2007-2008 Reading Olympics
3rd & 4th Grade Book List
| Title | Author |
| 1. Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea | Vera B. Williams |
| 2. Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain | Robert Burch |
| 3. Skinny-Bones | Barbara Park |
| 4. The Magic Finger | Roald Dahl |
| 5. Bandit’s Moon | Sid Fleischman |
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6. Bunnicula |
James Howe |
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7. Chocolate Touch |
Patrick Skene Catling |
| 8. Twenty and Ten | Claire Huchet Bishop |
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9. Poppy |
Avi |
| 10. Mr. Popper's Penguins | Richard & Florence Atwater |
| 11. The Tale of Despereaux | Kate DiCamillo |
| 12. Clementine | Sara Pennypacker |
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13. A Taste of Blackberries |
Doris Buchanan Smith |
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14. The Great Turkey Walk |
Kathleen Karr |
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15. Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole |
Jane Yolen |
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16. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher |
Bruce Coville |
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17. Spider Boy |
Ralph Fletcher |
| 18. Fudge-A-Mania | Judy Blume |
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19. Bess’s Log Cabin Quilt |
D. Anne Love |
| 20. Frindle | Andrew Clements |
| 21. Williwaw | Tom Bodett |
| 22. The Family Under the Bridge | Natalie Savage Carlson |
| 23. Soccer Half-Back | Matt Christopher |
| 24. Aliens for Breakfast | Stephanie Spinner & Jonathan Etra |
| 25. The Hundred Penny Box | Sharon Bell Mathis |
5th & 6th Grade Book List
| Title | Author |
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1. A House With a Clock in its Walls |
John Bellairs |
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2. Journey |
Patricia MacLachlan |
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3. The Cookcamp |
Gary Paulsen |
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4. Walk Two Moons |
Sharon Creech |
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5. The Devil’s Arithmetic |
Jane Yolen |
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6. The Teacher’s Funeral |
Richard Peck |
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7. The Girl with Silver Eyes |
Willo Davis Roberts |
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8. The Shakespeare Stealer |
Gary L. Blackwood |
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9. Goblins in the Castle |
Bruce Coville |
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10. Getting Near to Baby |
Audrey Couloumbic |
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11. Mick Harte was Here |
Barbara Parks |
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12. On My Honor |
Marion Dane Bauer |
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13. Sign of the Beaver |
Elizabeth George Speare |
| 14. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup | Sharon Creech |
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15. Crazy Lady |
Jane Leslie Conly |
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16. Trouble River |
Betsy Byars |
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17. Bud, Not Buddy |
Christopher Paul Curtis |
| 18. The Birchbark House | Louise Erdrich |
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19. Hatchet |
Gary Paulsen |
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20. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key |
Jack Gantos |
| 21. Afternoon of the Elves | Janet Taylor Lisle |
| 22. Hang Tough, Paul Mather | Alfred Slote |
| 23. Stargirl | Jerry Spinelli |
| 24. Who Put That Hair in My Toothbrush | Jerry Spinelli |
| 25. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Mildred D. Taylor |
7th & 8th Grade Book List
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Title |
Author |
| 1. Banner in the Sky | James Ramsey Ullman |
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2. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze |
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis |
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3. Things Not Seen |
Andrew Clements |
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4. Inkheart |
Cornelia Funke |
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5. People of Sparks |
Jeanne Duprau |
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6. Pale Phoenix |
Kathryn Reiss |
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7. Johnny Tremain |
Esther Forbes |
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8. The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
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9. Memories of Summer |
Ruth White |
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10. Rules |
Cynthia Lord |
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11. Seedfolks |
Paul Fleischman |
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12. Soldier’s Heart |
Gary Paulsen |
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13. Iron Ring |
Lloyd Alexander |
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14. Fire Bringer |
David Clement-Davies |
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15. Something Upstairs |
Avi |
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16. Heat |
Mike Lupica |
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17. Cracker Jackson |
Betsy Byars |
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18. The Transall Saga |
Gary Paulsen |
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19. Flour Babies |
Anne Fine |
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20. Z for Zachariah |
Robert C. O’Brien |