AUTHOR. TITLE.

Alder, Elizabeth. The King's Shadow
Bechard, Margaret. Star Hatchling
Besson, Jean-Louis. October 45
Bober, Natalie. Abigail Adams
Bunting, Eve. Spying on Miss Mueller
Coman, Carolyn. What Jamie Saw
Conrad, Pam. Our House
Crew, Gary. Angel's Gate
Crew, Linda. Fire on the Wind
Curtis, Christopher. The Watsons go to Birmingham
Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice
Farmer, Nancy. The Warm Place
Fitzgerald, John. The Great Brain is Back
Fleischman, Paul. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death
Fleischman, Sid. The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
Fox, Paula. Eagle Kite
Franklin, Kirstine. Eclipse
Fraser, Mary. In Search of the Grand Canyon
Gray, Luli. Falcon's Egg
Hahn, Mary. Look for Me by Moonlight
Hall, Elizabeth. Venus Among the Fishes
Hamilton, Virginia. Her Stories
Haugaard, Eric. The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai
Henkes, Kevin. Protecting Marie
Lincoln, Abraham. The Gettysburg Address
Matas, Carol. Of Two Minds
Murphy, Jim. The Great Fire
Rostkowski, Margaret. Moon Dancer
Scieszka, Jon. Math Curse
Scott, Elaine. Adventure in Space
Skinner, David. The Wrecker
Taylor, Mildred. The Well
Waugh, Sylvia. The Mennyms in the Wilderness
Wynne-Jones, Tim. Some of the Kinder Planets
Yolen, Jane. The Ballad of the Pirate Queens

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1997-1998 Reading List (all books are 1996 copyright)  Print pdf

Winner: Falling Up by Shel Silverstein

AUTHOR. TITLE.

Avi. Beyond the Western Sea: Book One/Book Two
Bawden, Nina. Granny the Pag
Brewster, Hugh. Anastasia's Album
Clements, Andrew. Frindle
Conrad, Pam. Zoe Rising
Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Wipple
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
Dickinson, Peter. Chuck and Danielle
Dorris, Michael. Sees Behind Trees
Farmer, Nancy. A Girl itald Disaster
Fine, Anne. Step by Wicked Step
Fleischman, Sid. Abracadabra Kid
Freedman, Russell. The Life and Death of Crazy Horse
Freeman, Suzanne. The Cuckoo's Child
Geisert, Arthur. Roman Numerals I to MM
Hamilton, Virginia. When Birds Could Talk and Bats Could Sing
Hesse, Karen. Music of Dolphins
Hobbs, Will. Far North
Ippisch, Hanneke. Sky
Jackson, Donna. The Bone Detectives
Konigsburg, E.L. The View From Saturday
Lavender, David. Snowbound
McKissack, Patricia. Red-Tail Angels
McManus, Peter. Never Cry "Arp!"
Mikaelsen, Ben. Countdown
Napoli, Donna. Zel
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Search for the Shadowman
Osofsky, Audrey. Free to Dream: Langston Hughes
O'Tunnel, Michael. Children of Topaz
Paterson, Katherine. Jip: His Story
Prelutsky, Jack. A Pizza the Size of the Sun
Pullman, Philip. Golden Compass
Scieszka, Jon. Tut, Tut.
Silverstein, Shel. Falling Up
Spinelli, Jerry. Crash
Stanley, Diane. Leonardo da Vinci
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Wanderings of Odysseus
Turner, Meghan. The Thief
White, Ruth. Belle Prater's Boy
Wisler, G. Clifton. Caleb's Choice

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1998-1999 Reading List (all books are 1997 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: Ella Enchanted byGail Levine

Second Place: Wringer by Jerry Spinelli

Third Place: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

AUTHOR. TITLE.

Alexander, Lloyd. Iron Ring
Balgassi, Haemi. Tae's Sonata
Billingsley, Franny. Well Wished
Bishop, Nic. The Secrets of Animal Flight
Cameron, Ann. More Stories Huey Tells
Cerullo, Mary. The Octopus
Coville, Bruce. The Skull of Truth
Creech, Sharon. Chasing Redbird
Deuker, Carl. Painting the Black
Dickinson, Peter. The Lion Tamer's Daughter and Other Stories
Dorris, Michael. The Window
Fine, Anne. The Tulip Touch
Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks
Franklin, Kristine L. Lone Wolf
Gantos, Jack. Jack's Black Book
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Lily's Crossing
Hampton, Wilborn. Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story
Heneghan, James. Wish Me Luck
Henkes, Kevin. Sun & Spoon
Hesse, Karen. Out of the Dust
Hopkinson, Deborah. Birdie's Lighthouse
Jiang, Ji-Li. Red Scarf Girl
Josephson, Judith Pinkerton. Mother Jones
Joyce, William. The World of William Joyce Scrapbook
King, Martin Luther, Jr. I Have a Dream
Lasky, Kathryn. The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rain Forest Canopy
Levine, Gail. Ella Enchanted
McDonald, Joyce. Swallowing Stones
Mochizuki, Ken. Passage to Freedom
Myers, Ann. The Keeping Room
Norman, Howard. The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese
O'Grady, Scott. Basher Five-Two
Orr, Wendy. Peeling the Onion
Pearson, Kit. Awake & Dreaming
Pullman, Phillip. The Subtle Knife
Seidler, Tor. Mean Margaret
Severance, John B. Gandhi: Great Soul
Shusterman, Neal. Dark Side of Nowhere
Skurzynski, Gloria. Virtual War
Spinelli, Jerry. Wringer
Tillage, Leon Walter. Leon's Story
Wick, Walter. A Drop of Water
Wilson, Lori Lee. The Salem Witch Trials

