2019-2020 Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl
Genesis Innovation Academy
What is it?
The Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl ("HRRB") is a unique reading competition offered to students in Grades 4-8 throughout the state of Georgia. The "bowl" is a competition between schools and uses questions from the Georgia Book Award nominees in a quiz bowl-like format.
The 2019-2020 season will be our first year competing, so this is a big deal! We want our scholars to be ready for the competition to showcase their skills, so preparation begins now!
Grades 4-5 Book List
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Walking with Miss Millie by Tamara Bundy
The truth as told by Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
The Parker inheritance by Varian Johnson
You go first by Erin Entrada Kelly
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Clayton Byrd goed underground by Rita Williams-Garcia
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Grades 6-8 Book List
Breakout by Kate Messner
Every Shiny Thing by Cordelia Jenson and Laurie Morrison
Harbor Me by Jaqueline Woodson
My Brigadista Year by Katherine Paterson
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
Rebound by Alexander Kwame
Resistance by Jennifer Nielsen
Seventh Wish by Kate Messner
The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis