Battle of the Books
Wilson County Division
Want to get your students excited about reading?
Sign up today for the 3rd Annual Wilson County Division Battle of the Books. Battle of the Books (BOB) is a reading competition for 5th through 8th grade students. In a nutshell, participants will read from a list of 20 books, form teams of 5, and answer questions based on the books. The top teams from each school with then compete in the Wilson County Championship on April 12, 2016.
What does it take to get my school involved?
The cost of joining BOB is minimal. You will need to purchase copies of each of the 20 books. Additionally, each school must pay a $30 participation fee. The fee is due on or before January 15, 2016. Once the fee has been paid, you will receive an information packet containing the competition rules, suggestions for conducting your school-wide competition, and sample "battle" questions for each of the books. On March 28, 2016, you will receive a complete set of questions to use in your school battles. Winners of your school competition will advance to the WilsonCounty Championship, hosted by Winfree Bryant Middle School in Lebanon.
Register your school today!
Payment of $30 is due by January 15, 2016.
The Boy on the Wooden Box
by Leon Leyson
Cinder
by Marissa Meyer
Crenshaw
by Katherine Applegate
Crown of Three
by J.D. Rinehart
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
by Don Brown
Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
by Gail Jarrow
Finding Audrey
by Sophie Kinsella
Fuzzy Mud
by Louis Sachar
Goodbye Stranger
by Rebecca Stead
The Jumbies
by Tracy Baptiste
Lost in the Sun
by Lias Graff
Masterminds
by Gordon Korman
Nightmares!
by Jason Segel
Nimona
by Noelle Stevenson
Rad American Women A to Z
by Kate Schatz
Roller Girl
by Victoria Jamieson
Serafina and the Black Cloak
by Robert Beatty
Skink No Surrender
by Carl Hiaasen
The Underground Abductor
by Nathan Hale
The War That Saved My Life
by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Questions?
Please contact Gina Wiser, librarian at Winfree Bryant Middle School, for more information:
Check out these author interviews and book trailers!
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley talks about her new novel The War That Saved My Life
Carl Hiaasen on Skink – No Surrender
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Sophie Kinsella Introduces her New Book – Finding Audrey
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate