Readers Cup Competition

Junior: Year 3, 4 & 5 (British style) / Grade 2, 3 & 4 (American style)

Links to sample questions for: Knights of the Lunch Table, Dying to Meet You, Mr. Stink, Madame Pamplemousse, Mirror, Mirror and the picture book, The Way Back Home

Middle: Year 5, 6, 7 & 8 (British style) / Grade 4, 5, 6 & 7 (American style)

Links to sample questions for: Arrival, Nation, Leviathan, When You Reach Me, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and the picture book, Schumann the Shoeman

Senior: Year 8+ (British style) / Grade 7+ (American style)

Links to sample questions for: Paper Towns, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Town, Two Good Thieves and the picture book, Mirror

See this year's winners (2010-2011)

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The competition will be held at 4pm on 19 May 2011.

Venue to be confirmed

The competition is open to all interested schools in the region who can field one team in any or all divisions (per library in the case in multi-library schools) in each of the following divisions.

Junior - Year 3, 4 & 5 / Grade 2, 3 & 4

Middle - Year 5, 6, 7 & 8 / Grade 4, 5, 6 & 7

Senior - Year 8+ / Grade 7+

Register on this form by 10 April.

Teams may cancel their registration no later than a week before.

After 12 May teams will be required to pay the registration fee whether or not they attend.

The competition will consist of three rounds - Junior, Middle, and Senior. The junior & middle round (30 mins. each) has 5 questions from 5 books from their division and 5 questions from a picture book. The senior team will have a selection of 4 books from the senior division with 7 questions on each book.

The junior & middle teams are made up of a maximum of 6 students, the senior team has a maximum of 4 students. The total time of the event will be approximately 2 hours, allowing for introductions, audience trivia and judging.

Registration is $60 per team (payable to ISLN on or before the day) to cover cups, medals, prizes, participation certificates, gifts for judges, refreshments.

10 sample questions per book, to assist with in-house competitions and preparation will be released on 20 March.

The books selected for the 2011 Readers Cup Competition are:

Junior – Knights of the Lunch Table, Dying to Meet You, Mr. Stink, Madame Pamplemousse, Mirror, Mirror and The Way Back Home

Middle – Arrival, Nation, Leviathan, When You Reach Me, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Schumann the Shoeman

Senior - Paper Towns, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, Town, Two Good Thieves and Mirror

Follow the title links to access 10 sample questions for each book. Please feel free to use these questions in your in-house competitions, for training or as a sample to develop your own questions. These questions will not be used in the National Competition