BATTLE OF THE BOOKS 2009-2010

 

For more information, please see the Battle of the Books Homepage

 

KINDERGARTEN

 

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

  Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

 The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

  Polar Polka: Counting Polar Bears in Alaska by Cherie Stihler

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

 

FIRST GRADE

(plus all kindergarten titles)

 

  Hi, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold

Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik

Storm Run by Libby Riddles

Wiggle-Waggle Woof!: Counting Sled Dogs in Alaska by Cherie Stihler

  Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco

 

SECOND GRADE

(plus all kindergarten and first grade titles)

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey

  Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald
Thunderfeet: Alaska's Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Critters by Shelley Gill

 

THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES

 

  Barack Obama: United States President by Roberta Edwards

The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling

  Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen

The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle

Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant

  The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John Erickson

I, Freddy by Dietlof Reiche

Key to the Treasure by Peggy Parish

  A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla

  Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier

The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

  Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan

The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller

  The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White

 

FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES

 

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott

  The Anybodies by N.E. Bode

The Black Cauldron by Lloyd Alexander

   Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

  Finding Alaska: The Life and Art of Shannon Cartwright by Shannon Cartwright

First Kids: The True Stories of All the Presidents' Children by Noah McCullough

  Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The House on Hackman's Hill by Joan Lowery Nixon

  Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville

  Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs by Gary Paulsen

  Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger by Kevin Bolger

Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston

 

SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES

 

  The Big Empty by J.B. Stephens

The Boy Who Owned the School: A Comedy of Love by Gary Paulsen

  ER Vets: Life in an Animal Emergency Room by Donna M. Jackson

Flint by Louis L'Amour

  The Giver by Lois Lowry

Magyk by Angie Sage

  Model Spy by Shannon Greenland

Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

  Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings

Stepping on the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn

  Trickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce

Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber

 

HIGH SCHOOL

 

  1984 by George Orwell

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

  Alaska's First Homegrown Millionaire: Life and Times of Cap Lathrop by Elizabeth Tower

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

  Code Talker: A Novel About the Navaho Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

  Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour

Peak by Roland Smith

  The Places in Between by Rory Stewart

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

  Tamar by Mal Peet

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr