Battle of the Books
Read Books.  Do Battle.
Inquirers  Knowledgeable  Thinkers  Communicators  Principled  Open-Minded  Caring  Risk-Takers  Balanced  Reflective

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NEW for 2015-16: 
We will have Battle Lists for both
Grades 3-5 AND Grades 6-8! 
Battle of the Books 2015, Grades 6-8

Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye’s Outrageous Idea about Frozen Food

Mark Kurlansky
NF - biographical
AR: 8.3 / MG

Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon

Steve Sheinkin
NF - history
AR: 6.9 / UG

The Story of Owen, Dragonslayer of Trondheim

E. K. Johnston
F - fantasy
AR: 6.6 / UG

Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave

Shyima Hall
NF - autobiographical
AR: 6.4 / UG

The Iron Trial

Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
F - fantasy
AR: 5.6 / MG

The Always War

Margaret Peterson Haddix
F - dystopian
AR: 5.1 / MG

The Boundless

Kenneth Oppel
F - historical, adventure
AR: 5.0 / MG

The Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier
F - historical, fantasy
AR: 4.9 / MG

Nobody Knows

Shelley Tanaka
F - realistic
NOT AR:  4.9 / MG

Zebra Forest

Adina Rishe Gewirtz
F - realistic, suspense
AR: 4.7 / MG

Wild Boy

Rob Lloyd Jones
F - historical, mystery
AR: 4.6 / MG

She is Not Invisible

Maurice Sedgewick
F - suspense
AR: 4.4 / UG

Once

Morris Gleitzman
F - historical
AR: 4.1 / MG

The Shadow Hero

Gene Luen Yang and Sony Liew
F - graphic novel, fantasy
AR: 3.2 / MG

El Deafo

Cece Bell
NF - graphic novel, autobiographical
AR: 2.7 / MG

Rules for Battle of the Books in Grades 6-8

Rounds 1 & 2

  1. Teams have 40 seconds after reading to complete writing their answer, both the title and the author. 
  2. When time is called, the answer must be written and the board held up or it will not be accepted.  
  3. Do not hold up your board before time is called.  
  4. Missing or incorrect articles are acceptable, as are slight variations in the title (ie: Zekmet the Stone Carver instead of Zekmet the Stone Cutter, but NOT That Stone Cutter Guy).  
  5. Author names may be stated as the last name only (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, OR Saint- Exupéry.  Author names may have SLIGHT spelling errors, like Sant-Exupry.
  6. There are 25-30 questions in each Round, with a short stretch break half-way through after Question 15.  
  7. After each answer there will be a 10 second wait period while points are recorded, at which time any Team may challenge that question, but once the next question is being read, that question may no longer be challenged.  
  8. ONLY the Captain may voice a challenge.  No other voices will be heard.
  9. Each Team has only 5 challenge passes, and they will have only 1 minute to find the passage once the book is handed to them.  
  10. If the challenge is successful and more than one book may fulfill the question, all teams with either correct answer will receive credit for a correct title.   However, if the team has already erased their original answer, they will not be awarded any points.  
  11. Any team that does not appear for the beginning of a round will be disqualified for that round.  
Round 3 - Volley

  1. Teams still may use whiteboards to confer, but they will answer questions via the Team Captain’s voice.  
  2. A question is given to the first team, they have 30 sec to answer it through the Team Captain.  They may answer before the 30sec are up.  
  3. If the Captain begins to answer AS time is called, the Captain may complete the answer.  
  4. The Judges and Timekeeper will hear ONLY the Team Captain.  No other voices will be acknowledged.  
  5. If they are incorrect the second team may answer it if they can answer in 10 sec.    
  6. If neither team is correct, the audience is given an opportunity to answer.  
  7. The next question is given to the second team.  
  8. 30 questions, with 10 extra in reserve in case of a tie.  A tie will be decided by sudden death, where the first team to pull ahead given an equal number of sudden death questions will win the game