Battle of the Books
Sign Up for Battle of the Books:
6th Grade List
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros
Who Was Abraham Lincoln by Janet Pascal
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Sammy Keys and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Drannen
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
One Kid’s Trash by Jamie Sumner
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Wings of Fire Dragonet Prophecy - Graphic Novel by Tui Sutherland
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
7th & 8th Grade List
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Redwall by Brian Jaques
Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Scott Adams
Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
Holes by Louis Sachar
Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Devil’s Arithmetic by Jane Yolen
I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest
Airman by Eoin Colfer
Witness by Karen Hesse
First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
Counting by Sevens Holly by Goldberg Sloan
Pronunciation of Authors’ Names
Go to http://www.teachingbooks.net
Scroll down the page and select “Hear authors pronounce and tell the stories of their names.”
Participation Requirements
All participating students are REQUIRED to:
read AT LEAST 4 of the books from their list
complete a memory jogger for each of their 4 required books
Calendar
December - book 1
memory jogger due 12/18
January - book 2
memory jogger due 1/16
February - book 3
memory jogger due 2/12
March - book 4
memory jogger due 3/11
April - practice!
May 20- Interscholastic Battle
June - Staff/Student Battle for grades 7 & 8
Rules
Find a copy of the Battle of Books Contest Rules from NJASL here