Battle of the Books

2007 – 2008

for grades 3 and 4

READING LIST

 

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days  Stephen Manes

Doing Time Online  Jan Siebold

Earthquake Terror  Peg Kehret

Esio Trot  Roald Dahl

Farewell, My Lunchbag  Bruce Hale

Gooney Bird Greene  Lois Lowry 

I, Freddy  Dietlof Reiche

Knights of the Kitchen Table  Jon Scieszka

                   Million Dollar Shot  Dan Gutman

Nicky Fifth on 32 Dandelion Court  Lisa Funari Willever

Ramona Quimby, Age 8  Beverly Cleary

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr

Sarah Plain and Tall  Patricia MacLachlan

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz  Avi

Who Was Amelia Earhart?  Kate Boehm Jerome

 

MEETING TIMES:

Always on Thursdays at 7:45am in the library: Oct 25; Nov 1 and 29; Dec 6 and 13; Jan 3, 24 and 31; Feb 14, March 6, 13, 20, and 27; April 3 and 10.  Possibly we will need more meetings in preparation for the competition.  Additional meetings will be announced if necessary.

 

 

Dear “Battle” participants:

 

After you have finished a book:

 

·      Write a short summary (2-3 sentences) of the plot

·      List the names of the characters and a sentence describing them

 

Keep this journal in a safe place so we can quiz ourselves on the books when we have our meetings!