BATTLE OF THE BOOKS TEAM APPLICATION
By signing this registration, you agree as a team to attend BOB meetings, read the Battle Books listed, and compete in the Battle of the Books in March 2026.
Team name: ________________________________________________
Team members (you may have four or five students per team):
STUDENT NAME
GRADE
FLEX TEACHER
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I am a solo player. Please find me a team!
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Student name Grade FLEX teacher
Turn this page in and keep the rest for your reference
COY MIDDLE SCHOOL’S BATTLE OF THE BOOKS COMPETITION
Like to read? Like a challenge? Like competition? Then the Battle of the Books is for you!! CMS students will be participating in a “Quizbowl” type program in the Coy IMC. Here is what you need to do to step up to the challenge:
Get a team of four to five students. These students can be any mix of grades/ genders. Any student you want on your team is OK with us! Choose a team name, too.
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Register as a solo player, and we will find you a team!
Turn in your application (the previous page) to Mrs. Timm 1506 or Mrs. Sears 1612.
Study and memorize the list of books and authors. You will be quizzed on them at our first meeting.
Get copies of the Battle Books from local libraries or the Coy IMC will also have three copies of each novel that you can check out; listen for announcements when these become available.
Attend all four meetings. Meetings will take place in Coy’s IMC at 2:20 PM until 2:55 PM. There are four meetings: 10/15, 12/10, 2/11, and the final battle during the school day on 3/19.
Your team must be present at 75% of the meetings in order to participate in the Final Battle for cool prizes!
Answer as many of our fact-based questions about these Battle Books as you can, and you may win the grand prize!!
If you have any questions, see Mrs. Timm or Mrs. Sears. Good luck and happy reading!
BATTLE BOOKS 2025-2026
TITLE
READ BY
Firegirl By Tony Abbott
Al Capone Does my Shirts By Gennifer Choldenko
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
Justin Morgan had a Horse By Marguerite Henry
October 15th meeting
Fish in a Tree By Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Good Different By Meg Eden Kuyatt
Hattie Big Sky By Kirby Larson
Project Mulberry By Linda Sue Park
December 10th meeting
Bridge to Terabithia By Katherine Paterson
Woodsong By Gary Paulson
The Wednesday Wars By Gary D. Schmidt
Bomb By Steve Sheinkin
February 11th meeting & pizza party!
At the final battle you will be asked questions from all of these titles as well as author names for each. Authors are listed on the original informational flier. You can get extra copies from Mrs. Sears and Mrs. Timm.
Student teams can choose to read ALL of the books or divide them up between members. If you do divide them up, each member should have books from every section to read.