Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books will take place in Spring 2025.

Clubs are happening NOW in your school library!

Put your reading and trivia skills to the ultimate test!

The Battle of the Books (affectionately called "BoB") is an optional reading club in all three middle schools that meets weekly, culminating in a quiz-show style competition to see which team has read most widely and remembers the most details.  This program encourages students to read for comprehension while nurturing an enthusiasm and love for reading. Students who participate will be expected to read several books from a list of titles, attend weekly lunchtime meetings in the library, and participate in the final competition.  Participants will receive a T-shirt and all the honor and glory befitting them.

The school’s winning teams will go on to compete against teams from other middle schools in an evening competition in the spring


The Books for 2024-2025


Title


When You Reach Me

Wild Robot

Chasing Secrets

Legendborn

The Ruins of Gorlan

The Inquisitor's Tale

Spin

Every Body Looking

How to Change Everything

Revolution in Our Time

Mexikid

Cloud and Wallfish

Family Style

Heart of the Sea

City Spies

Look Both Ways

Patron Saints of Nothing *

Everlasting Nora †

Ultraviolet

Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea

My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich


* 7th/8th grade book only

† 6th grade book only


Author


Rebecca Stead

Peter Brown

Gennifer Choldenko

Tracey Deonn

John Flanagan

Adam Gidwitz

Lamar Giles

Candice Iloh

Naomi Klein

Kekla Magoon

Pedro Martin

Anne Nesbit

Thien Pham

Nathaniel Philbrick

James Ponti

Jason Reynolds

Randy Ribay

Marie Miranda Cruz

Aida Salazar

Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Ibi Zoboi