BATTLE OF THE BOOKS LIST

2008-2009

  
 
START READING for the 08-09 BOB competition. Below you will find the list of 19 books selected for the 2008-09 "Battle of the Books" competition, open to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in Federal Way schools.

***Reviews for each Sasquatch book are available at shelfari.com/sasquatchaward/shelf.
***A printable list of Young Reader's Choice books is available at pnla.org/yrca/.
 
 

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

 

Young Reader's Choice Nominees
4.4 Gossamer (Lois Lowry)
5.9 The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron)
4.4 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Kate DiCamillo)
5.1 Room One: A Mystery or Two (Andrew Clements)
3.9 Rules (Cynthia Lord)
3.8 To Dance (Siena Cherson Siegel)
4.2 The Year of the Dog (Grace Lin)