Battle of the Books
Advisor: Amanda Tagmire, [email protected]
All meetings run from 2:45pm until 3:15 PM
6th Grade: MONDAYS and 7th/8th Grade: THURSDAYS
2017-2018 5th & 6th grades
Shoeless Joe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure by Dan Gutman
Who Was Abraham Lincoln? By Janet B. Pascal
Under the Blood Red Sun by Graham Salisbury
Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to Not Reading by Tommy Greenwald
The Familiars by Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief by Wendelin Van Draanen
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
It Only Looks Easy by Pamela Curtis Swallow
Frindle by Andrew Clements
2017-2018 7th & 8th Grades
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Popular: A Memoir by Maya Van Wagenen
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Hoops by Walter Dean Myers
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
I am Princess X by Cherie Priest
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Powerless by Matthew Cody
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B Cooney
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
What is Battle of the Books?
Battle of the Books is a reading motivation program for students in grades 6th-8th. The goals of the program are to encourage reading for pleasure, broaden reading interest, and recognize students who enjoy reading.
- Titles are chosen annually, (fifteen each for grade 6, and for grades 7/8 by librarians in NJASL.
- Beginning in September, students will begin reading the selected titles. This is done independently.
- Students will form teams of 4-6 members, who may divide up the reading list. Students will quiz each other on facts and details from the books.
- The Battle of the Books competitions are held in the spring. There may be an inter-school battle, with the highest scoring teams advancing to the regional competition, in which several Camden County schools participate.
How Can I Join Battle of the Books?
- There will be an information session in September 2017. All information will be provided.
- Students should be genuinely interested in reading and committed to participating all year before signing up.