Battle of the Books is open to all students in Grades 4-6 and Grade 3 with a teacher recommendation. Students in the BOB program are required to individually read a total of ten books through the course of several months and become “experts” on each of them.
The students meet on a weekly basis to discuss details of the books and are also required to complete a Scholastic Reading Counts quiz for each book and pass with an 80%. This ensures the students are not only reading the books, but comprehending them as well. On the day of the big battle, students work in teams to answer over 200 different questions about the books. Each answer must be given by reciting both the title and author of the book.
The 2018-19 book list is below:
- Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
- No Talking by Andrew Clements
- A Nest for Celeste by Henry Cole
- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe
- Orphan Train Girl by Christian Baker Kline
- Slacker by Gordon Korman
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
- Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
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