Battle of the Books 2024-25
Head Coach: Alison Perry, Media Coordinator
Co-Coach: Catherine Thompkins, 5th grade teacher
Elementary Battle of the Books is a county wide reading competition for students in grades 4 and 5. Approximately fifteen books are selected each year to be featured in the competition. Each team may have 12 team members. Throughout the year team members read and become experts on the fifteen selected books. Our team meets after school at least once per week to read, prepare, and practice for competition. Candidates for the team need to be avid readers who are willing to make a commitment to read the selected books, multiple times. During the competition, questions are posed to a team of 4-6 members and conferring occurs before the answer is given. This is truly a team effort. Approximately 40 teams compete in 5 days of preliminary rounds. The top 2 finishers each day compete in the county finals. BOB permission forms are available in the Media Center. Your child must have prompt and reliable transportation home at the end of each practice time.
Books for this year:
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
The Last Musketeer by Stuart Gibbs
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe by Jo Watson Hackl
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Rauf
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone
Stuck by Jennifer Swender
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee