The teams for this program will be selected from each grade level. The teams (usually 4-5 students) will be compiled, with help from the teachers, from students with both high and low reading levels. Team competitions will begin in early March during school hours. The winning team from the 5th-6th grade will go on to represent our school at a district-wide competition.
This program is free to all students, however, we need many volunteers to help run our school’s battles in March. To join the Battle of the Books, each student must have read at least 3 books from the reading lists below by Friday, November 3rd.
3rd & 4th Grades
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
Lincoln and Kennedy a Pair to Compare by Gene Barretta
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Bobbie the Wonder Dog by Tricia Brown
Tornado by Betsy Byar
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts!: The First Experiment by Frances Dowell
By the Great Horn Spoon! By Sid Fleischman
Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming
My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Gannett
Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
Sara Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka
Brothers at Bat by Audrey Vernick
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! By Jonah Winter
5th & 6th Grades
The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain
The White Mountains by John Christopher
Ice Magic by Matt Christopher
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Dear America: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce Hansen
Redwall by Brian Jacques
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith
Masterminds by Gordon Korman
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Nim's Island by Wendy Orr
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Scared Stiff by Willo Davis Roberts
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
