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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