Battle
of the Books
2009
Elementary Booklist
Operation Clean Sweep by Darleen Bailey Beard
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney
The Rising Star of Rusty Nail by Lesley Blume
Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story by Susan Buckley
The Thief and the Beanstalk by P. W. Catanese
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble Rides a Fast Horse by Audrey Couloumbis
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Caroline Funke
The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry
Hot Foot Teddy: The True Story of Smokey Bear by Sue Houser
Worth by A. LaFaye
What You Never Knew About Beds, Bedrooms and Pajamas by Patricia Lauber
Silk Umbrellas by Carolyn Marsden
Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Legend of Thunderfoot by Bill Wallace
Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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2008
Elementary Booklist
Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi
A Bear Named Trouble by Marion Dane Bauer
The Journey that Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey by Louise Borden
The President’s Daughter by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Chicken Boy by Frances O’Roark Dowell
7 Professors of the Far North by John Fardell
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Rosy Cole’s Worst Ever, Best Yet Tour of New York City by Sheila Greenwald
The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff
The Cats in Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up To Become Dr. Seuss by Kathleen Krull
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
A Scarecrow and His Servant by Phillip Pullman
The Secret Project Notebook by Carolyn Reeder
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
2007
Elementary Booklist
Whittington by Alan Armstrong
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech
The Ghost of Cutler Creek by Cynthia DeFelice
Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
The Gorillas of Gill Park by Amy Gordon
Ida B and Her Plans. . . by
Katherine Hannigan
Thunder From the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly by Tony Hillerman
Spy Cat by Peg Kehret
The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann Martin
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia by Barbara O’Conner
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
They Called Her Molly Pitcher by Anne Rockwell
Holy Enchilada! by Henry Winkler
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson