Barr Middle School

Pull up a chair, grab a Golden Sower and
read what is being nominated for some of
the best books in our schools!

*Click on any of the following titles to read the synopsis of the books listed below!*

2007-2008 (Grades 4-6) Golden Sowers 

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan	Defiance by Valerie Hobbs
Heartbeat by Sharon Creech	The Liberation of Gabriel King by K. L. Going
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall	Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park
The Scarlet Stockings Spy by Trinka Hakes Nobile	The S.O.S. File by Betsy Byars
The Stupendous Dodgeball Fiasco by Janice Repka	The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney

2007-2008 (Young Adult) Golden Sowers

Black Storm Comin' by Diane L. Wilson	Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac	Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Flush by Carl Hiaasen	Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
No Child's Game: Reality TV 2083 by Andrea White	The Perfect Shot by Elaine Marie Alphin
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman	Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Young Adult Winner:

"Perfect" by Natasha Friend

Young Adult Honor:

"The Pack"by Elisa Carbone
"So B. It"by Sarah Weeks

Grades 4-6 Winner:

"The Old Willis Place: A Ghost Story"
by Mary Downing Hahn

Grades 4-6 Honor:

"The Million Dollar Strike" by Dan Gutman
"Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins