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Welcome to Battle of the Books!

West Yadkin Elementary invites rising 4th - 5th grade students to embark on a reading adventure.

The Battle of the Books is a reading focused quiz competition. Team members read, read and re-read! The list for the 2021-2022 year is filled with exciting stories for boys and girls. Grab a book and dive in!

What is Battle of the Books?

Elementary Battle of the Books is a program that challenges students to read a selection of novels and compete as a team in answering various questions. The purpose of Elementary Battle of the books is to motivate students to read, monitor their own comprehension, and become active participants in book discussions. Battle of the Books encourages students to read quality literature on a variety of topics and themes, The books are written at different levels that will both challenge and entertain students. Through Elementary Battle of the Books, we strive to promote a love for literature and the important character education goals of teamwork, respect, and good sportsmanship.

Guidelines

Students who are interested in joining must have permission from parents/guardians and a recommendation of a teacher. Students must also meet the guidelines listed below:

o Read at least 5 EBOB books from your grade level by November 12th.

4th grade	Level:

Shouting At the Rain	3.7
The Fourteenth Goldfish	4.1
The Parker Inheritance	4.2
Rain Reign	4.3
From the Desk of Zoe Washington	4.5
Ban This Book	4.5
Merci Suarez Changes Gears	4.6
At the Bottom of the World	4.7

5th Grade

The Old Willis Place *YA	4.2
Runaway Twin	4.7
A Snicker Of Magic	4.7
Save Me A Seat	4.8
Stella By Starlight	4.8
Found	5.0
Blood on the River	5.3

The West Yadkin Elementary Battle of the Books county competition will be held in March. We invite parents to attend and show their support.

o Memorize book titles and authors by

December 17.

o You will be cut in January if the above

guidelines are not met.

o Read the rest of the EBOB books by March.

o Re-read grade level books by March.

o Have a good attitude, excellent behavior, consider teammates’ suggestions, and follow directions.

*Team members are expected to meet personal and classroom reading goals in order to continue with the EBOB team.

We can only take 12 students to competition so students should try their hardest to meet the guidelines. Students who read the most books and demonstrate knowledge of the books will compete at the district level. Only 6 team members will play in each competition round. Team members who have leading scores on the most books read and the most questions answered correctly will play more frequently in competition rounds.

Elementary Battle of the Books Homepage

North Carolina School Library Media Association

Elementary Battle of the Books

2021-2022


At the Bottom of the World	Bill Nye & Gregory Mone
Ban This Book	Alan Gratz
Blood on the River	Elisa Carbone
Found	Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Fourteenth Goldfish	Jennifer L. Holm
From the Desk of Zoe Washington	Janae Marks
Merci Suarez Changes Gears	Meg Medina
The Old Willis Place	Mary Downing Hahn
The Parker Inheritance	Varian Johnson
Rain Reign	Ann M. Martin
Runaway Twin	Peg Kehret
Save Me A Seat	Sarah Weeks & Gita Varadarajan
Shouting At the Rain	Linda Mullaly Hunt
A Snicker Of Magic	Natalie Lloyd
Stella By Starlight	Sharon M. Draper