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Oregon Battle of the Books
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It is time to start reading-up for the 2009-2010 Battle of the Books! Listed below are the books, by division, that are featured in this year's events. Not all books are available in each format, so read the details carefully. Books that begin with "RC" are in Recorded Cassette and books that begin with "BR" are in Braille format.
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Happy Reading!
Oregon Battle of the Books
2009-2010
3-5 Division
Beauty
RC32668
Bill Wallace Realistic Fiction ©1988
This book tells the story of the love between a boy and his horse, Beauty. She was his pal until the night of the wild storm, when Beauty raced through the barn doors the boy had forgotten to close and into a terrible trap.
BFG, The
RC44101
Roald Dahl Fantasy ©1982
Luckily for Sophie, the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who carries her off is nothing like his giant neighbors who are headed for England to gobble children and must be stopped. Sophie and the BFG cook up an ingenious plot to put an end to the loathsome activities.
Bud, Not Buddy
BR12592
RC49311
Christopher Paul Curtis Historical Fiction ©1999
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father -- the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 1999
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
CONTACT LIBRARY 800-452-0292
Lynne Jonell Mystery/Fantasy ©2007
Upon learning the truth about her evil nanny, Emmy and her new human and rodent friends work together to counteract the rodent potions that have changed her parents' personalities and made her life miserable.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007, Booklist Starred Review 2007
Esperanza Rising
RC52960
Pam Munoz Ryan Historical Fiction ©2000
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California on the eve of the Great Depression.
Awards: BBYA 2001
Frog Princess, The
CONTACT LIBRARY 800-452-0292
E.D. Baker Fantasy ©2002
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog, too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means, and the self-confidence, to become human again.
Gregor the Overlander
CONTACT LIBRARY 800-452-0292
Suzanne Collins Fantasy ©2003
When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
Honus and Me : A Baseball Card Adventure
RC49915
Dan Gutman Science Fiction ©1997
When young baseball nut Joe Stoshack finds the most valuable baseball card in the world in a pile of garbage, he thinks he's struck it rich. It turns out the card is worth more than money. It's his ticket to an amazing time-travel adventure to a historic time in baseball history. Illustrated with black-and-white photos, drawings, and facsimiles.
Igraine The Brave
RC66183
Cornelia Funke Fantasy ©2007
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
Iron Thunder : the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac : a Civil War novel
RC65787
Avi Historical Fiction ©2007
This historical novel tells the story of thirteen-year-old Tom who takes a job at the local ironworks, after his father dies fighting for the Union, where he helps build a ship for the Union army and is approached by Confederate spies to sell the ship's secrets to the South.
Leonardo da Vinci: A Nonfiction Companion to Monday with a Mad Genius
NOT AVAILABLE
Mary Pope Osborne Non-fiction/Biography ©2009
How did Leonardo da Vinci become interested in flight? What are some of his most famous paintings? Do his scientific ideas measure up to what we know today? Find out the answers to these questions in this book.
Marley: A Dog Like No Other
RC65296
John Grogan Non-fiction ©2007
Marley, a lovable Labrador retriever, is always getting himself into trouble. Read how Marley grew from a mischievous puppy into a nearly impossible adult dog that no amount of obedience school training could correct.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007
Mysterious Benedict Society
NOT AVAILABLE YET (AUDIO)
Trenton Stewart Mystery ©2007
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where their mission is to stop the plan of the evil Ledroptha Curtain.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007, Booklist Starred Review 2007
No Talking
RC65284
Andrew Clements Realistic Fiction ©2007
The noisy fifth-grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth-grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007
Piper Reed, Navy Brat
RC66424
Kimberly Holt Realistic Fiction ©2007
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again. With help from her often-annoying sisters, she finds happiness in their new home in Florida.
Socks
RC10399
Beverly Cleary Realistic Fiction/Classic ©1973
Socks is a happy cat until his life is disrupted by the arrival of a new baby in the owner's home. This funny book tells how the rivalry between Socks and the Bricker baby turns into an alliance.
Oregon Battle of the Books
2009-2010
6-8 Division
Adam Canfield on the Slash
RC64390
Michael Winerip Mystery/Realistic Fiction ©2005
While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government.
The Alchemyst
RC65599
Michael Scott Fantasy ©2007
While working at summer jobs, 15-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, find themselves caught up in a deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient book containing secret formulas.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007
Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio
RC54589
Tony Johnston Realistic Fiction ©2001
Arturo and his family and friends share all kinds of experiences living in the barrio of East Los Angeles--reclaiming their names, playing basketball, championing the school librarian, and even starting their own gang.
The Breadwinner
RC53938
Deborah Ellis Realistic Fiction ©2001
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
Chinese Cinderella: the True Story of an Unwanted Daughter
NOT AVAILABLE
Adeline Yen Mah Non-fiction/Biography ©1999
The author paints an authentic portrait of twentieth-century China while telling the story of her painful childhood and her courage and ultimate triumph over despair.
Dragon’s Keep
NOT AVAILABLE
Janet Lee Carey Fantasy ©2007
In 1145 A.D., fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny while hiding the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007, Booklist Starred Review 2007
Found
NOT AVAILABLE YET (AUDIO)
Margaret Peterson Haddix Science Fiction ©2008
Thirteen-year-old Jonah, Chip, and Jonah's sister, Katherine, are plunged into a mystery that involves the FBI, a vast smuggling operation, an airplane that appeared out of nowhere, and people who seem to appear and disappear at will.
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
RC61892
James Patterson Science Fiction ©2005
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
Plain Janes
NOT AVAILABLE
Cecil Castellucci Realistic Fiction/Graphic Novel ©2007
After a bombing, Jane's parents move to a suburb where she befriends three outcasts, all named Jane, and starts a group called People Loving Art in Neighborhoods. The group tries to enrich their community with art, but instead is viewed as a threat.
Awards: Hornbook Starred Review 2007, School Library Journal Starred Review 2007,
Booklist Starred Review 2007
Ranger’s Apprentice: Ruins of Gorlan
RC64370
John Flanagan Fantasy ©2005
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
Awards: Booklist Starred Review 2005
Schooled
NOT AVAILABLE YET (AUDIO)
Gordon Korman Realistic Fiction ©2007
Cap lives in isolation with his grandmother, a former hippie, but when she falls from a tree and breaks her hip, Cap is sent to a foster home where he has his first experience in a public school.
Awards: Booklist Starred Review 2007
So B. It
RC58658
Sarah Weeks Realistic Fiction ©2004
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Awards: BBYA 2005, Hornbook Starred Review 2004, Booklist Starred Review 2004
Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun
RC52829
Arvella Whitmore Historical Fiction ©1999
Twelve-year-old Jordan is becoming dangerously involved with a street gang when he is suddenly transported through time to become a slave on the plantation of his ancestors.
Awards: BBYA 2000
The Wednesday Wars
RC65788
Gary Schmidt Historical Fiction ©2007
During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to religion classes, seventh-grader Holling stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of Shakespeare and he learns about the world he lives in.
Awards: Newberry Medal Honor Book 2008, Booklist Starred Review 2007, Hornbook Starred Review 2007
The Wild Girls
NOT AVAILABLE YET (BRAILLE ONLY)
Pat Murphy Historical Fiction ©2007
When thirteen-year-old Joan moves to California in 1972, she becomes friends with Sarah, who is timid at school but an imaginative leader when they play in the woods. After winning a writing contest together, they are recruited for an exclusive summer writing class that gives them new insights into themselves and others.
Zen and the Art of Faking It
NOT AVAILABLE
Jordan Sonnenblick Realistic Fiction ©2007
Thirteen-year-old San Lee moves against his will to a new town. Things get interesting when he invents a new past for himself, accidentally giving the impression that he's a reincarnated mystic, and people begin relying on him for advice.
Awards: School Library Journal Starred Review 2007
Oregon Battle of the Books
2009-2010
9-12 Division
Acceleration
RC57917
Graham McNamee Mystery/Thriller ©2003
Stuck working in the Lost and Found of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.
