Get ready for the sixth annual Battle of the Books! Fourth and fifth grade
students actively participate in Battle of the Books. The Battle's purpose
is to encourage students to read good books and have fun while doing it.
The book list includes a variety of reading levels on a variety of
subjects. Third graders are encouraged to read these great books too!
Book list for 2008-2009
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain, AR level 4.4
Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla
The White Mountains by John Christopher, AR level 6.2
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher, AR level 4.8
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman, AR level 5.8
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, AR level 3.9
Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts! The First Experiment by Frances O’Roark Dowell
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman, AR level 5.1
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming, AR level 3.5
The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy, AR level 3.7
What’s the Big Idea Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz, AR level 5.5
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, AR level 5.2
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn, AR level 4.5
Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
Redwall by Brian Jacques, AR level 5.6
Harry’s Mad by Dick King-Smith, AR level 4.8
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, AR level 4.7
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, AR level 4.6
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, AR level 4.5
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes, AR level 4.2
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, AR level 5.7
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, AR level 4.5
My Rotten, Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco, AR level 3.3
Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Rose Porter, AR level 4.0
Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts, AR level 5.0
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan, AR level 5.3
There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar, AR level 3.4
Knights of the Kitchen Roundtable by Jon Scieszka, AR level 3.8
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles, AR level 4.2
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop, AR level 4.9
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO PARSLEY'S MAIN PAGE, CLICK ON 'RESOURCES', THEN
CLICK ON 'BATTLE OF THE BOOKS'.
