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2008-2009
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Title		Author
Al Capone Does My Shirts		Gennifer Choldenko
Artemis Fowl		Eoin Colfer
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas		John Boyne
Children of the River		Linda Crew
Cuba 15		Nancy Osa
Dovey Coe		Frances O’Roark Dowell
Elijah of Buxton		Christopher Paul Curtis
Fever 1793		Laurie Halse Anderson
Gentle’s Holler		Kerry Madden
The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn		Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village		Laura Amy Schlitz
Good Night, Mr. Tom		Michelle Magorian
The House of the Scorpion		Nancy Farmer
Johnny Tremain		Esther Forbes
Journey to the River Sea		Eva Ibbotson
Kira-Kira		Cynthia Kadohata
LeRoy and the Old Man		W. E. Butterworth
Letters from Rifka		Karen Hesse
The Lightning Thief		Rick Riordan
My Life in Dog Years		Gary Paulsen
The Other Side of Truth		Beverley Naidoo
Romiette and Julio		Sharon M. Draper
A Single Shard		Linda Sue Park
Something Upstairs		Avi
Tangerine		Edward Bloor
Treasure Island (unabridged)		Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wright 3		Blue Balliett

*NOTE:  The Pronunciation Guide of the titles and authors of the Battle of the Books list is provided with as much accuracy as could be located through research.  Be aware that there may still be some variations in the pronunciations and of the rule that states that challenges should not be made solely on the basis of pronunciation.  However, this does not preclude challenges for incorrect titles and/or authors.

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