Awards: YRCA 2006
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; and Through the Looking-Glass
RC50842
Lewis Carroll Fantasy Classic 1854/1871
“Curiouser and Curiouser,” cried Alice. In this Wonderland adventure, Alice attempts to make sense of a nonsensical world, along the way meeting some of the most intriguing characters, including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum. (The two volumes considered a single artistic triumph.)
American Born Chinese
NOT AVAILABLE
Gene Luen Yang Fantasy/Graphic Novel ©2006
A tour-de-force by rising indie comics star Yang, "American Born Chinese" tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters whose lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable.
Awards: National Book Award 2006, Printz Winner 2006,YRCA 2009, BBYA 2007
The Book of Fred
NOT AVAILABLE
Abby Bard Realistic Fiction ©2007
Raised in an isolated fundamentalist sect, Mary Fred Anderson experiences upheaveal in her life when circumstances leave her in a foster home that opens her eyes to an alien world and a violent act that changes everyone involved.
The Book Thief
RC62431
Markus Zusak Historical Fiction ©2006
Set during World War II in Germany, Zusak’s groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing, encounters something she can’t resist: books. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl who’s book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Awards: Printz Honor Book 2007, BBYA 2007
Boy’s Life
CONTACT LIBRARY 800-452-0292
Robert McCammon Mystery/Fantasy ©1991
Cory Mackenson accompanies his father on his milk route one spring day in 1964 and they see a car plunge into a bottomless lake. As Cory and his father search for the truth about the incident, they come face to face with the forces of good and evil in their hometown.
Deathwatch
RC08730
Robb White Adventure/Survival ©1972
A hunting trip turns into a test for survival as Ben guides a ruthless businessman into the desert.
Dreamland
RC52621
Sarah Dessen Realistic Fiction ©2000
After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and dangerous. Rogerson Biscoe, with his green eyes and dark curly hair, is absolutely seductive. Before long, 16-year-old Caitlin finds herself under his spell. And when he starts to abuse her, she finds she's in too deep to get herself out.
Awards: YRCA 2003, SLJ starred review
Fahrenheit 451
RC34963
Ray Bradbury Science Fiction Classic ©1953
In a future time when government policy decrees that all books must be burned, a few courageous individuals memorize as many books as possible. A book burner in a future fascist state finds out books are a vital part of a culture he never knew. He clandestinely pursues reading, until he is betrayed. "Fahrenheit 451--the temperature at which book paper catches fire, and burns ..."
Farewell to Manzanar
RC43194
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki & James D. Houston Non-fiction ©1973
Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was sent to live at Manzanar internment camp. This is the true story of one spirited Japanese-American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention.
The Gospel According to Larry
BR13993
Janet Tashjiian Realistic Fiction ©2001
This ALA Best Book for Young Adults introduces 17-year-old prodigy Josh Swensen, who only wants to make the world a better place. His wish comes true when his virtual alter ego, Larry, becomes a media sensation after posting sermons on anti-consumerism on his Web site.
Awards: BBYA
Hunger Games
RC68384
Suzanne Collins Science Fiction ©2008
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test. The novel delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
Awards: BBYA 2009, SLJ starred review, Booklist starred review
Life As We Knew It
RC65047
Susan Beth Pfeffer Science Fiction ©2006
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
Awards: YRCA 2009, BBYA 2007
Long Way Gone, A : Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
RC63512
Ishmael, Beah Non-fiction ©2007
This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war, goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare.
Awards: BBYA 2008, 2008 Alex Award Winner
Nineteen Minutes
RC64175
Jodi Picoult Realistic Fiction ©2007
Set in a small town in the wake of a horrific school shooting, "Nineteen Minutes" brings together lawyer Jordan McAfee, who represents a boy who desperately needs someone on his side, and Patrick Ducharme, the intrepid detective whose best witness is the daughter of the superior court judge.
Awards: Library Journal starred review
Wicked Lovely
NOT AVAILABLE
Melissa Marr Fantasy ©2007
Seventeen-year-old Aislinn, who has the rare ability to see fairies, is drawn against her will into a centuries-old battle by Keenan, the terrifying but alluring Summer King, who determines that she must become his queen and save summer from perishing.
Awards: YRCA 2010
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