2016-2017 Tentative List Battle of the Books The following titles are on the tentative list for the '16-'17 Battle Season. The list will be finalized in September. District chairs voted on a policy change to decrease the number of titles for this battle season. We have decreased elementary to 12 titles and secondary to 10 titles to accomodate budget restrictions in districts. Kindergarten to Second Grade Level Title Author ISBN Subject RL pages Price Note Eensy Weensy Spider K Freaks Out! Cummings, Troy 978-0-553-49672-7 Nursery Rhymes 2.8 40 $7.99 K Three hens and a peacock Laminack, Lester L. 978-1-56145-726-7 farm life 3.3 32 $7.95 K Tikki Tikki Tembo Mosel, Arlene 978-0-312-36748-0 Previous, Folklore 4.2 48 $6.95 Previous K K Under Alaska's Midnight sun Vanasse, Deb 978-1-57061-422-4 Alaska 1.6 32 $10.99 Stories in Verse, Humor, 1 Green Eggs and Ham Seuss, Dr. 978-0-394-800-16-5 Previous 1.5 72 $8.99 Previous 1 1 Little Puffin's first flight London, Jonathan 978-0-88240-924-5 Alaska 32 $10.99 1 Squirrels fun day Moser, Lisa 978-0-7636-7789-3 animal, friendship, humor 2.1 48 $3.99 1 Tales of Bunjitsu Bunny Himmelman, John humor, animal, short 978-1-25006-806-4 stories 1.7 144 $5.99 2 Dance on a Sealskin Winslow, Barbara 978-1-94-1821-80-0 Alaska 32 $9.99 2 Gone Fishing Wissinger, Tamera Will 978-0-544-43931-3 Poetry 2.6 128 $6.99 2 Princess in black Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale 978-0-7636-7888-3 action, adventure 3.2 89 $6.99 2 Tooth Trouble Klein, Abby 978-0-439-55596-8 Social Issues, School 3.3 96 $5.99 Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day Viorst, Judith 978-0-689-71173-2 Humor, Repeat 3.9 32 $7.99 Previous 2 Grizzly Bears of Alaska Miller, Debbie S 978-1-57061-932-8 Nonfic, Alaska 3.4 32 $10.99 Little Mouse, the red ripe strawberry and the big hungry bear Wood, Don and Audrey 978-0-85953-012-5 Animals 1.5 32 $7.99
Third to Fourth Grade 3rd/4th 11 birthdays Mass, Wendy Friendship, Previous, 978-0-545-05240-5 Social Issues 4.1 272 $6.99 Previous 3rd/4th 13-story treehouse Griffiths, Andy 978-1-250-07065-4 Humor, Books 3.8 239 $6.99 3rd/4th Chicken Squad Cronin, Doreen 978-1-4424-9677-4 mystery, animals, humor 3.3 112 $5.99 3rd/4th Dog diaries Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers 978-1-250-07329-7 Dogs, Fiction 3.9 96 $6.99 April Pub date Family, Siblings, 3rd/4th Dory Fantasmagory Hanlon, Abby 978-0-14-751067-9 Imagination 3.2 176 $7.99 Dragon's Guide to the care Yep, Laurence & 3rd/4th and feeding of humans Joanne Ryder 978-0-385-39231-1 fantasy, school 5.6 192 $6.99 Feb Pub Date 3rd/4th Flora and Ulysses DiCamillo, Kate 978-0-7636-7671-1 Fantasy, Humor 4.3 240 $8.99 3rd/4th Island of Dr. Libris Grabenstein, Chris 978-0-385-38845-0 Books, Science and Tech 4.3 272 $7.99 April Pub date Miniature world of Marvin friendship, animals, 3rd/4th and James Broach, Elise 978-1-250-06958-0 fantasy 2.6 128 $5.99 3rd/4th Skinnybones Park, Barbara Baseball, previous, humor, 978-0-679-88792-8 school 4.1 160 $6.99 Previous 3rd/4th Volcano Blast Kennedy, marlane Alaska, Survival, 978-0-545-53047-7 Volcanoes 4.9 128 $4.99 3rd/4th Who is Malala Yousafzai? Brown, Dianh 978-0-448-48937-7 Biographies 5 112 $5.99 Flight of the Phoenix Lafevers, RL Adventure, Previous, Sci- 978-0-547-40845-3 Fi 3.9 144 $5.99 Previous Rutabaga, adventure chef 1 Colossal, Eric 978-1-4197-1597-6 graphic novel, adventure 3.5 128 $9.95 Stella Batts needs a new name Sheinmel, Courtney 978-1-58536-183-0 School, family 3.8 160 $5.99 Togo Klimo, Kate 978-0-385-37335-7 Dogs, Animals 3.9 176 April Pub $7.99 Date
