements
4.5 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
4.1 Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
3.4 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
4.7 Shoebag by Mary James
5.3 Sounder by William Armstrong
4.7 Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
4.9 Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
4.6 Terror at the Zoo by Peg Kehret
3.4 There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
5.0 Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
5.5 Twin in the Tavern by Barbara B. Wallace
4.9 Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
5.7 When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
4.9 Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
5.7 Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
6.5 Wolves of Willough by Chase by Joan Aiken
5.9 View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
4.6 Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear by Lensey Namioka
 

updated 6/09