• Battle of the Books is a competitive reading team! We read books from a predetermined list and compete against all the other middle schools in our knowledge of those titles. The team is limited to 12 members and we begin meetings in September  to prepare for the spring competition. 

    Fall semester meeting schedule - all meetings are immediately afterschool  - there is a single permission slip that can be turned in to cover all fall sessions

    Thurs., Oct 15

    Thurs. Nov 15

    Thurs, Dec 13

    Thurs., Jan. 10
BOB competition at UNCG

  • 2018 BOB book list

    North Carolina School Library Media Association 2018-2019 Middle School Battle of the Books List

     

    The Crossover

    The Nine Pound Hammer

    Wild Things

    Etiquette and Espionage

    Diamonds in the Shadow

    Ashes to Asheville

    Out of My Mind

    Incarceron

    One for the Murphys

    Paper Things

    Roller Girl

    Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America

    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind**

    Death Cloud

    White Fang

    Under the Mesquite

    Cinder

    All of the Above

    Ghost

    The Wednesday Wars

    Between Shades of Gray

    Undefeated

    Everlost

    Counting by 7s

    Deathwatch

    Beyond the Bright Sea

    Brown Girl Dreaming

    http://www.ncslma.org/msbob
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  • Authors Pronounce Their Own Names

    TeachingBooks.net has a huge file of authors talking about how to say their names - many gave little stories about them, as well. 

    https://www.teachingbooks.net/pronunciations.cgi
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  • Why is BOB is awesome!

    The academic journal for adolescent librarianship addresses why the Battle of the Books program is so good for middle school students. 

    http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/support-battle-books/
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