Battle of the Books
Elementary Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading competition designed for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students for USD 259. Students are encouraged to read books from a specified list of 64 books selected by Library Media & Textbook Services. Each school will determine their team of four in December and participate in the district competition in January. Students need to be familiar with the events, characters, settings, and authors of the books and will also present a book talk. Leaders from Library Media produce the live competition and host it at the School Service Center.
Middle School Battle of the Books competition for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders is held in April. The middle school book list consists of 24 books. Students will be asked questions about events, characters, settings, and authors of the books but will not be asked to do a book talk.
Elementary BOTB List
|
Title |
Author's First Name |
Author's Last Name |
Call Number |
Number of Pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Amina's Voice |
Hena |
Khan |
F KHA |
197 |
|
Audacity Jones to the Rescue |
Kirby |
Larson |
F LAR |
209 |
|
Babe the Gallant Pig |
Dick |
King-Smith |
F KIN |
118 |
|
Backfield Blow (Jake Maddox) |
Eric |
Stevens |
F STE |
63 |
|
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom |
Matthew |
Swanson |
F SWA |
273 |
|
Bibsy Cross and the Bad Apple |
Liz Garton |
Scanlon |
F SCA |
117 |
|
Blast Off! (Abby in Orbit, Vol. 1) |
Andrea J. |
Loney |
F LON |
85 |
|
Blues Boy: The B.B. King Story |
Alice Faye |
Duncan |
782 DUN or 920 KIN |
40 |
|
Book Scavenger |
Jennifer Chambliss |
Bertman |
F BER or F CHA |
354 |
|
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner |
Janice N. |
Harrington |
921 TUR |
40 |
|
Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds |
David A. |
Adler |
F ADL |
58 |
|
Cassini's Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth |
Katie |
Venit |
629.43 VEN |
40 |
|
Cornbread & Poppy |
Matthew |
Cordell |
E COR |
79 |
|
Crayon Man, The: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons |
Natascha |
Biebow |
921 BIN |
40 |
|
Danger in the Dragons' Den (Llama Quest, Vol. 1) |
Megan |
Reyes |
F REY |
106 |
|
Dirt!, The: Wild Life Under the Soil's Surface |
Lindsey |
Leigh |
591.75 LEI |
93 |
|
Field Guide, The (Spiderwick Chronicles, Vol. 1) |
Tony |
DiTerlizzi |
F DIT |
107 |
|
Finally Seen |
Kelly |
Yang |
F YAN |
298 |
|
Foote Was First!: How One Curious Woman Connected Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change |
Jen |
Bryant |
577 BRY or 921 FOO |
40 |
|
Freckle Juice |
Judy |
Blume |
F KIR |
56 |
|
Fuzzy Apocalypse, The |
Jonathan |
Messinger |
F MES |
112 |
|
Griffin Gate, The |
Vashti |
Hardy |
F HAR |
103 |
|
Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse |
Tamera Will |
Wissinger |
F WIS |
120 |
|
Harriet the Invincible (Hamster Princess, Vol. 1) |
Ursula |
Vernon |
F VER |
242 |
|
Hello, Universe |
Erin Entrada |
Kelly |
F KEL |
313 |
|
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust |
Elisa |
Boxer |
940.54 BOX |
38 |
|
Honus and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure |
Dan |
Gutman |
F GUT |
138 |
|
Horton Hears a Who! |
Dr. |
Suess |
E SEU |
65 |
|
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus |
Dusti |
Bowling |
F BOW |
262 |
|
Just Gus |
McCall |
Hoyle |
F HOY |
200 |
|
Lady Liberty: A Biography |
Doreen |
Rappaport |
974.7 RAP |
40 |
|
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The |
C. S. |
Lewis |
F LEW |
206 |
|
Lost Evangeline |
Kate |
DiCamillo |
F DIC |
146 |
|
Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero |
Cheryl |
Harness |
921 WAL |
40 |
|
Masterpiece |
Elise |
Broach |
F BRO |
292 |
|
Mighty, The |
Judd |
Winick |
741.5 WIN |
217 |
|
Mysterious New Girl, The (Casey's Cases) |
Kay |
Healy |
741.5 HEA or F HEA |
151 |
|
Other Side, The |
