Battle of the Books 2019-2020

Battle of the Books

2019-2020

The first meeting will be during lunch in the library, the first Tuesday of September.

Create your own team of 4-6 people or make new friends and form a group at the first meeting.

Click here for an annotated list (with descriptions). 

Title	Author	Genre
Amal Unbound	Aisha Saeed	Realistic Fiction
Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond	Brenda Woods	Realistic Fiction
Breakout	Kate Messner	Mystery
Crossover	Kwame Alexander	Sports Novel in Verse
Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie	Jordan Sonnenblick	Realistic Fiction
Star Girl	Jerry  Spinelli	Realistic Fiction
Esperanza Rising	Pam Muñoz Ryan	Magical Realism
Fish in a Tree	Lynda Mullaly Hunt	Realistic Fiction
Front Desk	Kelly Yang	Realistic Fiction
Ghost Boys	Jewell Parker Rhodes	Realistic Fiction
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	J. K. Rowling	Fantasy
Hoot	Carl Hiaasen	Mystery
I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have to Kill You	Ally Carter	Mystery
Pablo and Birdy	Alison McGhee	Magical Realism
Phantom Tollbooth	Norton Juster	Classic
Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein	Jennifer Roy	Historical Fiction
Roller Girl	Victoria Jamieson	Graphic Novel
Shadow and Bone	Leigh Bardugo	Fantasy
Spy School	Stuart Gibbs	Mystery
Star-Crossed	Barbara Dee	Realistic Fiction

Battle of the Books Annotated List

Battle of the Books Annotated List

Informational meeting today at lunch in the library! I will hold a second informational meeting next Tuesday, September 25th, 2018.

Teams must be 4-6 students (mixed grade levels is fine), but I STRONGLY encourage 6 students. I will help you form teams over the next few weeks.

Battle of the Books 2018-2019

No more waiting. The list is here!

Chains	Laurie Halse	Anderson
Ink and Bone	Rachel	Caine
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora	Pablo	Cartaya
Out of My Mind	Sharon	Draper
It Ain’t so Awful, Falafel	Firoozeh	Dumas
The Graveyard Book	Neil	Gaiman
Summer of the Mariposas	Guadalupe	Garcia
Prisoner B-3087	Alan	Gratz
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time	Mark	Haddon
March, Book One	John	Lewis
Anne of Green Gables	Lucy Maud	Montgomery
The Stars Beneath Our Feet	David Barclay	Moore
Akata Witch	Nnedi	Okorafor
Gracefully Grayson	Ami	Polonsky
Lucy and Linh	Alice	Pung
Ghost	Jason	Reynolds
Story Thieves	James	Riley
Scythe	Neal	Shusterman
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy	Sonya	Sones
Like Water on Stone	Dana	Walrath

        Read and Ride

      Stop by the library to read (or work) and ride! All students and staff are welcome. Advance sign up is suggested.

Rules

1. You must read or work while you ride.

2. Adhere to the posted schedule.

3. Make sure shoes are secured/tied.

4. Report any problems.

5. Follow all library rules, including no food, drink, phones, etc.

Read and Ride

Work and Ride

Research

Click here to learn how to go through the research process.

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Summer Reading Challenge

Can you read 100 minutes or more per week? Of course you can! Use this reading log to keep track and turn in to Mrs. Carroll or your English teacher when we return to school in the fall. These logs will be sent to the district and entered into a chance for our school to win a $10,000 library makeover!

Not sure what to read? Take a look at the titles on the Battle of Books reading list (see below). The contest is in March of 2018. Don't have a team? Don't worry. We'll help you find a team in September.

Did you know that in June the Los Angeles Public Library will be sending you a new library card which will have NO FINES EVER? Amazing! Use your new card to rack up those reading minutes this summer.

Battle of the Books 2017-2018

Title	Author	Genre
Does My Head Look Big in This?	Randa Abdel-fattah	Realistic Fiction
The Night Gardener	Jonathan Auxier	Suspense
Code Talker	Joseph Bruchac	Historical Fiction
Stella by Starlight	Sharon Draper	Historical Fiction
House of the Scorpion	Nancy Farmer	Sci-Fi
Lily and Dunkin	Donna Gephart	Realistic Fiction
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library	Chris Grabenstein	Realistic Fiction
Witness	Karen Hesse	Story in Verse
A Thousand Nights	E. K. Johnston	Fantasy
Going Vintage	Lindsey Leavitt	Realistic Fiction
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon	Grace Lin	Fantasy
Rain Reign	Ann M. Martin	Realistic Fiction
Wonder	R. J. Palacio	Realistic Fiction
Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark	Ridley Pearson	Fantasy
Towers Falling	Jewel Parker Rhodes	Realistic Fiction
Full Tilt	Neal Shusterman	Sci-Fi
Taking Sides	Gary Soto	Realistic Fiction
Girl in Reverse	Barbara Stuber	Historical Fiction
Ghosts	Raina Telgemeier	Graphic Novel
The Time Machine	H. G. Wells	Classic