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Battle of the Books - 2010 list by category
AWARD WINNING
Author	Title	Grade Level
Armstrong, Alan	Whittington (Newbery Honor - 2006)	4+
Armstrong, William H.	Sounder (Newbery - 1970)	4 +
Avi	Crispin ; The Cross of Lead (Newbery - 2003)	5+
Choldenko, Gennifer	Al Capone Does My Shirts (Newbery Honor 2005)	6+
Cleary, Beverly	Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Newbery Honor - 1982)	4+
Creech, Sharon	The Wanderer (Newbery Honor 2001)	5+
Cushman, Karen	The Midwife's Apprentice (Newbery – 1996)	6+
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn Dixie (Newbery Honor 2001)	4+
Farmer, Nancy	House of the Scorpion (Newbery Honor 2003)	6+
Fleischman, Sid	The Whipping Boy (Newbery – 1987)	4+
Fox, Paula	The Slave Dancer (Newbery – 1974)	6+
Giff, Patricia Reilly	Pictures of Hollis Woods (Newbery Honor – 2002)	5+
Hiassen, Carl	Hoot (Newbery Honor – 2003)	5+
Henkes, Kevin	Olive’s Ocean (Newbery Honor 2004)	5+
Holm, Jennifer	Our Only May Amelia (Newbery Honour – 2000)	5+
Horvath, Polly	Everything On A Waffle (Newbery Honour -2002)	5+
Kadohata, Cynthia	Kira-Kira (Newbery – 2005)	5+
Konigsburg, E.L.	The View From Saturday (Newbery – 1997)	5+
Larson, Kirby	Hattie Big Sky (Newbery Honor - 2007)	6+
Lisle, Janet Taylor	The Art of Keeping Cool (Scott O’Dell Award 2001)	5+
Lowry, Lois	The Giver (Newbery – 1994)	6+
McKinley, Robin	The Hero and the Crown (Newbery Honor – 1985)	5+
Naidoo, Beverley	The Other Side of Truth (Carnegie – 2000 & Smarties Silver Medal)	5+
Naylor, Phyllis R.	Shiloh (Newbery – 1992)	5+
O'Brien, Robert	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Newbery – 1972)	5+
Park, Linda Sue	A Single Shard (Newbery 2002)	5-6+
Rylant, Cynthia	Missing May (Newbery – 1993)	4+
Sachar, Louis	Holes (Newbery – 1999)	5+
Schmidt, Gary	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Newbery Honor 2005)	5+
Selznick, Brian	The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Caldecott Medal 2008)	4+
Steig, William	Abel’s Island (Newbery Honor – 1977)	4+
Taylor, Mildred	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Newbery 1977)	5+
Tolan, Stephanie	Surviving the Applewhites (Newbery Honor – 2003)	5+
Turner, Megan Whalen	The Thief (Newbery Honour )	5+
Whelan, Gloria	Homeless Bird (National Book Award 2000)	5+
White, Ruth	Belle Prater’s Boy (Newbery Honour 1997)	4+
CANADIAN BIRCH
Author	Title	Grade Level
Attema, Martha	Hero (Silver Birch Nominee 2005)	4+
Bradford, Karleen	Lionheart's Scribe (Silver Birch Nominee 1999)	6+
Brenna, Beverley	The Moon Children (Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	5+
Bush, Maureen	Feather Brain	4+
Citra, Becky	Never to Be Told (Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	5+
Cumyn, Alan	The Secret Life of Owen Skye (Mr. Christie 2003)	4+
Demeulemeester, Linda	Grim Hill, the Secret Deepens (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	4+
Draper, Penny	Terror at Turtle Mountain (Silver Birch Nominee 2007)	5+
Duggan, Matt	The Royal Woods (Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	4+
Ellis, Sarah	Odd Man Out (Silver Birch Nominee 2008)	5+
Falcone, L.M.	Walking With the Dead (Silver Birch 2007)	5+
Ghent, Natale	The Odds Get Even (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	4+
Ghent, Natalie	No Small Thing (Silver Birch Nominee 2005)	5+
Grant, Vicki	Quid Pro Quo (Silver Birch Nominee 2006)	6+
Haworth-Attard, Barbara	Home Child (Silver Birch Nominee 1998)	4+
Hume, Stephen	Ben Franklin's War	5+
Jones, David	Baboon (Silver Birch Nominee 2008)	4+
Kent, Jennifer McGrath	White Cave Escape (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	4+
Kent, Jennifer McGrath	Chocolate River Rescue (Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	4+
Kerz, Ann	Mealworm Diaries	4+
Lawson, Julie	No Safe Harbour (Dear Canada)	5+
Leavey, Peggy	Sky Lake Summer (Silver Birch Nominee 2000)	5+
Lemna, Don	When the Sergeant Came Marching Home (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	5+
Little, Jean	From Anna	5+
Lottridge, Celia Barker	Ticket to Curlew (CLA Award 1993, Geoffrey Bilson)	5+