Jacqueline |
Woodson |
E WOO |
32 |
|
Penguin of Ilha Grande, The: From Animal Rescue to Extraordinary Friendship |
Shannon |
Earle |
940.54 BRE or 598 BRE |
32 |
|
Pocket Bear |
Katherine |
Applegate |
F APP |
263 |
|
Polio Pioneer, The: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine |
Linda Elovitz |
Marshall |
921 SAL or 579.2 MAR |
40 |
|
Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow, The |
Elaine |
Dimopoulos |
F DIM |
181 |
|
Roll With It! |
Jamie |
Sumner |
F SUM |
246 |
|
Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters |
Andrea |
Beaty |
F BEA |
133 |
|
Rumpelstiltskin |
Paul O. |
Zelinsky |
398.2 ZEL |
40 |
|
Sarah, Plain and Tall |
Patricia |
MacLachlan |
F MAC |
67 |
|
Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory's Run for the Hungry |
Derrick Barnes & |
Christian Gregory |
920 GRE |
40 |
|
Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg--A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines |
Catherine |
Thimmesh |
921 GOL |
60 |
|
Soccer on Sunday (Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #24) |
Mary Pope |
Osborne |
F OSB |
115 |
|
Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to Fly Across the United States |
Louisa |
Jaggar |
921 BAN |
40 |
|
Squished |
Megan Wagner |
Lloyd |
741.5 LLO |
243 |
|
Stink Moody in the Master of Disaster |
Megan |
McDonald |
F MCD |
54 |
|
Take the Plunge (InvestiGators, Vol. 2) |
John Patrick |
Green |
741.5 GRE |
200 |
|
They Call Me No Sam! |
Drew |
Daywalt |
F DAY |
219 |
|
Three Billy Goats Gruff, The |
Mac |
Barnett |
E BAR |
40 |
|
To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities |
Patricia Morris |
Buckley |
624 BUC |
40 |
|
Tomatoes on Trial: The Fruit V. Vegetable Showdown |
Lindsay H. |
Metcalf |
635 MET |
40 |
|
Town Mouse, Country Mouse |
Jan |
Brett |
398.2 BRE or E BRE |
40 |
|
True and Lucky Life of a Turtle, The |
Sy |
Montgomery |
597.92 MON |
40 |
|
Ugly Duckling, The |
Jerry Pinkney & |
Hans Christian Anderson |
E PIN or E AND or 398.2 |
40 |
|
Ways to Make Sunshine |
Renee |
Watson |
F WAT |
177 |
|
When Sea Becomes Sky |
Gillian |
McDunn |
F MCD |
214 |
|
Wolf Called Wander, A |
Rosanne |
Parry |
F PAR |
244 |
|
Year of Billy Miller, The |
Kevin |
Henkes |
F HEN |
229 |
Middle School BOTB List
|
Title |
Author's First Name |
Author's Last Name |
Call # |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Adventures of Invisible Boy, The |
Doogie |
Horner |
741.5 HOR |
|
Ahmed Aziz's Epic Year |
Nina |
Hamza |
F HAM |
|
Ellis Island: Immigration and the American Dream |
Felipe Galindo |
Feggo |
304.8 FEG |
|
Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse |
Dana |
VanderLugt |
F VAN |
|
Ghost |
Jason |
Reynolds |
F REY |
|
Good Different |
Meg Eden |
Kuyatt |
F KUY |
|
Holes |
Louis |
Sachar |
F SAC |
|
Isle of Ever |
Jen |
Calonita |
F CAL |
|
Jawbreaker |
Christina |
Wyman |
F WYM |
|
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone |
Tae |
Keller |
F KEL |
|
Lasagna Means I Love You |
Kate |
O'Shaughnessy |
F OSH |
|
Last Last-Day-Of-Summer, The (Legendary Alston Boys Adventure, Vol. 1) |
Lamar |
Giles |
F GIL |
|
Map of Flames (The Forgotten Five, Vol. 1) |
Lisa |
McMann |
F MCM |
|
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir |
Pedro |
Martin |
741.5 MAR or 921 MAR |
|
Mona Lisa Vanishes, The: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity |
Nicholas |
Day |
364.16 DAY |
|
No Purchase Necessary |
Maria |
Marianayagam |
F MAR |
|
One Big Open Sky |
Lisa |
Cline-Ransome |
F CLI |
|
Popcorn |
Rob |
Harrell |
F HAR |
|
Single Shard, A |
Linda Sue |
Park |
F PAR |
|
Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest |
Nora |
Nickum |
599.53 NIC |
|
Superteacher Project, The |
Gordon |
Korman |
F KOR |
|
Total Garbage: A Messy Dive into Trash, Waste, and Our World |
Rebecca |
Donnelly |
363.72 DON |
|
Very Bad at Math |
Hope |
Larson |
741.5 LAR |
|
Work in Progress, A |
Jarrett |
Lerner |
F LER |