"Battle of the Books" 2010

"Battle of the Books" is a reading competition sponsored by local public libraries.

Here's how it works:

• Participating students from local elementary schools (grades 4 and 5) and middle schools (all grades) are asked to read 20 books.
• The students receive the lists in the spring and are encouraged to read the books during the summer break.
• The following spring, the students meet at the public library to practice answering questions based on the books they have read.
• The competition follows, first on the city level and then regionally against five other school districts.

"Battle of the Books"

• provides an alternative to athletic competition
• exposes students to quality literature
• fosters school spirit
• and is a lot of fun!

GRADES 4 & 5 (Title - Author)

• Indian in the Cupboard - Banks, Lynne Reid
• Dear Mr. Henshaw - Cleary, Beverly
• Frindle - Clements, Andrew
• Gregor the Overlander - Collins, Suzanne
• Because of Winn-Dixie - DiCamillo, Kate
• Tale of Despereaux - DiCamillo, Kate
• Hundred Dresses - Estes, Eleanor
• Bunnicula - Howe, Deborah
• Babe: The Gallant Pig - King-Smith, Dick
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - Konigsburg, E. L.
• In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson - Lord, Bette
• Great Gilly Hopkins - Paterson, Katherine
• Clementine - Pennypacker, Sara
• Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule - Robinet, Harriette
• Sign of the Beaver - Speare, Elizabeth G.

GRADES 6, 7 & 8 (Title - Author)

• Boy in the Striped Pajamas - Boyne, John
• Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 - Curtis, Christopher Paul
• City of Ember - Duprau, Jeanne
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key - Gantos, Jack
• My Side of the Mountain - George, Jean Craighead
• Among the Hidden - Haddix, Margaret P.
• View from Saturday - Konigsburg, E. L.
• Wrinkle in Time - L'Engle, Madeline
• Ella Enchanted - Levine, Gail Carson
• Westing Game - Raskin Ellen
• Esperanza Rising - Ryan, Pam Munoz
• Holes - Sachar, Louis
• Stargirl - Spinelli, Jerry
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry - Taylor, Mildred
• Homecoming - Voight, Cynthia