Lunn, Janet	The Root Cellar (CLA Award 1982)	5+
MacLean, Jill	Nine Lives of Travis Keating (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	5+
Narsimhan, Mahtab	The Third Eye (Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	5+
Nyoka, Gail	Mella and the N'anga (Silver Birch Nominee 2007)	4+
Olsen, Sylvia	Catching Spring	4+
Peacock, Shane	The Eye of the Crow (OLA Best Bet, Silver Birch Nominee 2009)	6+
Pearson, Kit	The Sky is Falling (Bilson 1990, Mr. Christie 1989, CLA Award 1990)	5+
Perkyns, Dorothy	Last Days in Africville (Silver Birch Nominee 2005)	5+
Porter, Pamela	The Crazy Man (Governor General 2005, OLA Best Bet 2005, Silver Birch Nominee)	5+
Slade, Arthur	Jolted (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	5+
Smucker, Barbara	Underground to Canada	4+
Sutherland, Robert	The Adventures of Tommy Smith (Silver Birch Nominee)	4-5+
Van Belkom, Edo	Wolf Pack (Silver Birch 2006)	5+
Walters, Eric	Northern Exposures	5+
Weston, Robert Paul	Zorgamazoo (Silver Birch Nominee 2010)	5+
Wilson, Eric	Spirit in the Rainforest	4+
Wood, Beverly & Chris	The Golden Boy (OLA Best Bet 2006)	5+
CANADIAN MAPLE
Author	Title	Grade Level
Aker, Don	One On One (OLA Best Bed 2005)	5+
Aubin, Henry T.	The Rise of the Golden Cobra (Red Maple Nominee 2008)	6+
Baxter, Jean Rae	Way Lies North (Red Maple Nominee 2009)	6+
Bayle, B.J.	Perilous Passage (Red Maple Nominee 2009)	5+
Bell, William	Zack (Red Maple Nominee 1999, Mr. Christie 1998)	7+
Buffie, Margaret	Who is Frances Rain?	6+
Carter, Anne Laurel	Shepherd’s Granddaughter (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Curtis, Christopher Paul	Elijah of Buxton (Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King, CLA Bk of Year - 08, Red Maple Nominee 2009)	4+
Dinsdale, Christopher	Stolen Away (Red Maple Nominee 2008)	6+
Ellis, Deborah & Walters, Eric (either author accepted in battle)	Bifocal	6+
Fitch, Sheree	The Gravesavers (Red Maple Nominee 2006)	5+
Friesen, Gayle	The Isabel Factor (Red Maple Nominee 2007)	7+
Harrison, Troon	A Bushel of Light (Red Maple Nominee 2002)	5+
Heneghan, James	Safe House (OLA Best Bet 2006)	5+
Huser, Glen	Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (Red Maple Nominee 2008)	6+
Hutchins, Hazel	After (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Jocelyn, Marthe	How it Happened in Peach Hill (OLA Best Bet, CLA Award Shortlist 08)	6+
Johnston, Julie	In Spite of Killer Bees (Red Maple Nominee 2004)	6+
Kacer, Kathy	Clara's War (Red Maple 2000)	5+
Korman, Gordon	Schooled (CLA Award Shortlist 08)	5+
Lawrence, Iain	Gemini Summer (Red Maple 2008)	6+
Linden, Dianne	Peacekeepers (Red Maple Nominee 2005)	5+
Luiken, Nicole	Frost (Red Maple Nominee 2009)	7+
Martini, Clem	The Plague (Red Maple Nominee 2007)	5+
McKay, Sharon	War Brothers (CLA Award Shortlist 2009)	6+
McNaughton, Janet	Raintree Rebellion (Red Maple Nominee 2007)	6+
Melling, O.R.	The Hunter's Moon	6+
Oppel, Kenneth	Starclimber (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Oppel, Kenneth	Darkwing (Red Maple Nominee 2008)	5+
Pearson, Kit	A Perfect, Gentle Knight (Red Maple Nominee 2009)	6+
Pignat, Caroline	Greener Grass (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Pignat, Caroline	Egghead (Red Maple Nominee 2009)	6+
Roy, Philip	Submarine Outlaw (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Schmidt, Rene	Leaving Fletchville (Red Maple Nominee 2010)	6+
Scrimger, Richard	From Charlie's Point of View (Red Maple Nominee 2006)	6+
Sherrard, Valerie	Sarah's Legacy (Red Maple Nominee 2008)	5+
Trottier, Maxine	Sister to the Wolf (Red Maple Nominee 2005)	6+
Withers, Pam	Peak Survival	6+
CLASSICS (Old & New)
Author	Title	Grade Level
Alcott, Louisa May	Little Women	6+
Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck Everlasting	5+
Baum, Frank	The Wizard of Oz	5+
Bianco, Margery Williams (for battles either Bianco or Williams correct for author)	The Velveteen Rabbit	3-4+
Burnett, Frances Hodgson	The Secret Garden	5+
Carroll, Lewis	Alice in Wonderland	5+
Coerr, Eleanor	Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	5+
Collodi, Carlo	Pinnochio	5+
