Battle of the Books 2004 Emerald Park Elementary

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What is Battle of the Books?

• Battle of the Books is a reading incentive
  program for grades 4-6. This is the third year
  this event will be sponsored by several school
  libraries within the Kent School District.
• This is the first year Emerald Park will
  compete.

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What is Battle of the Books?

• Sasquatch and Young Readers Choice Award Books
• Read as many of the books as you can
• Form teams in each classroom before the
  competition in May
• Classroom competition
• Grade-level competition
• School-wide (4, 5, 6) competition
• The school champions will travel to another
  school to face the winners from each
  participating school

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What will the questions look like?
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How Tia Lola Came to Visit (Stay) by Julia
Alvarez Shipwrecked! The True Adventures of a
Japanese Boy by Rhoda Blumberg Storm Warriors
by Elisa Carbone The Monsters of Morley Manor
by Bruce Colville Love that Dog A Novel by
Sharon Creech The Edison Mystery Qwerty Stevens
Back in Time Series by Dan Gutman Time Stops
for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye One Small Dog
by Johanna Hurwitz Judy Moody Gets Famous by
Megan McDonald Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Some Kind of Pride by Maria Testa Love, Ruby
Lavender by Deborah Wiles
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Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson Everything on a
Waffle by Polly Horvath Love That Dog by
Sharon Creech Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda The School Story
by Andrew Clements Skeleton Man by Joseph
Bruchac Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher
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How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stayby Julia
Alvarez

Miguel is embarrassed by his unusual aunt, Tia
Lola, who has come all the way from the Dominican
Republic to help his mother after his parents
divorce. Soon, he comes to appreciate her
uniqueness. Despite her unconventional ways and
lack of English, Tia Lolas laughter and zest for
life are a healing balm to Miguel and his family.
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Shipwrecked!The True Adventures of a Japanese
Boyby Rhoda Blumberg

Manjiro Nakahama, a Japanese boy living in
poverty, sets out on a fishing boat to earn wages
to support his family. However, he and his fellow
castaways are stranded on an island for five
months before being rescued by a New England
whaling ship. So begins the adventure of a
lifetime in which Manjiro becomes an accomplished
seaman, traveler, ambassador, and scholar.
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Storm Warriorsby Elisa Carbone

In 1895 young Nathan wants nothing more than to
be an elite "storm warrior," one of the brave men
of the U.S. Lifesaving Service on Pea Island, off
the North Carolina shore. Nathan is coached in
lifesaving skills by the Pea Island crew and
dares to hope that one day he may share in their
ranks. But after helping with a particularly
difficult rescue, Nathan is forced to face the
truth He does not have the courage required to
go out into the raging, storming sea. Nathan
then must realize that there are other ways to
save lives and discover his true destiny.
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The Monsters of Morley Manorby Bruce Colville

Sixth-grader Anthony and his younger sister Sarah
find a box of small metal statues at the estate
sale of Morley Manor. When the figures get wet,
they come alive as the Morleskievich family,
which includes a werehuman, a vampire, and a
snaky-haired siren. The Morleys, as they are now
named, have a history that includes science,
magic, time travel, and Transylvania. These
monsters lead Anthony and Sarah on fantastical
adventures to other worlds in an effort to try to
save Earth from the Flinduvians.
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The Edison MysteryQwerty Stevens Back in Time
Seriesby Dan Gutman

Thirteen-year-old Qwerty uses the time machine
he finds in his back yard to visit Thomas
Edisons workshop in West Orange, New Jersey in
1879. There he helps the famous inventor develop
the electric light bulb, but then he needs his
older sister Barbaras help to return to his own
time. This story is filled with interesting
facts about Edisons life, opinions, and staff,
while giving the reader a glimpse of life in the
19th century.
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Time Stops for No Mouseby Michael Hoeye

Hermux Tantamoq, mouse watchmaker extraordinaire,
is asked to repair a unique watch in a short time
for Linka Perflinger. A suspicious rat comes to
retrieve the watch, which worries Hermux. When
he follows the rat and discovers the kidnapping
of Linka, his life changes forever. Fantasy and
mystery are packaged together in this mouse tale
while Hermux attempts to find the missing Linka.
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One Small Dogby Johanna Hurwitz

Curtis mom gives in and decides to let him have
a dog from the animal shelter after his parents
get a divorce. The little dog gets into mischief,
chews things, barks, and disturbs the neighbors.
He also gets very territorial and bites.
Eventually, Curtis is bitten and has to go to the
hospital. The dog has to be taken away, but
Curtis' father finds a home for the dog in the
country.  The afterward is written by a dog
trainer who talks about what went wrong and the
responsibilities of dog ownership. This is a
strong thought provoking novel.
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Judy Moody Gets Famous!by Megan McDonald

Judy has a mood for every occasionand this time
shes in a jealous mood. Jealous of Jessica
Finch, who gets her picture on the front page of
the newspaper. When Judy sets off in pursuit of
her own fame and happiness, watch out. She is so
determined she just might find itor she might
merely become more un-famous than ever.
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Some Kind of Prideby Maria Testa

Named after the mighty Babe Ruth, Ruth DiMarco
has some big shoes to fill. But shes already
well on her way to achieving her dream of
becoming a major-league baseball player.
Eleven-year-old Ruth is the star shortstop in her
small Maine hometown, and now a reporter is
coming to interview her for Sports Illustrated.
Ruth seems to be at the top of her game. Then
one day she overhears her father in the crowd
Real major-league talent. But I cant help
thinking what a shame it is that its all wasted
on a girl. Suddenly Ruth doubts herself, her
dream, and the game she loves.
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Love, Ruby Lavenderby Deborah Wiles

Ruby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good
team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What
other granddaughter-grandmother duo would drive
the getaway car for chickens rescued from the
slaughterhouse? But now Miss Eula has left for
Hawaii to visit her new (smelly) grandbaby. Poor
Ruby. Stuck in boring old Halleluia,
Mississippi, with nothing to do except read to
her chickens and sweep floors. But nine-year-old
Ruby is in for some BIG surprises which will turn
her summer upside down.
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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech
A young student, who comes to love poetry through
a personal understanding of what different famous
poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing
his own inspired poem.
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Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Because only he can read the magical map, young,
weak, and timid Rowan joins six other villagers
to climb a mountain and try to restore their
water supply, as fears of a dragon and other
horrors threaten to drive them back.
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Dial-A-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson
A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan
from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.
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Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath
Eleven-year-old Primrose, living in a small
fishing village in British Columbia, recounts her
experiences and all that she learns about human
nature and the unpredictability of life in the
months after her parents are lost at sea.
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Parsifals Page by Gerald Morris
In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers' dream
comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a
peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals
important secrets about both of their families.
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The School Story by Andrew Clements
After twelve-year-old Natalie writes a wonderful
novel, her friend Zoe helps her devise a scheme
to get it accepted at the publishing house where
Natalie's mother works as an editor.
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Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac
After her parents disappear and she is turned
over to the care of a strange "great uncle,"
Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk
story for her safety and maybe even for her life.
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Walk Across the Sea by Susan Fletcher
In late nineteenth-century California, when
Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even
killed for fear they will take jobs from whites,
fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the
townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to
help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
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