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Battle
of the Books
What
is Battle of the Books?
4th, 5th and 6th graders from 6 area schools battle it out in the Fall by answering questions about 60 books on the Battle of the Books List. Apollo, Culver, Nelson, St. John Brebeuf, Stevenson and Washington Schools field teams in this exciting annual contest. Students who are interested in being on the teams should talk to their teachers.
All participants and their families are invited to a special ceremony featuring a children’s author in January.
Winners receive their name on the plaque at the library and for the first time this year, will battle the winner of the Morton Grove Public Library Battle of the Books in January.
Older students (grades 7-8) who attend a school in the Niles district can participate in Battle II: The Reading Challenge.
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Battle of the Books Scores
| Apollo |
759 |
| Culver |
777 |
| Nelson |
463 |
| St. John Brebuf |
777 |
| Stevenson |
780 |
| Washington |
417 |
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Battle
of the Books
Reading List for 2008
Below is the 2008-2009 Battle of the Books Reading List. The
numbers in the parentheses after the titles show the number of years each
book has been on the list, (1), (2), or (3). The books are generally on the list for three
years and then they are removed, so that new books can be added. Books with numbers (1) and (2) will appear on the Battle of the Books list for 2009.
| Anderson, M.T. |
Whales on Stilts (3) |
| Armstrong, Alan |
Whittington (2) |
| Avi |
Poppy and Rye (3) |
| Babbitt, Natalie |
Tuck Everlasting (1) |
| Balliett, Blue |
Chasing Vermeer (2) |
| Bellairs, John |
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (3) |
| Bruchac, Joseph |
Skeleton Man (1) |
| Clements, Andrew |
Lunch Money (1) |
| Colfer, Eoin |
Half-Moon Investigations (2) |
| Collard, Sneed |
Prairie Builders (2) |
| Cooney, Doug |
The Beloved Dearly (3) |
| Creech, Sharon |
Heartbeat (2) |
| Curtis, Christopher Paul |
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 (3) |
| Dahl, Roald |
James and the Giant Peach (3) |
| DeFelice, Cynthia |
Under the Same Sky (3) |
| Delano, Marfe |
Genius (3) |
| DiCamillo, Kate |
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2) |
| Evans, Douglas |
MVP: Magellan Voyage Project (1) |
| Fleming, Candace |
Lowji Discovers America (1) |
| Going, K.L. |
The Liberation of Gabriel King (3) |
| Goscinny, Rene |
Nicholas (2) |
| Hahn, Mary Downing |
Wait Till Helen Comes (1) |
| Holm, Jennifer |
Penny from Heaven (1) |
| Horowitz, Anthony |
Stormbreaker (3) |
| Hunter, Erin |
Into the Wild (2) |
| Juster, Norton |
The Phantom Tollbooth (3) |
| Kehret, Peg |
Small Steps (3) |
| King-Smith, Dick |
Babe: the Gallant Pig (2) |
| Kipling, Rudyard |
Just So Stories (2) (ISBN 0763626295) |
| Kirkpatrick, Katherine |
The Snow Baby (1) |
| Krull, Kathleen |
Lives of the Athletes (1) |
| Lawson, Robert |
Ben and Me (2) |
| Leonard, Elmore |
A Coyote’s in the House (3) |
| Lord, Cynthia |
Rules (2) |
| Lowry, Lois |
All About Sam (1) |
| Lubar, David |
Punished! (2) |
| Maguire, Gregory |
Seven Spiders Spinning (1) |
| Marsden, Carolyn |
Silk Umbrellas (1) |
| Mazer, Norma Fox |
Ten Ways to Make My Sister Disappear (1) |
| Oppel, Kenneth |
Silverwing (1) |
| Park, Linda Sue |
Archer’s Quest (2) |
| Peck, Robert Newton |
Soup (1) |
| Pinkwater, Daniel |
Looking for Bobowicz (3) |
| Ray, Delia |
Ghost Girl (2) |
| Robinet, Harriette |
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues (2) |
| Ryan, Pam Munoz |
Becoming Naomi Leon (2) |
| Sachar, Louis |
Holes (3) |
| Schanzer, Rosalyn |
George vs. George (3) |
| Schlitz, Laura Amy |
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair (2) |
| Schumacher, Julie |
The Book of One Hundred Truths (2) |
| Schwartz, Virginia |
4 Kids in 5E & 1 Crazy Year (1) |
| Selznick, Brian |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (1) |
| Shafer, Audrey |
The Mailbox (1) |
| Strickland, Brad |
When Mack Came Back (3) |
| Taylor, Peter |
The Secret of Priest's Grotto (1) |
| Whelan, Gloria |
Listening for Lions (3) |
| White, E.B. |
The Trumpet of the Swan (2) |
| White, Ruth |
Way Down Deep (1) |
| Winerip, Michael |
Adam Canfield of the Slash (3) |
| Yep, Laurence |
The Tiger’s Apprentice (3) |
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This page was last updated: 4/8/2008
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