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1999-2000 Reading List (all books are 1998 copyright)  Print pdf

Winner: Holes by Louis Sachar

Second Place: My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen

Third Place: Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Bauer, Joan. Rules of the Road. Putnam.
Branford, Henrietta. Fire, Bed and Bone. Candlewick.
Cummings, Pat. Talking with Adventurers. National Geographic Society.
Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown is Feeling Blue. Putnam.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Ghost of Fossil Glen. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Fleischman, Paul. Whirligig. Henry Holt & Company.
Fletcher, Susan. Shadow Spinner. Atheneum.
Freedman, Russell. Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life. Clarion.
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Gauthier, Gail. A Year With Butch and Spike. Putnam.
Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra. Chuck Close Up Close. DK.
Grove, Vicki. Reaching Dustin. Putnam.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Hidden. Simon & Schuster.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. My Louisiana Sky. Henry Holt & Company.
Karr, Kathleen. The Great Turkey Walk. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Klise, Kate. Regarding the Fountain. Avon.
Kurtz, Jane. The Storyteller's Beads. Gulliver.
Lawrence, Iain. The Wreckers. Delacorte Press.
Lester, Alison. The Quicksand Pony. Walter Lorraine.
Lester, Julius. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road. Dial.
Mazer, Harry. The Wild Kid. Simon & Schuster.
Murphy, Jim. Gone A-Whaling. Clarion.
Paulsen, Gary. My Life in Dog Years. Bantam Doubleday Dell.
Peck, Richard. A Long Way From Chicago. Dial.
Pfetzer, Mark & Galvin, Jack. Within Reach, My Everest Story. E.P.Dutton.
Pullman, Philip. Clockwork. Arthur A. Levine.
Rylant, Cynthia. The Islander. DK Ink.
Sachar, Louis. Holes. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Sis, Peter. Tibet, Through the Red Box. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Sleator, William. Boxes. Dutton.
Springer, Nancy. I Am Mordred. Philomel.
Stanley, Diane. Joan of Arc. Morrow.
Tanaka, Shelley. Graveyards of the Dinosaurs. Hyperion.
Thompson, Kate. Switchers. Hyperion.
Wells, Rosemary. Mary on Horseback. Dial.
Wick, Walter. Walter Wick's Optical Tricks. Cartwheel.
Wilson, Diane Lee. I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade. Orchard.
Yan Draanen, Wendelin. Sammy Keys and The Skeleton Man. Knopf.
Yolen, Jan & Coville Bruce. Armageddon Summer. Knopf.

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2000 - 2001 Reading List (all books are 1999 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

Second Place: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Third Place: The Landry News by Andrew Clements

AUTHOR.   TITLE.    Publisher.

Aliki. William Shakespeare and the Globe. HarperCollins.
Almond, David. Skellig. Delacorte.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Farrar, Strauss & Giroux.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. No Man's Land. Blue Sky Press.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Kids on Strike. Houghton Mifflin.
Bell, Karen Magnuson. Fire in Their Eyes. Harcourt Brace.
Bell, William. Zack. Simon & Shuster.
Billingsley, Franny. The Folk Keeper. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/JKarl.
Bridges, Ruby. Through My Eyes Scholastic.
Bunting, Eve. Blackwater. HarperCollins.
Clements, Andrew. The Landry News. Simon & Schuster.
Cormier, Robert. Frenchtown Summer. Delacorte.
Couloumbis, Audrey. Getting Near to Baby. Putnam.
Curlee, Lynn. Rushmore. Scholastic. 

Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Delacorte. 

