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2013-2014 Master List

Open to all 4th and 5th grade students
Title The Battle Begins Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! The Case of the Rock n Roll Dog Author Abbott, Tony McElligott, Matthew Freeman, Martha Grade Level Grd 4 Grd 4 Grd 4 Grd 4-5 Grd 4-5 Grd 5+ Grd 4 Grd 5+ Grd 4 Grd 4-5 Grd 4-5 Grd 4-5 Grd 5+ Grd 4-5 Grd 5+ Grd 4-5 Grd 4-5 Grd 4-5 Grd 4 Grd 5+ Grd 4-5 Grd 4 Grd 5+ Grd 4 Grd 5+ Fantasy Sci Fi Mystery Fantasy Fantasy Biography Graphic Novel Historical Fiction/ Mystery Realistic Fiction/ Mystery Historical Fiction Horror Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction/ Multicultural Fantasy Realistic Fiction Realistic Fiction Realistic Fiction/ Mystery Fantasy Sci Fi Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Mystery Non-Fiction Realistic Fiction Genre

Chihuawolf: a Tail of Mystery and Ganny, Charlee Horror Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again Boyce, Frank Cottrell The Civil War: Profiles, One Event Six People Dalen & Gole: Scandal in Port Angus Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on Titanic Edgar Allans Official Crime Investigation Notebook Finding Family The Ghost on the Stairs Guinea dog Inside Out & Back Again The One and Only Ivan Operation Redwood Operation Yes! Pie The Robe of Skulls Spaceheadz The Storm Makers Stranded Waiting for the Magic Walls Within Walls What Was the Gold Rush? Wonder Rosenberg, Aaron Deas, Mike Mone, Gregory Amato, May Bolden, Tonya Eboch, Chris Jennings, Patrick Lai, Thanhha Applegate, Kathleen French, S. Terrell Holmes, Sara Weeks, Sarah French, Vivian Scieszka, Jon Smith, Jennifer E. Probst, Jeff MacLachlan, Patricia Sherry, Maureen Holub, Joan Palacio, R.J.

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Annotated Bibliography
The Battle Begins by Tony Abbott
Owen Brown, a fourth grader, watches his best friend Dana disappear through the floor of the school, and he sets out with Jon and Sydney to find her.

Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! by Matthew McElligott

While working on a science fair project, a Philadelphia school boy discovers both a secret laboratory in his basement and Benjamin Franklin, who comes to life after receiving a jolt of electricity.

The Case of the Rock n Roll Dog by Martha Freeman

Seven-year-old Tessa and ten-year-old Cameron, daughters of the first female president and owners of a very rambunctious dog, play detective when a baton belonging to the director of the Marine Band goes missing at the White House.

Chihuawolf: a Tail of Mystery by Charlee Ganny

Paco, a smart, fashionably-dressed Chihuahua, the pampered pet of ten-year-old Olivia, comes up with a plan to transform himself into a big, fierce Chihuawolf in order to get Natasha, the Afghan he adores, to take him seriously.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce

The Tooting family fits an old engine they find into their camper van, unaware that the engine once belonged to an extraordinary car and sends the family on an adventure across the world to rebuild the original Chitty.

The Civil War: Profiles, One Event Six People by Aaron Rosenberg
Provides biographical information about six individuals who were key players in the Civil War, including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, George McClellan, Clara Barton, and Matthew Brady; and discusses how they interacted with one another and influenced events.

Dalen & Gole: Scandal in Port Angus by Mike Deas

On the planet Budap, when friends Dalen and Gole invesigate how a competitor, Tunax, beat them in a jet-racer competition, they accidentally find their way to Earth, where they befriend Rachel and discover that Tunax and his father are involved in a conspiracy to steal all the fish from the fishing community of Port Angus and transport them to Budap.

Dangerous Waters: An Adventure on Titanic by Gregory Mone

Determined to focus on work rather than books, as his father had, twelve-year-old Patrick Waters leaves Belfast as a steward on the Titanic, but the very wealthy Harry Widener arranges to tutor him, drawing Patrick into association with thieves seeking Harry's very rare edition of Francis Bacon's Essays.

Edgar Allans Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato

When someone takes a pet goldfish, then other items from Ms. Herschel's classroom, each time leaving a clue in the form of a poem, student Edgar Allan competes with a classmate to be first to solve the mystery.

Finding Family by Tonya Bolden

Delana has never known her parents. Raised by her aunt and a reclusive grandfather, Delana has lived a sheltered existence, nurtured on her aunt's wild family stories. But when her aunt dies, Delana embarks on a quest to unravel the truth.

The Ghost on the Stairs by Chris Eboch

Thirteen-year-old Jon and his eleven-year-old sister Tania accompany their parents, who host a popular ghost hunting television series, to a spooky old hotel, where Tania's special ability to communicate with ghosts comes to light.
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Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings

When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.

Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai

Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

Operation Redwood by S.Terrell French

In northern California, Julian Carter-Li and his friends old and new fight to save a grove of redwoods from an investment company that plans to cut them down.

Operation Yes! by Sara Holmes

In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.

The One and Only Ivan by Kathleen Applegate

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

Pie by Sarah Weeks

Alice's Aunt Polly passes away and entrusts the recipe for her world-famous pie crust to her cat, which she leaves in Alice's care, and as everyone, including Alice, tries to discover the secret ingredients, Alice learns some important lessons about faith, love, and family.

The Robe of Skulls by Vivian French

The sorceress Lady Lamorna has her heart set on a very expensive new robe, and she will stop at nothing--including kidnapping and black magic--to get the money to pay for it.

Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka

Michael moves to a new school and learns that some of his friends are really aliens who have come to Earth in order to convince millions of kids to be Space Heads.

The Storm Makers by Jennifer E. Smith

What if you had the power to control the weather? What starts as an ordinary summer turns exciting and perilous for twins Ruby and Simon when strange occurrences begin happening on their farm -- sudden gusts of wind, rainstorms, and even tornado warnings -- that seem eerily timed to Simon's emotions.

Stranded by Jeff Probst

Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.

Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan

When Williams father leaves, his mother promptly goes out and adds four dogs and a cat to their lives. Williams sure that nothing can fill the hole left by his father, but the new additions to the family are determined to help.

Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry

When the Smithfork family moves into a lavish Manhattan apartment building, they discover clues to a decades-old mystery hidden behind the walls of their new home.

What Was the Gold Rush by Joan Holub

In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!"

Wonder by R.J. Palacio

August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kidbut his new classmates cant get past Auggies extraordinary face.

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