Battle of the Books is an after school club for sixth grade students who love to read. Students work throughout the school year to read the book list below. They then compete against other Middle Schools on their knowledge of the books. Students answer questions with book title and author. BoB meets after school on Tuesdays until 3:30. Start date to be announced.
Coaches: Rachel Brillisour, Media Specialist
Dietra Garden, Art Teacher
Airborn Kenneth Oppel
Bronx Masquerade Nikki Grimes
Chicken Boy Frances O’Roark Dowell
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two Joseph Bruchac
Dead End in Norvelt Jack Gantos
Death Cloud Andrew Lane
Diamonds in the Shadow Caroline B. Cooney
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie Jordan Sonnenblick
Everlost Neal Shusterman
Flush Carl Hiaasen
Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the
Revolutionary War Thomas B. Allen
The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass
Just Ella ** Margaret Peterson Haddix
Left for Dead: A Young Man’s Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis Peter Nelson
The Nine Pound Hammer John Claude Bemis
Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper
Peak Roland Smith
Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science John Fleischman
Saraswati’s Way Monica Schroder
Stones in Water Donna Jo Napoli
Storm Warriors Elisa Carbone
Under the Mesquite Guadalupe Garcia McCall
The Wednesday Wars Gary D. Schmidt
White Fang *** Jack London
**Just Ella (Aladdin Paperback Edition)
*** White Fang (Puffin Books – Complete & Unabridged)