Battle of the Books 2012 – Titles
| 4th & 5th Grade Titles | |
| The Other Half of My Heart* Sundee T. Frazier From the Book: Minni's heart soared as the small plane's wheels lifted from the ground. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Eleven* Patricia Reilly Giff From the Book: Never mind being afraid of eleven right now. Tomorrow was his birthday. And where had they hidden his presents. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Emily's Fortune* Phyllis Naylor From the Book: When eight-year-old Emily found herself alone in the world she didn't have much: a few dresses, a couple of books. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester Barbara O’Connor From the Book: Owen Jester tiptoed across the gleaming linoleum floor and slipped the frog into the soup. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Mudshark Gary Paulsen From the Book: "This is the principal. Would the custodian please report to the faculty restroom with a plunger. . ." From the Publisher |  |
| Smells Like Dog Suzanne Selfors From the Book: What Homer Pudding didn't know on that breezy Sunday morning, as he carried a pail of fresh goat milk was that his life. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Museum of Thieves* Lian Tanner From the Book: Goldie Roth hated the punishment chains. She hated them more than anything -- except perhaps for the Blessed Guardians. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Middle School Challenge Titles | |
| Iron Thunder: the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac: a Civil War Novel* Avi From the Book: It was a cold early evening in January 1862, and the war had been going ten months . . . From the Publisher |  |
| Little Blog on the Prairie Cathleen Davitt Bell From the Book: At first, it felt like a normal family vacation. There was the late-night packing, the airport breakfast, the fighting with my little brother. . . From the Publisher |  |
| The Year the Swallows Came Early* Kathryn Fitzmaurice From the Book: We lived in a perfect stucco house, just off the sparkly Pacific, with a lime tree in the backyard. . . From the Publishher |  |
| The Summer of Moonlight Secrets Dannette Haworth From the Book: I don't know who I'm yelling at; I can't see them. But I was lying out on the concrete pad around Hope Spring. . . From the Publisher |  |
| The Clone Codes Patricia C McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack, John Patrick McKissack From the Publisher |  |
| Girl's Best Friend Leslie Margolis From the Book: Mitsy wasn't his, but he wished she were. The dog was his favorite thing about his dad's new girlfriend. . . From the Publisher |  |
| Way Down Deep Ruth White From the Book: To understand the name Way Down Deep one must go back to the eighteenth century and the days of adventurers. . . From the Publisher |  |
| *Audio Book is Available (Excerpts are copyrighted.) |
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