• Do you love to read good books?
• Are you in 4th or 5th grade?
• Do you have fun competing with peers?
• Are you willing to give up one day a week of recess?

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If you answered YES to these questions then join the battle of the books!

How it works:

• Read the 12 books from the battle list as a team (divide them up so at least one person in your group has read each of the 12 books)
• Teams of 2 - 4 members
• Meetings during recess each week on Monday or Thursday starting in October until the competition in January.

How it works:

• Battle questions will ask you about the plot, characters, and settings of the books
• All questions will be answered with the title of a book

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How it works:

• Question example:

In which book do the characters travel down a chocolate river?

Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

24-25 OASD Battle of the Books- Elementary

The Big Cheese by Jory John

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

The Challenger Disaster: Tragedy in the Skies by Pranas T. Naujokaitis

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley

Roll With It by Jamie Sumner

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

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Battles:

• School-wide: All teams compete in January
• District-wide: Top 3 teams compete - in late January

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Want to join? Here’s what to do:

• Let Mrs. Kese know that you want to participate in the book battle!
• Start reading battle books - audiobooks/ebooks are on SORA and we have some already in the library and the ones that we don’t have been ordered

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The Big Cheese by Jory John

• A funny story about a mouse named Ricotta who thinks he's the "big cheese"
• Quote: "I'm the Big Cheese around here. I'm in charge of everything!"
• Have you ever felt like you were the most important person in a group?

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

• An adventure about two sycamore seeds during the time of dinosaurs
• Quote: "We're going on an adventure, whether we like it or not."
• What do you think it would be like to live during the time of dinosaurs?

The Challenger Disaster: Tragedy in the Skies by Pranas T. Naujokaitis

• A graphic novel about the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
• Quote: "The future doesn't belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave."
• Would you be brave enough to go to space if you had the chance?

Finding Langston by Lesa Cline-Ransome

• A story about a boy who finds comfort in poetry after moving to Chicago
• Quote: "For the first time, I feel like I'm not alone."
• How do you express yourself when you're feeling lonely or scared?

Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez

• A graphic novel about five students who form an unexpected friendship
• Quote: "Sometimes the people we think we know best are the ones we know least of all."
• Have you ever made an unexpected friend?

Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider by Jessica Lanan

• A beautifully illustrated book about a day in a jumping spider's life
• Quote: "Jumper's day begins with the rising sun."
• What's the most interesting insect or spider you've ever seen?

Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year by Andrea Beaty

• A story about a teacher who learns an important lesson from her students
• Quote: "Sometimes the best teachers are the ones who are still learning."
• What's the most important lesson you've learned from a teacher?

The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

• An adventure about two kids who discover a magical library
• Quote: "Books are doors to other worlds, if you know how to open them."
• If you could step into any book, which one would it be?

Midnight at the Barclay Hotel by Fleur Bradley

• A spooky mystery set in a haunted hotel
• Quote: "Sometimes the scariest things are the ones we can't see."
• Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

Roll With It by Jamie Sumner

• A heartwarming story about a girl with cerebral palsy who dreams of becoming a chef
• Quote: "Sometimes you have to make your own recipe for happiness."
• What's your biggest dream, and how do you plan to achieve it?

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

• A moving story based on a real girl affected by the Hiroshima bombing during WW2
• Quote: "This is our cry, this is our prayer: peace in the world."
• How do you think we can make the world more peaceful?

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

• An adventure about a robot learning to survive in the wilderness
• Quote: "If you want to live in the wild, you must learn to adapt."
• How do you think you would survive if you were stranded in the wild?