Kids+Read+Reading+Lists+January+2016


 * = Category ||= Comments ||= Librarian Responsible ||
 * = Kapow! ||= Graphic Novels and Comics ||= Betsy Woolley ||
 * = Playing the Field ||= Books in which the main character is involved in a sports team or playing sports is central to the storyline ||= Robbie Daniels ||
 * = Once Upon a Time ||= Books in which the plot and/or characters is an adaptation of a classic fairy tale ||= Isolde Rosevear ||
 * = Out of this World ||= Books in which the setting is (at least mostly) outer space ||= Phoebe Kao ||
 * = This is Really Me! ||= Realistic fiction books ||= Emily Johnson ||
 * = Finding the Artist Within ||= Books that feature a character that discovers their own artistic spirit or the novel someone relates to a painting ||= Betsy Woolley ||
 * = A dark and stormy night... ||= Mystery books ||= Amber Hadley ||
 * = Counting On It ||= Books which feature numbers or math as a theme ||= Robbie Daniels ||
 * = Saving the World ||= Books with a focus on environmental issues ||= Nadine Rosevear ||
 * = Books into Movies ||= There is not a book list for this category, because it will probably be too easy already. It will be movies out since 2000. ||= Emily Johnson ||
 * = Classics Reenacted ||= For this category, we'll be giving the teams the books the night before and they'll have to act out a pre-selected passage. More details to follow. ||= Michelle Rinker ||

=Counting On It=
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * The Number Devil || Enzensberger, Hans || 1997 ||
 * Millions || Boyce, Frank Cottrell || 2004 ||
 * The Hundred Dresses || Estes, Eleanor || 2004 ||
 * Evil Genius || Jinks, Catherine || 2005 ||
 * An Abundance of Katherines || Green, John || 2006 ||
 * Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra || Lichtman, Wendy || 2007 ||
 * Lawn Boy || Paulsen, Gary || 2007 ||
 * Nothing but the Truth, and a few White Lies || Headley, Justina (also listed under Chen, Justina) || 2007 ||
 * 39 Clues (Series) ||  || 2008 ||
 * Writing on the Wall || Lichtman, Wendy || 2008 ||
 * Num8ers || Ward, Rachel || 2008 ||
 * The Limit || Landon, Kristen || 2010 ||
 * Island of the Unknowns || Carey, Benedict || 2011 ||
 * The Absolute Value of Mike || Erskine, Kathryn || 2011 ||
 * The Clueless Girls' Guide to being a Genius || Janice Repka || 2011 ||
 * Girl Named Digit || Monaghan, Annabel || 2012 ||
 * The 14 Fibs of Gregory K. || Pincus, Gregory K. || 2013 ||
 * In Real Life || Tabak, Lawrence || 2014 ||
 * She is Not Invisible || Sedgwick, Marcus || 2015 ||

