Battle of the Book Reading Lists

Battle of the Books
Reading List

The following is a list of books (author’s last name included) your child will need to read to compete in the contest. The library has some of these titles available for checkout. However, you may need to obtain some on your own elsewhere.

5th Grade
Sign of the Beaver – Spears
How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell
Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson
Hatchet – Paulsen
Number the Stars – Lowry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Dahl
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane – DiCamillo


6th Grade
The Tale of Despereaux –DiCamillo
A Single Shard – Park
Summer of the Swans – Byars
The School Story – Clements
Holes – Sachar
Island of the Blue Dolphins – O’dell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Kinney


7th Grade
The Teacher’s Funeral – Peck
Where the Red Fern Grows – Rawls
The Giver – Lowry
Hoot – Hiaasen
Jacob Have I Loved – Paterson
Each Little Bird That Sings - Wiles
Uglies – Westerfeld


8th Grade
Here Lies the Librarian – Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird – Lee
The Midwife’s Apprentice – Cushman
Heat – Lupica
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Twain
Airborn - Oppel
Code Orange - Cooney