Fourth through Eighth grade students are invited to participate in the Battle of the Books sponsored by the Catholic School Librarians Association. Teams will be made up of 4 members each. The teams will comprise a mixture of boys and girls and reading levels. Teams will compete in an in-school challenge in early May. The winning team will move on to a district challenge to compete against other area Catholic schools. The books for this challenge have been announced!
Grades 4-6:
Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui
Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom by Matthew Swanson
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
Concealed by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
The Great Pet Heist by Emily Ecton
The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll
Maya and the Robot by Eve L. Ewing
Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
The Accidental Apprentce by Amanda Foody
- Red, White, and Whole – Darcie Little Badger
- Pony – R.J. Palacio
- Ophie’s Ghosts – Justina Ireland
- Linked – Gordon Korman
- Amari and the Night Brothers – B.B. Alston
- The Lion of Mars – Jennifer Holm
- The Last Cuentista – Donna Barba Higuera
- When the World was Ours – Liz Kessler