=Playing the Field= =Saving the World= =This is Really Me!= =Once Upon a Time= =Out of This World=
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * Taking Sides || Soto, Gary || 1991 ||
 * Tangerine || Bloor, Edward || 1997 ||
 * Benny and Omar || Colfer, Eoin || 1998 ||
 * The Kitefighters || Park, Linda Sue || 2000 ||
 * S.O.R. Losers || Avi || 1984 ||
 * Keeper || Peet, Mal || 2003 ||
 * Skeleton Key || Horowitz, Anthony || 2004 ||
 * Soccer Camp || Bedford, David || 2004 ||
 * Travel team || Lupica, Mike || 2004 ||
 * Dairy Queen || Murdock, Catherine Gulbert || 2006 ||
 * Outside the Groove || Erik Esckilsen || 2006 ||
 * Edenville Owls || Parker, Robert B. || 2007 ||
 * Beanball || Fehler, Gene || 2008 ||
 * Roberto and Me || Gutman, Dan || 2010 ||
 * Throwing Like a Girl || Mackey, Weezie Kerr || 2010 ||
 * Beyond Lucky || Aronson, Sarah || 2011 ||
 * The Boys of Summer || Khan, Roger || 2011 ||
 * The Running Dream || Van Draanen, Wendelin || 2012 ||
 * Strike Three, You're Dead || Berk, Josh || 2013 ||
 * Fantasy League || Lupica, Mike || 2014 ||
 * Crossover || Alexander, Kwame || 2015 ||
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * Carbon Diaries: 2015 || Lloyd, Saci || 2009 ||
 * Chomp || Hiassen, Carl || 2012 ||
 * City of Ember || DuPrau, Jeanne || 2003 ||
 * Empty || Weyn, Suzanne || 2010 ||
 * Eye of the Storm || Messner, Kate || 2012 ||
 * Fire Star || D'Lacey, Chris || 2005 ||
 * Fyre || Sage, Angie || 2013 ||
 * Green Boy || Cooper, Susan || 2002 ||
 * Hoot || Hiassen, Carl || 2002 ||
 * Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment || Patterson, James || 2005 ||
 * Restoring Harmony || Anthony, Joelle || 2010 ||
 * Secret of the Sirens || Golding, Julia || 2006 ||
 * The Candy Shop War : Arcade Catastrophe || Mull, Brandon || 2014 ||
 * The Fiend and the Forge || Neff, Henry H. || 2010 ||
 * The One Safe Place || Unsworth, Tania || 2014 ||
 * Earthgirl || Jennifer Cowan || 2009 ||
 * Operation Redwood || S. Terrell French || 2009 ||
 * The Green Team || Jon Mikkelsen || 2009 ||
 * Blood Sun || David Gilman || 2011 ||
 * Origin || Jessica Khoury || 2011 ||
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * A Whole Lot of Lucky || Haworth, Danette || 2012 ||
 * Brown Girl Dreaming || Woodson, Jacqueline || 2014 ||
 * Close to Famous || Bauer, Joan || 2011 ||
 * Eight Keys || LaFleur, Suzanne || 2011 ||
 * Finding Ruby Starling || Rivers, Karen || 2014 ||
 * Flipped || Van Draanen, Wendelin || 2001 ||
 * Lemonade War || Davies, Jacqueline || 2007 ||
 * Mockingbird || Erskin, Sharon || 2010 ||
 * Out of my Mind || Draper, Sharon || 2010 ||
 * Every Soul a Star || Mass, Wendy || 2009 ||
 * Darius and Twig || Myers, Walter Dean || 2014 ||
 * So B. It || Weeks, Sarah || 2003 ||
 * Bloomability || Creech, Sharon || 1999 ||
 * Stargirl || Spinelli, Jerry || 2000 ||
 * The Meaning of Maggie || Sovern, Megan Jean || 2014 ||
 * The Great Wall of Lucy Wu || Shang, Wendy Wan-Long || 2011 ||
 * Touch Blue || Lord, Cynthia || 2010 ||
 * Twerp/Finding the Worm || Goldblatt, Mark || 2013 ||
 * Ungifted || Korman, Gordon || 2012 ||
 * Wonder || Palacio, R. J. || 2012 ||
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * A tale Dark and Grimm || Gitwitz, Adam || 2010 ||
 * Before Midnight || Dokey, Cameron || 2007 ||
 * Birdwing || Martin, Rag || 2005 ||
 * Book of a Thousand Days || Hale, Shannon || 2007 ||
 * Breadcrumbs || Ursu, Anne || 2013 ||
 * Cinder || Meyer, Marissa || 2012 ||
 * Curse as Dark as Gold || Bunce, Elzabeth || 2008 ||
 * Fablehaven || Mull, Brandon || 2006 ||
 * Fairest || Levine, gail Carson || 2006 ||
 * Lies, Knives and Girls in Red Dresses || Koertge, Ron || 2012 ||
 * Night Dance || Weyn, Suzanne || 2005 ||
 * Princess of the Midnight Ball || George, Jessica Day || 2009 ||
 * Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin || Shurtliff, Liesl || 2013 ||
 * Starry River of the Sky || Lin, Grace || 2012 ||
 * Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow || George, Jessica Day || 2008 ||
 * The Goose Girl || Hale, Shannon || 2003 ||
 * The Grimm Legacy || Shulman, Polly || 2010 ||
 * The Healer's Apprentice || Dickerson, Melanie || 2010 ||
 * The Wishing Spell || Colfer, Chris || 2012 ||
 * Tiger Lily || Anderson, Jodi Lynn || 2012 ||
 * Toads & Diamonds || Tomlinson, Heather || 2010 ||
 * Where the Mountain Meets the Moon || Lin, Grace || 2009 ||
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * A Matter of Profit || Bell, Hilari || 2001 ||
 * A Confusion of Princes || Nix, Garth || 2012 ||
 * Airborn || Oppel, Kenneth || 2004 ||
 * Black Hole Sun || Gill, David Macinnis || 2010 ||
 * Firestorm || Klass, David || 2006 ||
 * George's Secret Key to the Universe || Lennon, Lucy || 2007 ||
 * Glow || Ryan, Amy Kathleen || 2011 ||
 * Larklight || Reeve, Philip || 2006 ||
 * Space Race || Waugh, Sylvia || 2000 ||
 * Starglass || North, Phoebe || 2013 ||
 * Stuck on Earth || Klass, David || 2010 ||
 * Found || Haddis, Margaret Peterson || 2008 ||
 * The Obsidian Blade || Hautman, Pete || 2012 ||
 * The Pearl Wars || James, Nick || 2011 ||
 * These Broken Stars || Kaufman, Amie || 2013 ||
 * Ender's Game || Card, Orson Scott || 1985 ||
 * A Wrinkle in Time || L'Engle, Madeleine || 1963 ||

