Reading Unites Nominees 2008-2009

Hoose List

 

Author

Title

Genre

Rdg. Lvl.

# of Pages

Anderson

Fever, 1793

Historical Fiction

5

251

Babbitt

Jack Plank Tells Tales

Tall Tale

5.6

128

Byars

The Black Tower

Mystery

3.9

136

Clements

No Talking

Realistic/School story

5

146

Fan

Swordbird

Fantasy

5

219

Flanagan

Ruins of Gorlan – Ranger’s Apprentice Series Book 1

Fantasy

7

249

Levine

Henry’s Freedom Box (Caldecott Honor Award)

Historical Fiction

1.3

40

Lombard

Drita, My Homegirl

Realistic/Immigration

3.9

135

Lowry

*Gossamer

Fantasy

4.4

140

Lubar

Punished

Fantasy

3.6

96

Lupica

*Heat

Sports/Immigration

5.3

220

MacLachlan

Edward’s Eyes

Realistic/Death

3.1

116

Marrin

*Oh, Rats!

Nonfiction

5.1

48

O’Connor

How to Steal a Dog

Realistic/Homeless/Family

4

170

Park

*Project Mulberry

Immigration/Race Relations

4.3

225

Paulsen

Lawn Boy

Realistic

4.7

88

Raskin

The Westing Game (Newbery Award)

Mystery

7

182

Riordan

*The Lightning Thief

Fantasy/Mythology

4.9

377

Sis

The Wall:  Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain  (Caldecott Honor Award)

History/Autobiography

5.2

50

Sullivan

Helen Keller:  Her Life in Pictures

Biography

6

80

 

* Denotes Rebecca Caudill Nominee 2009

 

Reading Unites is a joint recreational reading program for 4th and 5th grade students in District 87, Unit 5, Heyworth and Metcalf  Schools.