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2008 Battle of the Books Booklist

Fiction

  1. Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic ................by Emily Jenkins
  2. Here Lies the Librarian....................................by Richard Peck
  3. The Egypt Game.............................................by Zilphia Keatley Snyder
  4. Heat..............................................................by Mike Lupica
  5. The Legend of Bass Reeves: Being the True and Fictional Account of the Most Valient Marshall in the West.............................by Gary Paulsen
  6. Number the Stars ..........................................by Lois Lowry
  7. Poppy ...........................................................by Avi
  8. Penny From Heaven........................................by Jennifer Holm

Poetry

  1. Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems ............by Jack Prelutsky
  2. Because I Could Not Stop My Bike and Other Poems.........by Karen Jo Shapiro
  3. Flamingos on the Roof: Poems and Paintings....................by Calef Brown
  4. Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up ....................by Lisa Westberg Peters
  5. Oh Grow Up!: Poems to Help Your Survive Parents, Chores, School and Other Afflictions .........................by Florence Parry Heide and Roxanne Heide Pierce

Picture Books

  1. Punk Farm ...........................by Jarrett Krosoczka Illustrated by Krosoczka
  2. The Three Questions: Based on a Story of Leo Tolstoy ......by Jon Muth, .....................................................................................Illustrated by Muth
  3. Tea With Milk ..........................................by Allen Say, Illustrated by Say
  4. B is for Badger, A Wisconsin Alphabet.......by Kathy-jo Wargin, Illustrated by .............................................................Renee Graef
  5. The Princess and the Pea: in Miniature: After the Fairy Tale by Hans Christian Andersen .................................by Lauren Child, Illustrated by Polly Borland
  6. Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding..............by Lenore Look, Illustrated by .......................................................................Yumi Heo

Non-Fiction

  1. The Faithful Friend..........................................by Robert D. San Souci
  2. Children of Alcatraz: Growing Up on the Rock .......by Claire Rudolf Murphy
  3. Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File .....by David Wisniewski
  4. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq .......by Jeanette Winter
  5. Jelly Beans: From Start to Finish ...................................by Claire Kreger
  6. Dick Whittington and His Cat .......................................by Margaret Hodges

Biography

  1. Honky-tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels: The Pioneers of Country and Western Music ..........................................................by Holly George-Warren
  2. Mighty Jackie: The Strike-out Queen ................by Marissa Moss
  3. I am Marc Chagall...............................................by Bimba Landmann
  4. Sisters in Strength: American Women Who Made a Difference ................................................................by Yona Zeldis McDonough and .................................................................Malcah Zeldis
  5. Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue................................by Anna Celenza