2009  Battle of the Books List 
5th Grade

Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators talk to Children About their Art

The Landry News
Andrew Clements

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Jeanne Birdsall

The Birchbark House
Louise Erdrich

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Greek Athlete: Races You’d Rather Not Run
Michael Ford

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos

Found
Margaret Haddix

The View from Saturday
E. L. Konigsburg

Savvy
Ingrid Law

Abe’s Honest Words: the life of Abraham Lincoln
Doreen Rappaport

Summer Reading is Killing Me!
Jon Scieszka

Mars and the Search for Life
Elaine Scott

Knots in My Yo-Yo String: the autobiography of a kid
Jerry Spinelli

Donuthead
Sue Stauffacher

Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree
Lauren Tarshis