2007-08 Middle School Battle of the Books List

Click titles for book info (Often links to a PLOT SPOILER), authors for bios, and the moderator icon for an audio file provided as a pronunciation guide.

 

Title

Author

Among the Hidden                                                  

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Amos Fortune, Free Man                                        

Elizabeth Yates    (A second link here)

Arthur: The Seeing Stone                                       

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Black*                                                                                    

Ted Dekker

Boy in the striped pyjamas [The]                           

John Boyne

China Homecoming                                                 

Jean Fritz   (Great interview here)

Coram boy                                                               

Jamilla Gavin

Cyrano*                                                                    

Geraldine McCaughrean

Devil’s arithmetic [The]                                           

Jane Yolen

Dungeon [The]                                                         

Lynne Reid Banks

Eldest                                                                        

Christopher Paolini

Framed                                                                      

Frank C. Boyce

Holes                                                                         

Louis Sachar

I, Coriander                                                              

Sally Gardner

Incantation*                                                             

Alice Hoffman

Jacob Have I Loved                                                

Katherine Paterson

Night to Remember [A]                                           

Walter Lord

People of Sparks [The]                                           

Jeanne Duprau

Squire, His Knight, and his Lady [The]                  

Gerald Morris

Starseeker                                                                

Tim Bowler

Teacher's Pet*                                                         

Morris Gleitzman

Tell Me No Lies                                                          

Malorie Blackman

This Present Darkness*                                          

Frank Peretti

Turbulence*                                                             

Jan Mark

Various [The]                                                           

Steve Augarde

Whale Rider [The]                                                    

Witi Ihimaera

Wolf Brother                                                            

Michelle Paver

* SORRY:  These are unavailable at the Hong Kong Public Libraries but reserve any of the rest at:  www.hkpl.gov.hk today!

 

 

 

2007-08 Primary School Battle of the Books List

Click titles for book info (Often links to a PLOT SPOILER), authors for bios, and the moderator icon for an audio file provided as a pronunciation guide.

 

Title

Author

Anastasia Krupnik                                                      

Lois Lowry

Archer’s Quest*                                                         

Linda Sue Park

Bad Dreams                                                               

Anne Fine

Bartlett and the Ice Voyage                                       

Odo Hirsch

Caddie Woodlawn                                                      

Carol Ryrie Brink

Fairest*                                                                        

Gail Carson Levine

Fire Within*                                                                  

Chris D'Lacey

Framed                                                                        

Frank C. Boyce

Friends [The]                                                             

Kazumi Yumoto

Harriet the Spy                                                            

Louise Fitzhugh

Jar of Dreams [A]*                                                     

Yoshiko Uchida

Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher                            

Bruce Coville

Library Card [The]                                                      

Jerry Spinelli

Midnight for Charlie Bone                                         

Jenny Nimmo

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism          

Georgia Byng

Once upon a Marigold                                               

Jean Ferris

Sing Down the Moon                                                 

Scott O’Dell

Tales of Olga da Polga [The]                                    

Michael Bond

Tiger’s Blood*                                                            

Laurence Yep

Week in the Woods [A]*                                            

Andrew Clements

* SORRY:  These are unavailable at the Hong Kong Public Libraries but reserve any of the rest at:  www.hkpl.gov.hk today!