Battle of the Books 2019-2020 is heating up! We will start our battles on Feb. 3. We will be battling every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday until the tournament is complete - approximately three weeks. The book list for this year is posted below.
Important Notice! Our district finals for Battle of the Books will have a new format this year. In the past, we have used Skype to battle school against school to determine the district winning team. To give our hard reading students more district attention, this year all the winning teams from across the district will be meeting on the evening of Mar. 24 at Barton Elementary in Redmond for one final mega-battle for the district title! More details will be coming!
The Battle of the Books is an optional program offered to students in Grades 4 & 5 to promote reading quality literature.
Students - you will be introduce to the books chosen for this year in October Library classes but you can start reading over the summer! Plan to read as many of the titles as you can. You will form teams of up to four classmates. Teams will compete by answering questions with the title of one of the books.
The list for the Battle of the Books includes titles from this year's Young Reader’s Choice Nominees and the Sasquatch Award Nominees.
| Title |
Author |
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Aru Shah and the End of Time
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Roshani Chokshi
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The Blackthorn Key
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Kevin Sands
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El Deafo
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Cece Bell
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Fuzzy
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Tom Angleberger & Paul Dellinger
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Ghost
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Jason Reynolds
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Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
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Dusti Bowling
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Merci Suarez Changes Gears
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Meg Medina
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A Night Divided
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Jennifer A. Nielsen
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Save Me A Seat
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Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan
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The Tapper Twins Go to War with Each Other
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Geoff Rodkey
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Winterhouse
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Ben Guterson
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| Wish |
Barbara O’Connor
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Benjamin Rush Elementary