BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Battle of the Books is a reading competition open to all students in grades 3-5. Students must read the books on the list, form teams, and be able to answer questions about the books. The list of books are taken from the Young Reader Choice Award, and Sasquatch Award nominees for the year. Competition is held in March.

BOB List 2008-2009 Sasquatch Award Nominees Looking for Bapu (Anjali Banerjee) Diary of a Fairy Godmother (Esme Raji Codell) Mr. Chickee's Funny Money (Christopher Paul Curtis) The Road to Paris (Nikki Grimes) The Homework Machine (Dan Gutman) Tales of the Cryptids (Halls, Spears & Young) The World's Greatest Elephant (Ralph Helfer) The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (Eva Ibbotson) Archer's Quest (Linda Sue Park) Clementine (Sara Pennypacker) Magyk (Angie Sage) My Name Is Sally Little Song (Brenda Woods) Young Reader's Choice Nominees Gossamer (Lois Lowry) The Higher Power of Lucky (Susan Patron) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Kate DiCamillo) Room One: A Mystery or Two (Andrew Clements) Rules (Cynthia Lord) To Dance (Siena Cherson Siegel) The Year of the Dog (Grace Lin)