De Young, C. Coco. A Letter To Mrs. Roosevelt. Delacorte.
Erdrich, Louise. The Birchbark House. Hyperion.
Fletcher, Ralph. Relatively Speaking: Poems About Family. Orchard.
Freedman, Russell. Babe Didrikson Zaharias: The Making of a Champion. Clarion.
Gallo, Donald. Time Capsule: Short Stories About Teenagers Throughout the      Twentieth Century. Delacorte.
Goldin, Barbara Diamon. Journeys with Elijah. Gulliver.
Griffith, Helen. Cougar. Greenwillow.
Henkes, Kevin. The Birthday Room. Greenwillow.
Holt, Kimberly Willis. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Henry Holt & Co.
Hoobler, Dorothy. The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn. Philomel.
Horvath, Polly. The Trolls. Farrar.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition. Clarion.
Lally, Soinbhe. A Hive For the Honeybee. Scholastic.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. The Lost Flower Children. Philomel.
Matthews, Tom. Always Inventing. National Geographic.
Mills, Claudia. You're a Brave Man, Julius Zimmerman. Farrar.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. What Have You Lost? Greenwillow.
Opdyke, Irene Gut. In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer. Knopf.
Paladino, Cathrine. One Good Apple: Growing our Food for the Sake of the Earth.
     Houghton Mifflin.
Perkins, Lynne Rae. All Alone in the Universe. Greenwillow.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Scholastic.
Ryden, Hope. Wild Horses I Have Known. Clarion.
Shusterman, Neal. Downsiders. Simon & Schuster.
Sones, Sonya. Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy.
     HarperCollins.
Swinburne, Stephen R. Once a Wolf: How Wildlife Biologists Fought to Bring Back
     the Gray Wolf. Houghton Mifflin.
Vande Velde, Vivian. Never Trust a Dead Man. Harcourt Brace.
Winton, Tim. Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster. Simon & Schuster/MK McElderry.

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2001-2002 Reading List (all books are 2000 copyright)  Print pdf

Winner: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Second Place: Joey Pigza Loses Control by Jack Gantos

Third Place: Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Myers, Walter Dean. 145th Street. Random House.
Adoff, Arnold. The Basket Counts. Simon & Schuster.
DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Random House.
Murphy, Jim. Blizzard! Candlewick.
Burgess, Melvin. The Copper Treasure. Scholastic.
Levine, Ellen. Darkness over Denmark. Holiday House.
DeFelice, Cynthia. Death at Devil's Bridge. Holiday House.
Horowitz, Anthony. The Devil and His Boy. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Bishop, Nic. Digging for Bird Dinosaurs. Penguin Putnam.
Coburn, Jewell Reinhard. Domitila. Shen Books.
Honey, Elizabeth. Don't Pat the Wombat. Knopf.
Avi. Ereth's Birthday. HarperCollins.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperenza Rising. Scholastic.
Harrison, Michael. Facing the Dark. Holiday House.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Fireflies in the Dark. Holiday House.
Greenberg, Jan. Frank O. Gehry: Outside In. DK Inc.
Lowry, Lois. Gathering Blue. Houghton Mifflin.
Whelan, Gloria. Homeless Bird. HarperCollins.
Bauer, Joan. Hope Was Here. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Pullman, Philip. I Was a Rat! Knopf.
Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Ida B. Wells. Clarion.
Ibbotson, Eva. Island of the Aunts. Penguin Putnam.
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza Loses Control. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Almond, David. Kit's Wilderness. Delacorte.
Philbrook, Rodman. The Last Book in the Universe. Blue Sky Press.
Cushman, Karen. Matilda Bone. Clarion.
White, Ruth. Memories of Summer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Miracle's Boys. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Deuker, Carl. Night Hoops. Houghton Mifflin.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan's Song. Delacorte.
Etchemendy, Nancy. The Power of Un. Front Street.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Salting the Ocean. Greenwillow.
Schwartz, Virginia Frances. Send One Angel Down. Holiday House.
Konigsburg, E. L. Silent to the Bone. Atheneum.
Lalicki, Tom. Spellbinder: The Life Harry Houdini. Holiday House.
Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. Knopf.
Janeczko, Paul B. Stone Bench in an Empty Park. Orchard.
Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral. HarperCollins.
Cerullo, Mary. The Truth About Great White Sharks. Chronicle.
Creech, Sharon. The Wanderer. HarperCollins.
Peck, Richard. A Year Down Yonder. Penguin Putnam.
Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes. Simon & Schuster.

