Battle of the Books List for 2010-2011

2010-2011
Title
Author
The Underneath Kathi Appelt
Iron Thunder: The Battle Between The Monitor and the Merrimac Avi
The Unknowns: A Mystery Benedict Carey
Singer of All Songs Kate Constable
Forged by Fire Sharon Draper
The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau
Under a War-Torn Sky Laura Elliott
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke
The Brooklyn Nine Alan Gratz
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton
Red Scarf Girl Ji-Li Jiang
Heaven Angela Johnson
Schooled Gordon Korman
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen
My Dog Skip Willie Morris
Here Lies the Librarian Richard Peck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Milkweed Jerry Spinelli
Truesight David Stahler, Jr.
The Mysterious Benedict Society Trenton Lee Stewart
The Land Mildred D. Taylor
The Weirdo Theodore Taylor
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World…One Child at a Time**** Sarah L. Thomson
Surviving the Applewhites Stephanie Tolan
Angel on the Square Gloria Whelan

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msalerno said…
We have seen many of these titles before!
July 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM
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