Third Grade Teams:
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4 Sparkling Stitches
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Sportzy Stitches
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Unicorn Seals
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Eagle Vikings
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Swimming Odders
Fourth & Fifth
Grade Teams:
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Hatchets
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Awesome Opossums
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Abraham Read-In's
Practice battles here play solo or with a friend: https://obob.dog/
Beaverton City Library Practice Questions: Click here
Cedar Mill & Bethany Library Practice Questions: Click here (scroll down to bottom of page to find questions)
City of Lake Oswego Practice Questions: Click here
Helpful OBOB Resources:
Audiobooks
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Use the Sora website or app
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Want to practice MORE at home? Check out these flash cards!
Sample battle questions can be found at these library websites:
https://www.beavertonlibrary.org/370/Oregon-Battle-of-the-Books
https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/kids/obob-practice-questions
https://library.cedarmill.org/kids/obob/
Sample In Which Book questions:
In which book does a character MC (emcee) a school’s annual Fourth-Grade Talent Showcase? Answer: Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson (p. 166)
In which book does someone put mugwort in their pocket? Answer: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller (p. 76)
Sample Content questions:
In Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom, what is the goat’s name? Answer: Amalthea (p. 10)
In From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, what material is the blue tablecloth made of? Answer: Velvet (p. 91)
Better with Butter by Victoria Piontek – ISBN 9781338662214
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – ISBN 9780375822742 – Please note this is the original novel, not the adapted graphic novel by the same name!
Elf Dog and Owl Head by M. T. Anderson – ISBN 9781536235166
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein – ISBN 9780307931474 — *Please note this is the original novel, not the adapted graphic novel by the same name!
Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome – ISBN 9780823445820
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – ISBN 9781416936473 — *The questions for this specific title will be taken from the original text, not supplemental material. Any American edition of this book will prepare OBOBers for a battle, although page numbers may differ.
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lại – ISBN 9780061962790
Just Like Click by Sandy Grubb – ISBN 9781646034390
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass – ISBN 9781250838834
The Million Dollar Race by Matthew Ross Smith – ISBN 9781534420281
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry – ISBN 9780547577098 — *The questions for this specific title will be taken from the original text, not supplemental material. Any American edition of this book will prepare OBOBers for a battle, although page numbers may differ.
Odder by Katherine Applegate – ISBN 9781250147424 — *Please note this is the novel, not the author’s picture book by the same name! We are using the hardback edition as the paperback has only been published in the UK.
The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos – ISBN 9781623545857
The Secret Garden on 81st Street by Ivy Noelle Weir and Amber Padilla – ISBN 9780316459709
Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd and Michelle Mee Nutter – ISBN 9781338568936
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler – ISBN 9780763660208 — *Be sure you are purchasing a US version of this, as the UK version differs in some ways.
Audiobooks & eBooks
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