The Battle of the Books is a trivia contest. Students form teams of four, and read the books on their grade's list. Then the teams meet at Hawthorne to answer questions abut the stories. The students must know the title of the book, and earn bonus points if they also know the author's name. Reading for detail is important, because the questions are taken from the details of the books.
The winning teams at each grade level will compete against the winning teams from elementary schools in the East High attendance area. Good Luck!
The winning teams at each grade level will compete against the winning teams from elementary schools in the East High attendance area. Good Luck!
4th Grade Reading List
- Poppy by Avi
- Landry News by Andrew Clements
- The Field Guide: Book 1 of The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi
- Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich
- Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
- Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
- Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Magic Tree House Dragon of the Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne
- Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet
- 2095 by Jon Scieszka
- The Skirt by Gary Soto
- Later Gator by Laurence Yep
5th Grade Reading List
- Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander
- Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
- The Talking Earth by Jean Craighead George
- The View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The Grand Escape by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
- Blue Jasmine by Kashmira Sheth