The Fayette County Reading
Invitational,
formerly known as the Battle of the Books, is for fourth and fifth
graders. Avid readers in these two grades are provided an opportunity to expand
their reading interests and skills by completing a list of books independently
since the books will not be read in class. Students from each grade level will
compete for a spot on the fourth- and fifth-grade teams that will represent
Braelinn in the county-level competition in the spring. Several copies of the
individual books are available for checkout in the Media Center. AR quizzes will
be available for all titles.
2007-2008 Reading Invitational Lists
*These lists were updated on
Sept. 1, 2007.
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4th grade
5th grade
4th Grade Titles for the Fayette County Reading Invitational
| Title | Author |
| Attack of the Mutant Underwear | Tom Birdseye |
| Babb’s Switch Story, The | Darleen Bailey Beard |
| The Fairies of Nutfolk Woods | Barb Bentler Ullman |
| Here Lies the Librarian | Richard Peck |
| Hoop Girlz | Lucy Jane Bledsoe |
| Looking for Bobowicz | Daniel Pinkwater |
| The Misadventures of Maude March | Audrey Couloumbis |
| Princess Academy | Sharon Hale |
| Ransom of Mercy Carter, The | Caroline Cooney |
| Ruby Holler | Sharon Creech |
| Sacagawea | Judith St. George |
| Sand Dollar Summer | Kimberly K. Jones |
| Sheep | Valerie Hobbs |
| Tom Sawyer | Mark Twain |
| Trouble Don’t Last | Shelley Pearsall |
5th Grade Titles for the Fayette County Reading Invitational
| Title | Author |
| Bella at Midnight | Diane Stanley |
| Children of the Great Depression | Russell Freedman |
| The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau |
| Flying South | Laura Elliott |
| Gorillas of Gill Park, The | Amy Gordon |
| Hattie Big Sky | Kirby Larson |
| How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found | Sara Nickerson |
| Kidnapped | Robert Louis Stephenson |
| Macaroni Boy | Katherine Ayers |
| Measle and the Wrathmonk | Ian Ogilvy |
| Never Mind!: A Twin Novel | Avi and Rachel Vail |
| Penny from Heaven | Jennifer L. Holm |
| Rules | Cynthia Lord |
| Torn Thread | Anne Isaacs |
| Wenny Has Wings | Janet Lee Carey |