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2012 Battle Schedule

Round One

Match 1 (March 13, Judge Matt Phelan)
Amelia Lost vs ~~Anya's Ghost~~

Match 2 (March 14, Judge Gayle Forman)
Between Shades of Gray vs ~~Bootleg~~

Match 3 (March 15, Judge Sy Montgomery)
~~The Cheshire Cheese Cat~~ vs Chime

Match 4 (March 16, Judge Sara Zarr)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone vs ~~Dead End in Norvelt~~

Match 5 (March 19, Judge Barbara O'Connor)
Drawing from Memory vs ~~The Grand Plan to Fix Everything~~

Match 6 (March 20, Judge Sarah Weeks)
~~Heart and Soul~~ vs Inside Out and Back Again

Match 7 (March 21, Judge Lauren Myracle)
Life: An Exploded Diagram vs ~~A Monster Calls~~

Match 8 (March 22, Judge Jeff Kinney)
~~Okay for Now~~ vs Wonderstruck

Round Two

Match 1 (March 23, Judge Marc Aronson)
~~Amelia Lost~~ vs Between Shades of Gray

Match 2 (March 26, Judge E. Lockhart)
Chime vs ~~Daughter of Smoke and Bone~~

Match 3 (March 27, Judge Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Drawing from Memory vs ~~Inside Out and Back Again~~

Match 4 (March 28, Judge Chris Lynch)
Life: An Exploded Diagram vs ~~Wonderstruck~~

Round Three

Match 1 (March 29, Judge Maggie Stiefvater)
Between Shades of Gray vs ~~Chime~~

Match 2 (March 30, Judge Ron Koertge)
~~Drawing from Memory~~ vs Life: An Exploded Diagram

The Undead Poll Winner

March 31 Announcement

Big Kahuna Round

April 2, Judge Jonathan Stroud

Between Shades of Gray vs Life: An Exploded Diagram vs Okay for Now

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