Battle of the Books 2010

Found Peeled by by Joan Bauer When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Thinking that the editor of the local Chip, who are both adopted, learn they paper is behind the hysteria were discovered on a plane that surrounding ghostly sightings and appeared out of nowhere, full of babies strange happenings at the Ludlow with no adults on board, they realize house, high school newspaper reporter that they have uncovered a mystery Hildy Biddle decides to investigate the involving time travel and two opposing strange events herself and ends up forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time. making enemies while uncovering facts that some feel should remain secret.

Kingdom Keepers The Ruins of Gorlan by Ridley Pearson by John Flanagan Collects three novels featuring the With Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains adventures of Finn Whitman and his of Rain and Night, on the brink of fellow DHIs as they work to foil the evil attacking the kingdom, Will is chosen as plans of the scheming witch Maleficent the Ranger's new apprentice and must and the Overtakers. learn all the skills necessary to take part in the fierce battle ahead with their unique form of magic in the The Lightning Thief hopes of saving the villagers from pending annihilation. by After learning that the father he never Schooled knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy by Jackson is sent to Camp Half-Blood, a After his hippie grandmother ends up summer camp for demigods, and in the hospital, Cap Anderson is forced becomes involved in a quest to prevent to leave the commune where he is a catastrophic war between the gods. homeschooled and attend Claverage Middle School, where his odd looks and behavior make him the target of Peak bullies. by After being arrested for scaling a New The Wednesday Wars York skyscraper and then sent to live by Gary D. Schmidt with his long-lost father and fellow During the 1967 school year, on climber, Peak Marcello finds it difficult Wednesday afternoons when all his to rebuild their bond, thus when his classmates go to either Catechism or father suddenly pushes him to climb Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Mt. Everest, Peak must take into Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's consideration his father's questionable motives. classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much value about the world he lives in.

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