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2002-2003 Reading List (all books are 2001 copyright)  Print pdf

Winner: Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

Second Place: The School Story by Andrew Clements

Third Place: Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Blumberg, Rhoda. Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a Japanese Boy. HarperCollins
Brooks, Bruce. All That Remains. Atheneum
Choldenko, Gennifer. Notes from a Liar and Her Dog. G. P. Putnam's Sons
Clements, Andrew. The School Story. Simon & Schuster
Creech, Sharon. Love That Dog. HarperCollins
Curlee, Lynn. Brooklyn Bridge. Atheneum
Deans, Sis. Racing the Past. Henry Holt
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner. Groundwood
Fletcher, Ralph. Have You Been to the Beach Lately? Scholastic
Giff, Patricia Reilly. All the Way Home. Delacorte
Goodall, Jane. The Chimpanzees I Love. Scholastic
Greenberg, Jan. Heart to Heart. Abrams
Greenberg, Jan. Vincent van Gogh. Delacorte
Hearne, Betsy. Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs. M.K. McElderry
Hesse, Karen. Witness. Scholastic
Hobbs, Will. Down the Yukon. HarperCollins
Holmes, Barbara Ware. Following Fake Man. Knopf
Hoose, Phillip. We Were There, Too! Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Howland, Ethan. The Lobster War. Front Street
Ibbotson, Eva. Dial-A-Ghost. Dutton
Janeczko, Paul. A Poke in the I. Candlewick
Jimenez, Francisco. Breaking Through. Houghton Mifflin
Kurlansky, Mark. The Cod's Tale. G. P. Putnams's Sons
Lawrence, Iain. Lord of the Nutcracker Men. Delacorte
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs. The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called FISH. Houghton Mifflin
Mead, Alice. Girl of Kosovo. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Montgomery, Sy. The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans. Houghton Mifflin
Myers, Walter Dean. The Greatest: Muhammad Ali. Scholastic
Na, An. A Step From Heaven. Front Street
Naidoo, Beverley. The Other Side of Truth. HarperCollins
Orr, Wendy. Nim's Island. Knopf
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. Clarion
Rodowsky, Colby. Clay. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Rosen, Michael. Shakespeare: His Work and His World. Candlewick
Rubin, Susan Goldman. There Goes the Neighborhood. Holiday House
Sleator, William. Marco's Millions. Dutton
Townley, Roderick. The Great Good Thing. Atheneum
Weaver, Will. Memory Boy. HarperCollins
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. True Believer. Atheneum
Wulffson, Don. Soldier X. Viking
Zucker, Naomi Flink. Benno's Bear. Dutton
Zusak, Markus. Fighting Ruben Wolfe. Scholastic

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2003-2004 Reading List (all books are 2002 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: Loser by Jerry Spinelli

Second: Double Fudge by Judy Blume

Third: The Thief Lord by Corneilia Funke

Fourth: Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Allende, Isabel. City of the Beasts. HarperCollins.
Armstrong, Jennifer, ed. Shattered: Stories of Children and War. Knopf/Borzoi.
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Hyperion.
Barker, Clive. Abarat. HarperCollins.
Bauer, Joan. Stand Tall. Putnam.
Blume, Judy. Double Fudge. Dutton.
Bruchac, Joseph. The Winter People. Dial.
Carey, Janet Lee. Wenny Has Wings. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
Chabon, Michael. Summerland. Hyperion.
Collier, Kristi. Jericho Walls. Henry Holt.
Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
Fleischman, J. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science.      Houghton Mifflin.
Frederick, Heather Vogel. The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. Simon &Schuster.
Freedman, Russell. Confucius: The Golden Rule. Scholastic.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord. Scholastic/Chicken House.
Gantos, Jack. What Would Joey Do? Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Giblin, James Cross. The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Clarion.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Random/Wendy Lamb.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. Alfred A. Knopf.
Janeczko, Paul B. comp. Seeing the Blue Between. Candlewick.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive. Putnam.
McKay, Hilary. Saffy's Angel. Simon & Schuster/Margaret K. McElderry.
Muth, Jon. The Three Questions. Scholastic.
Myers, Walter Dean. Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam. HarperCollins.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle. HarperCollins/Greenwillow.
O'Brien, Patrick. Mammoth. Henry Holt.
O'Connor, Jane. The Emperor's Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient
     China. Penguin Putnam/Viking.
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko. Clarion.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me. Penguin Putnam/Viking.
Paterson, Katherine. The Same Stuff as Stars. Clarion.
Shaw, Susan. Black-eyed Suzie. Boyds Mills.
Singer, Marilyn. Footprints on the Roof: Poems about the Earth. Knopf.
Smith, David J. If the World Were a Village. Kids Can Press.
Spinelli, Jerry. Loser. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler.
Stanley, Diane. Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam. HarperCollins.
Taylor, Theodore. The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor. Harcourt.
Walker, Sally M. Fossil Fish Found Alive. Carolrhoda.
Wallace-Brodeur, Ruth. Blue Eyes Better. Dutton.
Woods, Brenda. The Red Rose Box. Putnam.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Hush. Putnam.
Worth, Valerie. Peacock and Other Poems. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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2004-2005 Reading List (all books are 2003 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Second: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

