Battle of the Books - Book List ....2005/2006

4th Grade

Roald Dahl
Fantastic Mr. Fox ... 4.1
Danny the Champion
of the World ... 4.7
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ... 4.8

Realistic Fiction
Mick Harte was Here ... Park ...4.5
The Girl with 500 Middle Names ... Haddix ...3.8
Stone Fox ...Gardiner ... 4.0

Humorous Fiction
Jackson Jones and the
Puddle of Thorns ... Quattlebaum...3.2
Bunnicula ... Howe ....4.2
Summer of the Monkeys ... Rawls ...4.8

Newbery Awards
Shiloh ... Naylor ...4.4
Sarah, Plain and Tall ... MacLachlan ... 3.4
Dear Mr. Henshaw ...Cleary ...4.9

Animal Stories
A Dolphin Named Bob ...George ...5.9
Runt ...Bauer ...4.8
Star in the Storm ...Harlow ...4.4

Mystery/Adventure
The Dollhouse Murders ...Wright ... 4.3
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library ...Clifford...4.0
The Poltergoose ...Lawrence ...4.3

Fantasy
The Chocolate Touch ...Catling... 4.7
The Farthest Away Mountain ...Banks... 5.2
The Field of the Dogs ...Paterson...3.8

Patricia Polacco
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother ...3.3
Just Plain Fancy
Thank You, Mr. Falker... 4.1
The Keeping Quilt... 4.4

5th Grade

Avi
Poppy ... 4.5
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle... 5.3
Captain Grey ... 5.8

Realistic Fiction

Cracker Jackson ... Byars ... 4.2
Frindle ... Clements ... 5.4
Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid   Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the Word ...  Hannigan ... 5.3

Caldecott Awards

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers ...Gerstein 3.7
Tuesday ... Wiesner
So, You Want to be President? ...St.George...4.8

Newbery Awards

Bud, Not Buddy ... Curtis
Joey Pigza Loses Control ...Gantos ...4.9
Number the Stars ... Lowry ... 4.5

Historical Fiction

Fighting Ground ... Avi ...4.2
I Am Lavina Cumming ... Lowell ...6.2
Lewis and Clark and Me ... Myers ... 4.0
Pink and Say ... Polacco ...3.8

Mystery/Adventure

The Fear Place ... Naylor ... 5.4
Running Out of Time ... Haddix ... 4.8
Something Upstairs ... Avi ... 4.1
View from the Cherry Tree ... Roberts... 5.2

Fantasy/SciFiction
The Fairy Rebel ... Banks... 4.2
Harry Potter and the
  Chamber of Secrets ... Rowling... 6.7
Tuck Everlasting ...Babbitt ... 5.0
The Van Gogh Cafe ... Rylant ...5.0

Animal Stories

Call of the Wild ... London ...8.0
Race Against Death ... Reit
Rascal ... North ... 7.1

Stories of Survival

The Island: Book One
  Shipwreck ... Korman... 5.4
The Island Keeper ... Mazer ... 4.6
Transal Saga ... Paulsen ... 4.3
Voyage of the Frog ...Paulsen ... 6.0

6th Grade

World War II Fiction
A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor ...   Mazer ... 3.8
Devil’ s Arithmetic ... Yolen ... 6.0
Jacob’s Rescue ... Drucker ... 4.5
Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins ...Meyers ...5.0
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes ...Coerr ...4.1

Arizona Young Readers’
The Ghost of Fossil Glen ... DeFelice ...4.9
Riding Freedom ...Ryan ...4.5
Babe & Me ...Gutman ...4.3

Fantasy
Into the Land of the Unicorns ...Coville ...6.0
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher... Coville ...4.9
Secret of Platform 13 ...Ibbottson ...5.3

Newbery Awards
The Cay ...Taylor... 5.3
Kira-Kira ...Kadohata ...4.7
The Tale of Despereaux.... DiCamillo... 4.7
Witch of Blackbird Pond... Speare ...5.7

Science Fiction
Among the Hidden ...Haddix ...4.8
Green Book... Walsh... 5.5
The Power of Un ...Etchmendy... 4.8

Horror/Ghost Stories

The House with a Clock in Its Walls ...Bellairs ...5.0
Time for Andrew... Hahn ...4.5
Voices After Midnight ...Peck... 4.3

Sports
The Boy Who Saved Baseball ...Ritter... 4.4
Nothin’ But Net... Christopher ...4.9
Quidditch Through the Ages... Rowling
Teammates ... Golenbock... 5.4

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