OBOB

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3rd to 5th Grade Division

●  Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

●  Flor and Miranda Steal the Show by Jennifer Torres

●  From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg *

●  The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste

●  The List of Things that Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

●  The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm

●  The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart

●  Molly and the Twin Towers: A 9/11 Survival Story by Jessika Fleck

●  New From Here by Kelly Yang

●  Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac

●  Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

●  A True Home by Kallie George

●  Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson

●  When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

●  Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom by Joan Holub * Suzanne Williams (NOT the graphic novel version)

●  The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin





OBOB Basics
Battles will take place between winter and spring break, most likely in February and early March. Depending on the Covid situation, we may have battles virtually or outside, and while we normally battle at lunch, we may need to do afterschool battles if lunch doesn't allow enough time to virtually battle. Information will be shared as we learn more

Each team can have 4-5 player but only 4 may compete in a battle. For SES games, the alternate player can swap halfway through so everyone gets a chance to play but at the regional level, the four players have to stay in for the whole battle. 

Our battles will start with a round robin where each team battles two other teams. For this round, the scores will be combined and the top 6-8 teams will move onto to round two. From round two to the end, battles will be sudden death, with the winning team from each battle moving on to the next round. 

Each battle consists of 20 questions - 10 In Which Book and 10 In The Book (Content) Questions. Questions bounce between teams and who goes first is decided with a coin toss. The four players have 15 seconds to confer with their teammates once the question is read before the spokesperson answers. Only the spokesperson may answer the question. Stealing points (when a team gets the answer wrong and the other team has a chance to answer) will only happen if we have in person battles. 

How to Get Started With OBOB:

Every OBOB Team (3-5) needs an adult coach to help organize them. Middle School teams can choose to self coach or have an adult coach.  I suggest that every book be read by at least two teammates. Some kids will want to read all the books but no one HAS to read all the books. Divvy up the books and have kids practice titles and authors (the In Which Book questions have points for both title and author) 

Practice spending 15 seconds talking as a team and then having just the spokesperson answer. 

Cedar Mills Library publishes practice questions every year! You can download them from their OBOB Page