Third: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Murpurgo

Fourth: Leon and the Spitting Image by Allen Kurzweil

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Banks, Kate. Walk Softly, Rachel. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy. Delacorte.
Brooks, Kevin. Lucas. Scholastic/Chicken House.
Byrd, Robert. Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer. Dutton.
Cerullo, Mary. Life Under Ice. Tilbury House.
Codell, Esme Raji. Sahara Special. Hyperion.
Cooper, Ilene. Jack: The Early Years of John F. Kennedy. Dutton.
Creech, Sharon. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup. HarperCollins.
Cummings, Priscilla. Saving Grace. Dutton.
DeFelice, Cynthia. Under the Same Sky. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
DiCamillo, Kate. Tale of Despereaux, The. Candlewick.
Fleming, Candace. Ben Franklin's Almanac. S&S/Atheneum.
Frank, E. R. Friction. S&S/Atheneum.
Freedman, Russell. In Defense of Liberty. Holiday House.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart. Scholastic.
Gallo, Donald R. Destination Unexpected: Short Stories. Candlewick.
Gordon, Amy. Gorillas of Gill Park, The. Holiday House.
Henkes, Kevin. Olive's Ocean. Greenwillow.
Hicks, Betty. Animal House and Iz. Roaring Brook Press.
Hoffman, Alice. Green Angel. Scholastic.
Koertge, Ron. Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. Candlewick.
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez. Harcourt.
Kurzweil, Allen. Leon and the Spitting Image. Greenwillow.
Leedy, Loreen. There's a Frog in my Throat. Holiday House.
Levine, Karen. Hana's Suitcase. Whitman.
Mack, Tracy. Birdland. Scholastic.
Maurer, Richard. Wright Sister, The: Katherine Wright and Her Famous Brothers.
     Roaring Brook Press.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Stop the Train! HarperCollins.
Morpurgo, Michael. Kensuke's Kingdom. Scholastic.
Myers, Walter Dean. Blues Journey. Holiday House.
Naidoo, Beverly. Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope. HarperCollins.
Peters, Lisa Westberg. Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up. Greenwillow.
Prose, Francine. After. HarperCollins.
Pye, Claire. Wild World of the Future, The. Firefly Books.
Ritter, John H. Boy Who Saved Baseball, The. Philomel.
Sepulveda, Luis. Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly, The. Scholastic.
Sidman, Joyce. World According to Dog, The: Poems and Teen Voices. Houghton Mifflin.
Testa, Maria. Almost Forever. Candlewick.
Trueman, Terry. Inside Out. HarperCollins.
Wait, Lea. Seaward Born. S&S/McElderry.
White, Ruth. Tadpole. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Locomotion. Putnam.

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2005-2006 Reading List (all books are 2004 copyright) Print pdf

           Winner:The End of the Beginning (Being the Adventures of a Small Snail and an even Smaller Ant) by Avi

Second Place: Heartbeat by Sharon Creech

Third Place: Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Fourth Place Tie: Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Shredderman: Secret Identity by Wendelin Van Draanen

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Avi. End of the Beginning, The. Harcourt.
Baggott, Julianna. Anybodies, The. HarperCollins.
Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer. Scholastic.
Barry, Dave & Pearson, Ridley. Peter and the Starcatchers. Hyperion.
Bredoli, Jane. Goat Lady, The. Tilbury House.
Bredsdorff, Bodil. Crow Girl, The: The Children of Crow Cove. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Colfer, Eoin. Supernaturalist, The. Miramax/Hyperion.
Constable, Kate. Singer of All Songs , The. Arthur A. Levine.
Creech, Sharon. Heartbeat. Joanna Cotler.
Elliott, David. Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-haired Apes of the Ikkinasti Jungle.      Candlewick.
Esckilsen, Erik. Offsides: A Novel. Houghton Mifflin.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. House of Tailors, A. Wendy Lamb.
Grimes, Nikki. What is goodbye? Hyperion.
Hannigan, Katherine. Ida B: ---And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster,
     and (Possibly) Save the World. Greenwillow.
Hartinger, Brent. Last Chance Texaco, The. Harper Children's.
Hazen, Lynn. Mermaid Mary Margaret. Bloomsbury.
Ibbotson, Eva. Star of Kazan, The. Dutton.
Janeczko, Paul B. Top Secret: A Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing.      Candlewick.
Jordan, Sarah Clark. BossQueen, Little BigBark, and the Sentinel Pup, The. Tricycle Press.
Konigsburg, E. L. Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum.
Larson, Peter. Bones Rock! Invisible Cities Press.
Leonard, Elmore. Coyote's in the House, A. HarperEntertainment.
McWhorter, Diane. Dream of Freedom, A. Scholastic.
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful. Scholastic.
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn. Eos.
Packer, Tina. Tales from Shakespeare. Scholastic.
Patneaude, David. Thin Wood Walls. Houghton Mifflin.
Philbrick, Rodman. Young Man and the Sea, The. Blue Sky Press.
Place, Francois. Old Man Mad About Drawing, The. David R. Godine.
Robinson, Sharon. Promises to Keep. Scholastic.
Ryan, Pam Munoz. Becoming Naomi Leon. Scholastic.
Schanzer, Rosalyn. George vs. George. National Geographic.
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy. Clarion.
Shaw, Susan. Boy from the Basement, The. Dutton.
Sherlock, Pattie. Letters From Wolfie. Viking.
Sones, Sonya. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies. Simon & Schuster.
Torrey, Michele. Voyage of Ice: Chronicles of Courage. Knopf.
Tunnell, Michael O. Wishing Moon. Dutton.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Shredderman: Secret Identity. Knopf.
Wait, Lea. Wintering Well. Margaret K. McElderry.
Webb, Sophie. Looking for seabirds :--journal from an Alaskan voyage. Houghton Mifflin.
Weeks, Sarah. So B. It. Laura Geringer.

