Reading Olympics

WHEN: April 2008 (date to be determined)
WHERE: To be determined
HOW: Teams and teacher coaches will take a bus from Pine Run to the competition. Parents are encouraged to attend, but must provide their own transportation.

Andy and Tamika By Adler, David A. Preoccupied with the impending arrival of his new baby brother or sister, fourth grader Andy gets in lots of trouble at home and at school. RL:4.8	Be a perfect person in just three days! By Manes, Stephen Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds a book in the library which promises to make him perfect in just three days. RL:4.5
The Borrowers By Norton, Mary Miniature people who live in an old country house by borrowing things from the humans are forced to emigrate from their home under the clock. RL:5.9	Bridge to Terabithia By Paterson, Katherine Jess Aarons, a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia, finds a beloved and unexpected friend in Leslie, the new girl at school, with whom he creates a secret kingdom in the woods and from whom he learns lifelong lessons when tragedy strikes. RL:7.2
The castle in the attic By Winthrop, Elizabeth A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest. RL:5	The climb By Korman, Gordon The climbing contest to see who will be the youngest person to climb Mount Everest turns into a life-or-death rescue mission. RL:5.8
The cricket in Times Square By Selden, George With the help of a mouse and a cat, a musical cricket improves business at the newsstand run by Mario and his family. RL:5.5	Danny, the champion of the world By Dahl, Roald A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together. RL:5.5
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler By Konigsburg, E. L. Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself. RL:5.6	George Washington's socks By Woodruff, Elvira In the midst of a backyard campout, five children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war. RL:5.9
Good night, Maman By Mazer, Norma Fox After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in Oswego, New York. RL:5	The Great Brain By Fitzgerald, John Dennis The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money. RL:4.8
Hatchet By Paulsen, Gary After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. RL:6.2	Ida B-- : and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world By Hannigan, Katherine In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school. RL:6.3
Jake Drake, bully buster By Clements, Andrew Jake faces the challenge of cooperating with the school bully on a class project. RL:4.7	James and the giant peach By Dahl, Roald Wonderful adventures abound after James escapes from his fearsome aunts by rolling away inside a giant peach. RL:5.6
John Henry By Lester, Julius Retells the legend of the African-American railroad builder who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain. RL:4.5	The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe By Lewis, C. S. Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter. RL:5.5
Love from your friend, Hannah By Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw From her home in back of the Grand View Restaurant in rural New York, Hannah writes letters to her best friend, a pen pal, and even to President and Mrs. Roosevelt. RL:5.3	Love that dog By Creech, Sharon A young student, who comes to love poetry through a personal understanding of what different famous poems mean to him, surprises himself by writing his own inspired poem. RL:4.1
Moon runner By Marsden, Carolyn Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete friend Ruth, and becomes confused thinking she must choose between running and friendship. RL:4.2	A mouse called Wolf By King-Smith, Dick A mouse with an unusual name shares his musical gift with a widowed concert pianist. RL:6
The night I flunked my field trip By Winkler, Henry Fourth-grader Hank, while on a field trip aboard "The Pilgrim Spirit," tries to learn knot tying in his own unique way, which causes unforeseen problems. RL:5.3	Night of the twisters By Ruckman, Ivy A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends. RL:4.8
No more dead dogs By Korman, Gordon Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well. RL:4.9	Operation, dump the chump By Park, Barbara Eleven year-old Oscar devises an elaborate plan to rid himself of his seven-and-a-half year old brother, Robert, who is constantly making Oscar's life miserable. RL:4.1
Peter and the Starcatchers By Barry, Dave Peter, an orphan boy, and his friend Molly fight off thieves and pirates in order to keep the secret safe away from the diabolical Black Stache and his evil associate Mister Grin. RL:5.6	Philip Hall likes me. I reckon maybe. By Greene, Bette Eleven-year-old Beth thinks that Philip Hall likes her, but their on-again, off-again relationship sometimes makes her wonder. RL:5.2
Poppy By Avi Poppy, a deer mouse, urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. RL:5.8	The reptile room (Series of Unfortunate Events Book 2) By Snicket, Lemony The Baudelaire children survived their first encounter with the dastardly and scheming Olaf, but the Count doesn't give up easily. Nor does the Baudelaire luck ever seem to improve. RL:5.8
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes By Coerr, Eleanor Sadako, hospitalized with leukemia, races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes in an attempt to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. RL:4.6	The secret school By Avi In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly. RL:4.2
The secret soldier : the story of Deborah Sampson By McGovern, Ann A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. RL:4.3	Shakespeare's secret By Broach, Elise Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. RL:6.1
Shelter dogs : amazing stories of adopted strays By Kehret, Peg Tells the stories of eight stray dogs that were adopted from animal shelters and went on to become service dogs, actors, and heroes. RL:6.4	Shiloh By Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs. RL:5
Shoeless Joe & me : a baseball card adventure By Gutman, Dan. Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly implicated. RL:4.1	Stuart Little By White, E. B. After being adopted by a human family, a tiny mouse sets out to win over his resentful new brother and the family feline while fending off a gang of cats who want him out of the house. RL:5.4
Superfudge By Blume, Judy Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother, Fudge. RL:4.2	Time for Andrew : a ghost story By Hahn, Mary Downing When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria. RL:5.9
Tuck everlasting By Babbitt, Natalie The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older. RL:6.1	The whipping boy By Fleischman, Sid A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws. RL:4.8
Whittington By Armstrong, Alan W. Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story. RL:4.4	A wrinkle in time By L'Engle, Madeleine Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world. RL:5.8
You wouldn't want to explore with Sir Francis Drake! : a pirate you'd rather not know By Stewart, David Presents a humorous account of what it might have been like to sail with Sir Francis Drake on a voyage to find the North West Passage to the Spice Islands in 1577--and raid a few Spanish ships along the way. RL:6

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