Dahl, Roald	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	4+
Dickens, Charles	A Christmas Carol	6+
Estes, Eleanor	The Hundred Dresses	4+
Farley, Walter	The Black Stallion	4+
Fitzhugh, Louise	Harriet the Spy	4+
George, Jean Craighead	My Side Of the Mountain	5+
Juster, Norton	The Phantom Tollbooth	5+
King-Smith, Dick	Babe : the Gallant Pig	4+
L’Engle, Madelaine	A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery – 1963)	5+
Lewis, C.S.	The Magician’s Nephew	4+
London, Jack	Call of the Wild	7+
Milne, A.A.	Winnie-the-Pooh	4+
Montgomery, Lucy Maude	Anne of Green Gables	6+
Morey, Walt	Gentle Ben	5+
Mowat, Farley	Lost in the Barrens (former title is Two Against the North)	6+
North, Sterling	Rascal	5+
Norton, Mary	The Borrowers	4+
O'Dell, Scott	Island of the Blue Dolphins	5+
Rawls, Wilson	Where the Red Fern Grows	5+
Rowling, J. K.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	4+
Selden, George	The Cricket in Times Square	4+
Sewell, Anna	Black Beauty	5+
Stevenson, R.L.	Treasure Island	5+
Tolkien, J.R.R.	The Hobbit (Full title is The Hobbit or There and Back Again but for the battles just The Hobbit is acceptable)	6+
Travers, Pamela L.	Mary Poppins	5+
White, E.B.	Charlotte's Web	4+
White, T.H.	The Sword in the Stone	5+
Wilde, Oscar	Happy Prince	4+
Wilder, Laura Ingalls	Farmer Boy	4+
FAIRYTALES/FOLKLORE
AUTHOR	TITLE	Grade Level
Note that Fairytales/Folktales do not have authors listed.	Anansi’s Hat Shaking Dance	All Grade 1-4
	Bremen Town Musicians (Grimm)
	Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Grimm)
	The Donkey Driver and the Thief
	Emperor’s New Clothes (Andersen)
	The Fish Basket Goddess
	The Fisherman and His Wife (Grimm)
	The Forest Bride
	The Golden Goose (Grimm)
	The Half Chick
	Hans in Luck (Grimm)
	Jorinda and Joringel (Grimm)
	The Little Match Girl (Andersen)
	The Mouse and the Sun
	The Nightingale (Andersen)
	Oni and the Great Bird
	Puss in Boots
	The Queen Bee (Grimm)
	Rapunzel (Grimm)
	The Raven Brings Light
	Rumpelstiltskin (Grimm)
	The Snow Queen (Andersen)
	The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Andersen)
	The Straw, the Coal and the Bean (Grimm)
	The Swineherd (Andersen)
	The Three Hares
	Three Magic Oranges
	Thumbelina (Andersen)
	The Tinderbox (Andersen)
	The Twelve Dancing Princesses
	The Ugly Duckling (Andersen)
	Urashima
	Who is my Neighbour?
FUN & FANTASY
Author	Title	Grade Level
Alexander, Lloyd	Time Cat	4+
Balliett, Blue	Chasing Vermeer	4+
Barry, Dave & Pearson, Ridley (either author accepted in battle)	Peter and the Starcatchers	5+
Blume, Judy	Double Fudge	4+
Buckley-Archer, Linda	Gideon the Cutpurse Note:American edition is called The Time Travelers and can be accepted in Battle.	5+
Card, Orson Scott	Ender’s Game (Hugo & Nebula Awards)	6 - 7+
Christopher, John	The White Mountains (ALA Notable Bk)	5+
Clements, Andrew	Frindle	4+
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl	5+
Collins, Suzanne	The Hunger Games	6+
Constable, Kate	The Singer of All Songs	6+
Cooper, Susan	King of Shadows	5+
Coville,Bruce	Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher	5+
Dahl, Roald	The BFG	4+
DuPrau, Jeanne	City of Ember	5+
Erdrich, Louise	The Brichbark House	4+
Funke, Cornelia	Inkheart	5+
Gaiman, Neil	Coraline (ALA Notable Children’s, SLJ Best Book)	5-6+
Haddix, Margaret	Among the Hidden	5+
Horowitz, Anthony	Stormbreaker	6+
Howe, James	Bunnicula	4-5+
Hunter, Erin	Into the Wild	5 +
Jacques, Brian	Redwall	5+
Levine, Gail Carson	Fairest	5+
Morris Gerald	The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf	5+
Nicholson, William	The Wind Singer (Smarties Prize 2000)	6+
Pierce, Tamora	Briar's Book	5-6+
Pinkwater, Daniel M.	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency	4+
Pratchett, Terry	Wee Free Men	6+
Pullman, Philip	Golden Compass	7+
Rayburn, Tricia	The Melting of Maggie Bean	5+
Riordan, Rick	The Lightning Thief	5+
Spinelli, Jerry	Stargirl	5+
Stewart, Paul	Beyond the Deepwoods	5+
Townley, Roderick	The Great Good Thing	5+
Weeks, Sarah	Regular Guy	4+
Yolen, Jane	Dragon's Blood	5+
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