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2006-2007 Reading List (all books are 2005 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Second Place: Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Third Place: The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

Fourth Place: Sea Legs by Alex Shearer

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Abrahams, Peter. Down the Rabbit Hole. Laura Geringer Books.
Banks, Lynne Reid. Tiger, Tiger. Delacorte.
Bateman, Colin. Running with the Reservoir Pups. Delacorte.
Bateman, Robert. Bateman's Backyard Birds. Barron's.
Bauer, Joan. Best Foot Forward. Putnam's.
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks. Knopf.
Blumenthal, Karen. Let Me Play. Atheneum.
Borden, Louise. The Journey That Saved Curious George. Houghton Mifflin.
Bruchac, Joseph. Code Talker. Dial.
Caputo, Philip. 10,000 Days of Thunder. Atheneum.
Cheng, Andrea. Shanghai Messenger. Lee & Low.
Child, Lauren. Clarice Bean Spells Trouble. Candlewick.
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Missing Manatee. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Fleming, Candace. Lowji Discovers America. Atheneum.
Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander. Dial.
Going, K. L. The Liberation of Gabriel King. Putnam's.
Graff, Nancy Price. Taking Wing. Clarion.
Hale, Shannon. Princess Academy. Bloomsbury.
Harkrader, Lisa. Airball. Roaring Brook.
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. Knopf.
Hobbs, Valerie. Defiance. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Howe, James. Totally Joe. Atheneum.
Jackson, Donna M. ER Vets. Houghton Mifflin.
Janeczko, Paul B., ed. A Kick in the Head. Candlewick.
Johnson-Davies, Denys. Goha, the Wise Fool. Philomel.
Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal. Memories of Survival. Hyperion.
Lester, Julius. Day of Tears. Jump at the Sun/Hyperion.
Madden, Kerry. Gentle's Holler. Viking.
Marsden, Carolyn. Moon Runner. Candlewick.
Maynard, Joyce. The Cloud Chamber. Atheneum.
McNaughton, Janet Elizabeth. The Secret Under My Skin. Eos.
O'Dell, Kathleen. Agnes Parker--Happy Camper? Dial.
Pearsall, Shelley. Crooked River. Knopf.
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. Miramax/Hyperion.
Shearer, Alex. Sea Legs. Simon & Schuster.
Sidman, Joyce. Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems. Houghton Mifflin.
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the Persimmon Tree. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Tanaka, Shelley. Mummies. Harry N. Abrams.
Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions. HarperCollins.
Wiles, Debbie. Each Little Bird That Sings. Harcourt.
Wilson, Diane L. Black Storm Comin'. Margaret K. McElderry.
Wolfson, Jill. What I Call Life. Holt.

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2007-2008 Reading List (all books are 2006 copyright) Print pdf

