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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
2011-2012

3/4
The Chocolate Touch / Patrick S. Catling
The Mouse and the Motorcycle / Beverly Cleary
Muggie Maggie / Beverly Cleary
Morning Girl / Michael Dorris
The Hundred Dresses / Eleanor Estes
Aliens for Breakfast / Jonathan Etra & Stephanie Spinner
Lily’s Crossing / Patricia Reilly Giff
The Million Dollar Shot / Dan Gutman
Miss Daisy is Crazy / Dan Gutman
Clementine / Sara Pennypacker
The Talking T. Rex / Ron Roy
Wayside School is Falling Down / Louis Sachar
Doing Time Online / Jan Siebold
See You Later, Gladiator / Jon Szczieska
Who Was Helen Keller? / Gare Thompson

5/6
Who Was Amelia Earhartt? / Kate Bohm Jerome
The Wishgiver / Bill Britain
Absolute Pressure / Sigmun Brouwer
The Dark Stairs / Betsy Byars
A Week in the Woods / Andrew Clements
My Teacher is an Alien / Bruce Coville
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key / Jack Gantos
A Wrinkle in Time / Madeleine L’Engle
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon / Grace Lin
Alvin Ho Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things / Lenore Look
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray / Ann M. Martin
The Ghost Belonged to Me / Richard Peck
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Phigg / Rodney Philbrick
Esperanza Rising Pam / Munoz Ryan
It Only Looks Easy Pamela / Curtis Swallow

7/8
Al Capone Does My Shirts / Jennifer Choldenko
The Face on the Milk Carton / Caroline B. Cooney
Weasel / Cynthia DeFelice
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl / Anne Frank
Among the Hidden / Margaret Peterson Haddix
Hoot / Carl Hiassen
Stormbreaker / Anthony Horowitz
Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam / Cynthia Kadohata
Schooled / Gordon Korman
Hoops Walter / Dean Myers
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break / Kensey Namioka
Interstellar Pig / William Sleator
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie / Jordan Sonnenblick
When You Reach Me / Rebecca Stead
Elsewhere / Gabrielle Zevin

 

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Battle of the Books Questions, 2009-2010:

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

For information about the Battle Questions please contact:

Tricia Keane
Valley View Library
School Library Media Specialist
pkeane@watchungschools.us

For Programmatic Questions, please contact the following coordinators:

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

Mrs. Elizabeth Ullrich
Library Teacher
Cavallini Middle School
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
eullrich@usrschoolsk8.com
Fax: 201-934-7975

 

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Other Reading Programs

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.

Letters About Literature
A National Reading and Writing Promotional Program for Children and Young Adults.

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The Enthusiastic Reader Award - 2012 (NJASL)

The New Jersey Reading Association has enthusiastically endorsed the Enthusiastic Reader Award and NJASL supports the Association in that endeavor. Please nominate all those enthusiastic readers in your midst, by completing and submitting the Enthusiastic Reader Award nomination form. Nominations are due by March 1, 2012.

The Enthusiastic Reader Award Requirements 2012 (MS Word)

The Enthusiastic Reader Award Nomination Form 2012 (MS Word)

Enthusiastic Reader Award Recipients (MS Word file)

Read Across America

One Book New Jersey

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Reading Resources

An Annotated Bibliography for Fantasy Fiction (pdf)

An Annotated Bibliography for Mystery Fiction (pdf)