Battle of the Books - 2008- 09
| Sasquatch Award Nominees – for a brief summary of each book, visit http://library.stjosephsea.org/sasquatch.htm | |||
| Title | Author | AR Level | AR Points |
| Looking for Bapu | Anjali Banerjee | 3.5 | 5 |
| Diary of a Fairy Godmother | Esme Raji Codell | 4.9 | 5 |
| Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money | Christopher Paul Curtis | 5.3 | 5 |
| The Road to Paris | Nikki Grimes | 4.4 | 4 |
| The Homework Machine | Dan Gutman | 4.8 | 4 |
| Tales of the Cryptids | Halls, Kelly Miller, Spears & Young | 8.0 | 3 |
| The World’s Greatest Elephant | Ralph Helfer | 4.7 | 1 |
| The Beasts of Clawstone Castle | Eva Ibbotson | 6.1 | 8 |
| Archer’s Quest | Linda Sue Park | 4.6 | 5 |
| Clementine | Sara Pennypacker | 4.5 | 2 |
| Magyk | Angie Sage | 6.0 | 18 |
| My Name is Sally Little Song | Brenda Woods | 4.4 | 4 |
| Young Reader’s Choice Nominees – for reviews, visit http://www.pnla.org/yrca/2008nominees.htm and select “Teacher Resources” | |||
| Title | Author | AR Level | AR Points |
| Gossamer | Lois Lowry | 4.4 | 4 |
| Higher Power of Lucky | Susan Patron | 5.9 | 5 |
| Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane | Susan Patron | 4.4 | 2 |
| Room One | Andrew Clements | 5.1 | 4 |
| Rules | Cynthia Lord | 3.9 | 4 |
| To Dance | Siena Cherson Siegel | 3.8 | 0.5 |
| Year of the Dog | Grace Lin | 4.2 | 3 |