BOOK LIST 2008-2009

The titles for the 2009 Battle of the Books are listed below. The books are available for check out from the Adelaide Library. Also, all of these books may be found at the closest branch of the King County Library system.

A Note to Parents: There may be titles on the Battle of the Books list you do not wish your student to read either because of subject or content. Please discuss this your student and have them request another student on their team read the book for the competition. There is no requirement that students read a specific book. But, questions will be asked about each of the books on our reading list.

Sasquatch Award Nominees

AR   Pts.      Title
3.5    5        Looking for Bapu (Anjali Banerjee)
4.9    5        Diary of a Fairy Godmother          (Esme Raji Codell)
5.3    5        Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money (Christopher Paul Curtis)
4.4    4        The Road to Paris (Nikki Grimes)
4.8    4        The Homework Machine (Dan Gutman)
8.0    3        Tales of the Cryptids (Halls, Kelly Miller, Spears & Young)
4.7    1        The World’s Greatest Elephant (Ralph Helfer)
6.1    8        The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (Eva Ibbotson)
4.6    5        Archer’s Quest (Linda Sue Park)
4.5    2        Clementine (Sara Pennypacker)
6.0   18       Magyk (Angie Sage)
4.4   4        My Name is Sally Little Song (Brenda Woods)

Young Reader’s Choice Nominees

4.4   4      Gossamer (Lois Lowry)
5.9   5      Higher Power of Lucky   (Susan Patron)
4.4   2      Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Kate DiCamillo)
5.1   4       Room One (Andrew Clements)
3.9   4      Rules (Cynthia Lord)
3.8   .5     To Dance (Siena Cherson Siegel)
4.2   3      Year of the Dog (Grace Lin)

FWPS District Battle 2009

District Competition will be March 19, 2009

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