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Battle of the Books: Elementary 2009-2010
Adventure
- The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
- Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Author Study: Avi
- The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic
- Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac
- Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts
Fantasy
- Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
- Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
- I Was a Rat! by Philip Pullman
Historical Fiction
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Ryan
- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
Humor
- The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty Birney
- Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynn Jonell
- A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Mystery & Suspense
- Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer
- The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
- The Ghost, the White House and Me by Judith St. George
Realistic Fiction
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
- No Talking by Andrew Clements
- The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
Science Fiction
- Running Out of Time by Margaret Haddix
- The Girl Who Owned a City by O.T. Nelson
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart




