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Battle of the Books 2024-25
Head Coach: Alison Perry, Media Coordinator
Co-Coach: Catherine Thompkins, 5th grade teacher
Elementary Battle of the Books is a county wide reading competition for students in grades 4 and 5. Approximately fifteen books are selected each year to be featured in the competition. Each team may have 12 team members. Throughout the year team members read and become experts on the fifteen selected books. Our team meets after school at least once per week to read, prepare, and practice for competition. Candidates for the team need to be avid readers who are willing to make a commitment to read the selected books, multiple times. During the competition, questions are posed to a team of 4-6 members and conferring occurs before the answer is given. This is truly a team effort. Approximately 40 teams compete in 5 days of preliminary rounds. The top 2 finishers each day compete in the county finals. BOB permission forms are available in the Media Center. Your child must have prompt and reliable transportation home at the end of each practice time.
Books for this year:
Shine on, Luz Veliz by Rebecca Balcarcel
Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper
Hello, Univers by Erin Entrada Kelly
Yusuf Azeem is not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Ban this Book by Alan Gratz
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Chester Keane Cracks the Code by Kekla Magoon
From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Merci Suarez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
At the Bottom of the World by Bill Nye and Gregory Mone
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas
Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan