Frontier Junior High Library

Bethel District Junior High Battle of the Books 2009-2010

	Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery John Feinstein A scandal during March Madness.		Deep and dark and dangerous : a ghost story Mary Downing Hahn Call Number: J HAHN When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
	Schooled Gordon Korman Call Number: J KORMAN Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.		Skulduggery Pleasant Derek Landry Call Number: J LANDY When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.
	A boy at war : a novel of Pearl Harbor Harry Mazer Call Number: J MAZER While fishing with his friends off Honolulu on December 7, 1941, teenaged Adam is caught in the midst of the Japanese attack and through the chaos of the subsequent days tries to find his father, a naval officer who was serving on the U.S.S. Arizona when the bombs fell.		Fablehaven Brandon Mull Call Number: J or JPB Mull Kendra and Seth find themselves in the midst of a battle between good and evil when they visit their grandparents' estate and discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures.
	Lawn boy Gary Paulsen Call Number: J PAULSEN Things get out of hand for a twelve-year-old boy when a neighbor convinces him to expand his summer lawn mowing business.		The True Meaning of Smekday Adam Rex Call Number: J REX When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster.
	Yellow star Jennifer Rozines Roy Call Number: J ROY From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.		Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Michael Scott Call Number: YA SCOTT While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
	Peak Roland Smith Call Number: J or YAPB SMITH A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.		Zen And The Art Of Faking It Jordan Sonnenblick Call Number: YA SONNENB When thirteen-year-old San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism, gained in his previous school, provides the answer--and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
	So B. It : a novel Sarah Weeks Call Number: J WEEKS After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.		Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson Call Number: J WOODSON In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.