Winner:Rules by Cynthia Lord

Second Place: The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

Third Place: Heat by Mike Lupica

Fourth Place: The Legend of Thunderfoot by Bill Wallace

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Balliett, Blue. The Wright 3. Scholastic Press.
Bausum, Ann. Freedom Riders. National Geographic.
Bledsoe, Lucy Jane. How to Survive in Antarctica. Holiday House.
Bright, Sarah Stiles. Wind Bird: Gift of the Mist. Maine Lakes Conservancy Institute.
Brown, Susan Taylor. Hugging the Rock. Tricycle Press.
Bruchac, Joseph. Wabi: A Hero's Tale. Dial Books.
Colfer, Eoin. Half-Moon Investigations. Miramax Books/Hyperion Books.
Coombs, Kate. The Runaway Princess. Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
Cushman, Karen. The Loud Silence of Francine Green. Clarion Books.
De Mari, Silvana. The Last Dragon. Miramax Books/Hyperion Books.
Fleischman, Sid. The White Elephant. Greenwillow Books.
Fletcher, Susan. Alphabet of Dreams. Atheneum.
Freedman, Russell. The Adventures of Marco Polo. A.A. Levine.
Gutman, Dan. The Homework Machine. Simon and Schuster.
Halls, Kelly Milner, Rick Spears, Roxyanne Young. Tales of the Cryptids.
      Darby Creek Publishing.
Haven, Paul. Two Hot Dogs With Everything. Random House.
Haydon, Elizabeth. The Floating Island. Starscape.
Hughes, Langston. Langston Hughes. Stirling Publishing.
Johnson, Dolores. Onward. National Geographic.
Jones, Kimberly. Sand Dollar Summer. Margaret K. McElderry Books.
Key, Watt. Alabama Moon. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Klages, Ellen. The Green Glass Sea. Viking.
Larson, Kirby. Hattie Big Sky. Delacorte Press.
Lipsyte, Robert. Heroes of Baseball. Atheneum.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. Philomel.
Lombard, Jenny. Drita, My Homegirl. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Lord, Cynthia. Rules. Scholastic Press.
Lowry, Lois. Gossamer. Houghton Mifflin.
Lupica, Mike. Heat. Philomel Books.
Markle, Sandra. Rescues! Millbrook Press.
Marrin, Albert. Oh, Rats! Dutton.
Montgomery, Sy. Quest for the Tree Kangaroo. Houghton Mifflin.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen. Houghton Mifflin.
Resau, Laura. What the Moon Saw. Delacorte Press.
Rex, Adam. Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich. Harcourt.
Singer, Marilyn. What Stinks? Darby Creek Publishing.
Snow, Alan. Here Be Monsters! Atheneum.
St. Anthony, Jane. The Summer Sherman Loved Me. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux.
Timberlake, Amy. That Girl Lucy Moon. Hyperion.
Weeks, Sarah. Jumping the Scratch. Laura Geringer Books.
Wallace, Bill. The Legend of Thunderfoot. Simon and Schuster.

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2008-2009 Reading List (all books are 2007 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Second Place: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick

Third Place: The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John

Fourth Place: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Applegate, Katherine. Home of the Brave. Feiwel and Friends.
Banks, Kate. Lenny's Space. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Burns, Loree Griffin. Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of
     Ocean Motion. Houghton Mifflin.
Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is not a Dinner Party: a Novel. Henry Holt.
Creech, Sharon. The Castle Corona. Joanna Cotler.
Duble, Kathleen Benner. Bravo Zulu, Samantha! Peachtree.
French, Jackie. Rover. HarperCollins.
Funke, Cornelia. Igraine the Brave. Chicken House/Scholastic.
George, Jessica Day. Dragon Slippers. Bloomsbury.
Graff, Lisa. The Thing about Georgie: a Novel. Laura Geringer.
Haig, Matt. Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest. Putnam.
Hale, Shannon. Book of a Thousand Days. Bloomsbury.
Heuer, Karsten. Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd. Walker.
Higgins, F. E. The Black Book of Secrets. Feiwel and Friends.
Hill, Kirkpatrick. Do Not Pass Go. Margaret K. McElderry.
Jonell, Lynne. Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat. Henry Holt.
Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal. Amulet.
La Fevers, Robin L. Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos. Houghton Mifflin.
Lupica, Mike. Summer Ball. Philomel.
Mason, Prue. Camel Rider. Charlesbridge.
Paulsen, Gary. Lawn Boy. Wendy Lamb.
Peck, Richard. On the Wings of Heroes. Dial.
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus. The Neddiad. Houghton Mifflin.
Resau, Laura. Red Glass. Delacorte.
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Candlewick.
Scott, Elaine. When is a Planet not a Planet? Clarion.
Scott, Michael Dylan. The Alchemyst. Delacorte.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Scholastic.
Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner. Hyperion.
Sidman, Joyce. This is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness. Houghton Mifflin.
Singer, Marilyn. Venom. Darby Creek.
Smith, Roland. Peak. Harcourt.
St. John, Lauren. The White Giraffe. Dial.
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society. Little, Brown.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman. Greenwillow.
Thomson, Sarah L. Dragon's Egg. Greenwillow.
Urban, Linda. A Crooked Kind of Perfect. Harcourt.
Wells, Rosemary. Red Moon at Sharpsburg. Viking.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Feathers. Putnam.
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn. Reaching for Sun. Bloomsbury.

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2009-2010 Reading List (all books are 2008 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Second: Swindle by Gordon Korman

Third: Knucklehead by Jon Scieszka

Fourth: Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.

