Oregon Battle of the Books
2020-2021 Titles
3rd to 5th Grade Division
Before They Were Authors by Elizabeth Haidle 2019
Profiles the childhoods of ten authors, including Maya Angelou, Roald Dahl, and J.K. Rowling, emphasizing what makes a writer and what inspires them.
Biographies 64 pages
Bob by Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead 2018
While visiting her grandmother in Australia, ten-year-old Livy is reminded of the promise she made five years earlier to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Fantasy 224 pages
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A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold 2017
Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat (Bixby Alexander Tam) meets the kit, he knows they belong together.
Realistic Fiction 208 pages Edison eBook (Epic)
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Changeling by William Ritter 2019
Twelve-year-olds Tinn and Cole, raised as human twins in sleepy Endsborough, risk their lives in the Wild Wood, Oddmire Swamp, and the Deep Dark to learn which is a goblin changeling with an important mission.
Fantasy 272 pages
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The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T. Sutherland 2012
The seven dragon tribes have been at war for generations, locked in an endless battle over an ancient, lost treasure. A secret movement called the Talons of Peace is determined to bring an end to the fighting.
Fantasy 304 pages
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El Deafo by Cece Bell 2014
In this graphic-novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and her experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful and very awkward hearing aid.
Biographies 248 pages
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Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton 2010
Desperate to learn to read, eight-year-old Olemaun badgers her father to let her go to the school for Inuit children in Canada's far north. There, she encounters a particularly mean nun who renames her Margaret but cannot "educate" her into submission.
Biographies 112 pages
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Front Desk by Kelly Yang 2018
Ten-year-old Mia Tang's parents are recent immigrants from China and desperate for work and money. When they take a job managing a rundown motel in Southern California, Mia works the front desk and tries to cope with demanding customers.
Realistic Fiction 320 pages
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The Night Fairy by Laura Amy Schlitz 2010
When Flory the night fairy's wings are accidentally broken and she cannot fly, she has to learn to do everything differently.
Fantasy 117 pages
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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin 2016
Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day - until 8:46 a.m., when a plane struck the World Trade Center. But that hasn't happened yet. Right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going about their lives. These four don't know one another, but their lives are about to intersect in ways they never could have imagined.
Historical Fiction 208 pages
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Power Forward by Hena Khan 2018
Fourth-grader Zayd yearns to play basketball on the Gold Team. When he skips orchestra rehearsal to practice, his parents forbid anything basketball-related, and tryouts are coming soon.
Sports Fiction 144 pages
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Small Spaces by Katherine Arden 2018
After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through the scary woods. She must use all her wits to survive and she must stick to small spaces.
Horror 218 pages
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Space Case by Stuart Gibbs 2014
Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors.
Science Fiction Mystery 368 pages
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Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones 2015
Through a series of letters, twelve-year-old Sophie Brown tells of her family's move to Great-Uncle Jim's farm, where she begins taking care of some unusual chickens with help from neighbors and friends.
Fantasy 240 pages
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser 2017
Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind.
Realistic Fiction 320 pages
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A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry 2019
A young wolf separated from his pack journeys 1,000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways and hunger before finding a new home.
Animal Tales 256 pages
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