=A Dark and Stormy Night...=
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||
 * Asylum || Roux, Madeleine || 2013 ||
 * City of Orphans || Avi || 2011 ||
 * Doll Bones || Black, Holly || 2013 ||
 * Half-Moon Investigations || Colfer, Eoin || 2006 ||
 * Hold Fast || Balliett, Blue || 2015 ||
 * London Eye Mystery || Dowd, Siobhan || 2007 ||
 * Mr. Lemoncello's Library || Grabenstein, Chris || 2013 ||
 * Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children || Riggs, Ransom || 2011 ||
 * The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery || Springer, Nancy || 2006 ||
 * The Name of This Book is Secret || Bosch, Pseudonymous || 2008 ||
 * The Escape || Jaye, Hannah || 2015 ||
 * The Genius Files Mystery || Gutman, Dan || 2011 ||
 * The Mysterioius Benedict Socciety || Stewart, Trenton Lee || 2007 ||
 * The Postcard || Abbott, Tony || 2008 ||
 * Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer || Grisham, John || 2010 ||
 * Trash || Mulligan, Andy || 2014 ||
 * Vanishing Girl (The Boy Sherlock Holmes) || Peacock, Shane || 2009 ||
 * When You Reach me || Stead, Rebecca || 2009 ||

=Finding the Artist Within= =Kapow!=
 * **Book** || **Author** || **Year Published** ||  ||
 * Gathering Blue || Lowry, Lois || 2000 ||
 * Pictures of Hollis Woods || Giff, Patricia Reilly || 2002 ||
 * The 7th Knot || Karr, Kathleen || 2003 ||
 * Chasing Vermeer || Baliett, blue || 2004 ||
 * Framed || Boyce, Frank Cottrell || 2005 ||
 * Leonardo's Shadow || Grey, Christopher || 2006 ||
 * Pieces of Georgia || Bryant, Jen || 2006 ||
 * Mirrorscape || Wilks, Mike || 2007 ||
 * Shark Girl || Bingham, Kelly || 2007 ||
 * the Hound of Rowan || Neff, Henry || 2007 ||
 * I am Rembrandt's Daughter || Cullen, Lynn || 2008 ||
 * Masterpiece || Broach, elise || 2008 ||
 * Primavera || Beufrand, Mary Jane || 2008 ||
 * Heist Society || Carter, Ally || 2010 ||
 * The Shadows || West, Jacqueline || 2010 ||
 * Between Shades of Grey || Sepetys, Ruta || 2011 ||
 * The One and Only Ivan || Applegate, Katherine || 2011 ||
 * Dumpling Days || Lin, Grace || 2012 ||
 * Liar & Spy || Stead, Rebecca || 2012 ||
 * Under the Egg || Fitzgerald, Laura Marx || 2014 ||
 * Under the Egg || Fitzgerald, Laura Marx || 2014 ||
 * Book || Author || Year Published ||
 * Anya's Ghost || Brosgol, Vera || 2011 ||
 * Bone || Smith, Jeff || 1991-2004 ||
 * Calamity Jack || Hale, Shannon || 2009 ||
 * Chiggers || Larson, Hope || 2008 ||
 * Coraline || Gaiman, Neil || 2002 ||
 * Daniel X: Alien Hunter || Patterson, James || 2008 ||
 * Drama || Telegmeier, Raina || 2012 ||
 * Laika || Abadzis, Nick || 2007 ||
 * Mercury || Larson, Hope || 2010 ||
 * Page by Paige || Gullege, Laura Lee || 2011 ||
 * Peanut || Halliday, Ayun || 2013 ||
 * Rapunzel's Revenge || Hale, Shannon || 2008 ||
 * Shazam || Smith, Jeff || 2008 ||
 * Sidekicks || Santat, Dan || 2011 ||
 * Sisters || Telegmeier, Raina || 2014 ||
 * Smile || Telegmeier, Raina || 2010 ||
 * Stitches || Small, David || 2009 ||
 * Sunny Side Up || Holm, Jennifer || 2015 ||
 * The One Summer || Tamaki, Mariko || 2014 ||
 * The storm in the barn || Phelan, Matt || 2009 ||
 * Flora and Ulysses || DiCamillo, Kate || 2013 ||
 * The Magic Finger || Dhal, Roald || 2009 ||