Anderson, Laurie. Chains. Simon & Schuster.
Avi. The Seer of Shadows. HarperCollins.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Scholastic.
Bauer, Joan. Peeled. Putnam.
Beaty, Andrea. Cicada Summer. Amulet.
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Knopf.
Bishop, Nic. Nic Bishop Frogs. Scholastic.
Bryant, Jennifer. A River of Words: the Story of William Carlos Williams. Eerdmans.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Scholastic.
Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal. Katherine Tegen.
Cowley, Joy. Chicken Feathers. Philomel.
Creech, Sharon. Hate that Cat. HarperCollins.
Duble, Kathleen Benner. Quest. McElderry.
Gardner, Sally. The Smallest Girl Ever; The Boy Who Could Fly. Dial.
Gibson, Sarah P. The Truth About Horses, Friends, & My Life as a Coward. Marshall Cavendish.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven. Wendy Lamb.
Hale, Shannon & Dean Hale. Rapunzel's Revenge. Bloomsbury.
Herlong, Madaline. The Great Wide Sea. Dutton.
Ibbotson, Eva. The Dragonfly Pool. Dutton.
Korman, Gordon. Swindle. Scholastic.
Law, Ingrid. Savvy. Dial.
Les Becquets, Diane. Season of Ice. Bloomsbury.
Mason, Adrienne, editor. Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World. Kids Can Press.
McBratney, Sam. One Voice, Please: Favorite Read-aloud Stories. Candlewick.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. Houghton Mifflin.
Myers, Walter Dean. Game. Harper.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah. Scholastic.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Mogo, the Third Warthog. Hyperion.
Nuzum. K.A. The Leanin' Dog. HarperCollins.
Padian, Maria A. Brett McCarthy: Work in Progress. Knopf.
Pearson, Mary. The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Henry Holt.
Prelutsky, Jack. My Dog May Be a Genius: Poems. Greenwillow.s
Prineas, Sarah. The Magic Thief. HarperCollins.
Riddell, Chris. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat. HarperCollins.
Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble. Clarion.
Schulman, Janet. Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City. Knopf.
Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing Up. Viking
Spradlin, Michael P. Keeper of the Grail. Putnam.
Venkatraman, Padma, Climbing the Stairs. Putnam.

2010-2011 Reading List (all books are 2009 copyright) Print pdf

Winner: Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle 

by Major Brian Dennis, Kirby Larson and Mary Nothery

Second: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Third: 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

Fourth: Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor

AUTHOR. TITLE. Publisher.
Barton, Chris. The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and     Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-new Colors. Charlesbridge.
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. Anything but Typical. Simon & Schuster.
Bryan, Ashley. Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life's Song. Atheneum.
Bryant, Jennifer. Kaleidoscope Eyes. Knopf.
Burg, Ann E. All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse. Scholastic.
Cochrane, Mick. The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. Knopf.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. Scholastic.
Couloumbis, Audrey. War Games: A Novel Based On a True Story.   Random House.
Coy, John. Top of the Order. Feiwel.
Dennis, Brian. The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle.           Little, Brown.
DiCamillo, Kate. The Magician's Elephant. Candlewick.
Fagan, Deva. Fortune's Folly. Henry Holt.
Forman, Mark. Slathbog's Gold. Shadow Mountain.
French, Susannah T. Operation Redwood. Amulet.
Harris, Lewis. A Taste for Red. Clarion.
Higgins, F. E. The Eyeball Collector. Feiwel.
Keat, Nawuth. Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer           Rouge Genocide. National Geographic.
Kelly, Jacqueline. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. Henry Holt.
Klise, Kate. Dying to Meet You. Harcourt.
LaFleur, Suzanne M. Love, Aubrey. Wendy Lamb.
Libbrecht, Kenneth George. The Secret Life of a Snowflake: An         Up-close Look at the Art & Science of Snowflakes. Voyageur.
Lin, Grace. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Little, Brown.
Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays. Scholastic.
Montgomery, Sy. Saving the Ghost of the Mountain: An Expedition   Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia. Houghton Mifflin
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Faith, Hope, and Ivy June. Delacorte.
O'Connor, Barbara. The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis.         Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Paterson, Katherine. The Day of the Pelican. Clarion.
Peck, Richard. A Season of Gifts. Dial.
Philbrick, W. Rodman. The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P.       Figg. Blue Sky.
Resau, Laura. The Indigo Notebook. Delacorte.
Saunders, Kate. The Little Secret. Feiwel.
Siwanowicz, Igor. Animals Up Close: Zoom In On the World's         Most Incredible Creatures.     DK.
St. John, Lauren. The Last Leopard. Dial.
Stead, Rebecca. When You Reach Me. Wendy Lamb.
Swanson, James L. Chasing Lincoln's Killer. Scholastic.
Taylor, Greg. Killer Pizza. Feiwel.
Townley, Rod. The Blue Shoe: A Tale of Thievery, Villainy,               Sorcery, and Shoes. Knopf.
Weyn, Suzanne. Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic. Scholastic.
Williams, Carol Lynch. The Chosen One. St. Martin's Griffin.
Wilson, Karma. What's the Weather Inside?: Poems. Margaret K.     McElderry.

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