Fifth to Sixth 5th/6th Because of Mr. Terupt Buyea, Rob School, Family, Realistic 978-0-375-85824-6 Fiction 4.1 304 $7.99 5th/6th BFG Dahl, Roald 978-0-14-241038-7 Previous, Action, Humor 4.9 224 $7.99 Previous 5th/6th Boy on the Wooden Box Leyson, Leon 978-1-4424-9782-5 NF, Holocaust 7 231 $7.99 5th/6th Coraline Gaiman, Neil 978-0-06-164969-1 fantasy 5.1 176 $6.99 5th/6th Diamond Willow Frost, Helen 978-0-312-60383-0 Alaska, School, previous 4.3 144 $7.99 Previous 5th/6th Fantastic Beasts and where to find them Scamander, Newt 978-0-545-85056-8 Fantasy 7.4 128 $9.99 HB only 5th/6th From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler Konigsburg, EL 978-1-4169-4975-6 Classic, mystery, Previous 4.7 176 $9.99 Previous 5th/6th Guts Paulsen, Gary 978-0-440-40712-6 biography, reluctant reader 6.5 160 $6.99 5th/6th Hate that Cat Creech, Sharon 978-0-06-143094-7 poetry, animals 5.2 152 $5.99 5th/6th Mr. Chickee's funny money Curtis, Christopher Paul 978-0-440-22919-3 mystery, dog, money 5.4 151 $6.99 5th/6th Stella by Starlight Draper, Sharon 978-1-4424-9498-5 historical fiction 4.8 352 Pub date $7.99 March 5th/6th Unwanteds McMann, Lisa 978-1-4424-0769-5 fantasy 5.7 416 $7.99 5th/6th Who was J.R.R. Tolkein? Pollack, Pam and Meg Belviso 978-0-448-48302-3 Biography 4.8 112 $5.99 "Who could that be at this hour?" Snicket, Lemony 978-0-316-33547-8 humor, mystery 5.5 288 $7.00 Moon over Manifest Vanderpool, Clare historical fiction, great 978-0-375-85829-1 depression 5.3 384 $7.99 Toughboy and sister Hill, Kirkpatrick 978-0-689-83978-8 Previous, Alaska, Survival 5.1 128 $9.95 Previous
Middle School MS Dark Life Falls, Kat 978-0-545-17815-0 Sci-Fi 5.2 304 $7.99 Adventure, School, MS Hidden Talents Lubar, David 978-0-7653-7914-6 Previous YA 256 $9.99 Previous MS Hitler's Canary Toksvig, Sandi 9781250076274 Historical Fiction, WWII 5.8 208 $9.99 MS I am Malala Yousafzai, Malala 978-0-316-327-916 Nonfic 5.9 240 $17.00 HB only Survival, Adventure, MS Ice Dogs Johnson, Terry 978-0-544-663879 Alaska 4.6 288 $7.99 MS Island of the Blue Dolphins O'Dell, Scott 978-0-547-32861-4 Previous, Historical Fiction 5.4 192 $7.99 Previous MS Magyk Sage, Angie 9780062236920 Fantasy Previous 6.1 704 $4.99 Previous Mystery, Fantasy, Time MS Ruby red Gier, Kerstin 978-0-312-55151-3 Travel YA 352 $9.99 MS Schwa was here Shusterman, Neal 978-0-14-240577-2 Realistic Fiction, Previous 6.7 240 $6.99 Previous 978-0-006-202470- MS Wildwood Meloy, Colin 1 Fantasy 6.3 576 $8.99 Candy Shop War Mull, Brandon 978-1-4814-119-6 Action/Fantasy 5 384 $7.99 Drums, girls and dangerous Sonnenblick, pie Jordan 978-0-545-72286-5 Realistic Fiction, School 5.9 304 $9.99 Merchant of Death MacHale, D.J. 978-0-7434-3731-8 Mystery, Time Travel 5.4 384 $9.99 Running Out of Time Haddix, Margaret Mystery, Time Travel, 978-0-689-81236-1 Previous 6.4 192 $7.99 Previous
High School Avalon Arnett, Mindee 978-0-06-223560-2 Sci-Fi YA 418 9.99 HS 5th Wave Yancey, Rick 978-0-14-751908-5 Sci-Fi, Survival, Dystopia YA 512 $10.99 HS Code Talker Bruchac, Joseph 978-0-14-240596-3 Historical, WWII, Previous 6.2 240 $7.99 Previous Dirt Bikes, Drones and Other Wesselhoeft, HS Ways to Fly Conrad 978-0-544-54261-7 Realistic Fiction YA 352 $8.99 HS Etiquette and Espionage Carriger, Gail 978-0-316-19010-7 Steampunk YA 336 $10.00 Previous, Realistic Fiction, HS First Part Last Johnson, Angela 978-1-4424-0343-7 Urban Fiction YA 144 $9.99 Previous Anderson, Laurie HS Impossible Knife of Memory Halse 978-0-14-751072-3 Realistic Fiction, PTSD YA 416 $9.99 Previous, Classic, Psychological YA 208 $9.99 Previous HS Lord of the Flies Golding, William 978-0-399-50148-7 HS Notorious Benedict Arnold Sheinkin, Steve 978-1-250-02460-2 Biography 7.3 368 $9.99 HS Snow Child Ivey, Eowyn 978-0-316-17566-1 Alaska History, Fairy Tales AD 416 $15.00 HS Young Elites Lu, Marie 978-014-751168-3 Fantasy YA 355 9.99 Bloody Jack Meyer, L.A. 978-0-15-205085-6 Previous, Adventure, Historical 6.9 304 $9.99 Previous Monster Calls Ness, Patrick 978-0-7636-6065-9 Fantasy, Monsters, Cancer YA 224 $9.99 Threatened Schrefer, Eliot 978-0-545-83564-0 Realistic Fiction, Animals YA 278 $9.99 World without Heroes Mull, Brandon 978-1-4169-9793-1 Fantasy, Magic 5.1 496 $8.99