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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
2010-2011

3/4

• A Song for Harlem Patricia McKissack
• Baseball Fever Joanna Hurwitz
• Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days Stephen Manes
• Charlotte's Webb E.B. White
• Esio Trot Roald Dahl
• I, Freddie Dietlof Reiche
• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Betty MacDonald
• On the Dog: Andrew Lost J.C. Greenburg
• Rapunzel, the One With All the Hair
• Sheep Valerie Hobbs
• Shredderman: Secret Identity Wendelin Van Draanen
• Toliver's Secret Esther Wood Brady
• We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente Trudie Engel
• What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin Jean Fritz
• Who Stole the Wizard of Oz Avi

5/6

• A Crooked Kind of Perfect Linda Urban
• 11 Birthdays Wendy Mass
• Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians Brandon Sanderson
• Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo
• Becoming Naomi Leon Pam Munoz Ryan
• The BFG Roald Dahl
• Finding Buck McHenry Alfred Slote
• From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg
• Kensuke's Kingdom Michael Morpurgo
• Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien
• No More Dead Dogs Gordon Korman
• Number the Stars Lois Lowry
• SOR Losers Avi
• Who Was Leonardo DaVinci Roberta Edwards

7/8

• Airman Eoin Colfer
• All of the Above Shelley Pearsall
• Flush Carl Hiassen
• Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick
• Hope was Here Joan Bauer
• Hush Jacqueline Woodson
• Pirates! Celia Rees
• The Boy Who Saved Baseball John Ritter
• The Dangerous Days of Daniel X James Patterson
• The River Gary Paulsen
• The Wave Todd Strasser
• The Wednesday Wars Gary Schmidt
• The Westing Game Ellen Raskin
• They Cage the Animals at Night Jennings Michael Burch
• Waiting for Normal Leslie Connor

For more information, please visit the Battle of the Books page in the Members Only area.

If there are any questions, contact the following coordinators:

Linda Bykowski
Burnet Middle School Library
1000 Caldwell Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
908-851-6397

Maureen Stryker
Lafayette School Library
22l Lafayette Avenue
Chatham, NJ 07928
973-635-8694
e-mail: garthwaite@twpunionschools.org

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New Jersey Center for the Book

The New Jersey Center for the Book is one of 44 states affiliated with The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. It is hosted by The School of Communication, Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in New Brunswick, NJ, host it. Its mission is "to celebrate books, reading, libraries, and the diverse literary heritage of New Jersey."

The center's first projects will include the creation of a Web site and the development of a literary map of New Jersey.

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress was established in 1977 to stimulate public interest in books, reading, and libraries. For information about its programs, publications, and the activities of its affiliated Centers for the Book in 44 states and the District of Columbia, visit the New Jersey Center for the Book Website.

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Enthusiastic Reader Award Recipients 2009 (MS Word file)

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