Battle of the Books (BOTB) is back for our students in Division 1 as part of their Language Arts program as well as a friendly reading competition between schools.

Students have been divided into 3 teams. Each team is responsible for reading all 10 books, from a variety of genres. Some students may read 1 book and others may read all 10 books but most students should aim to read at least 2 books, though 3 or 4 books is most common, from now through the end of April. It is important that students read the book they have and submit their questions in a timely fashion so others on the team can also read the book giving the team the best chance at success.

Each week we will have an in-school practice battle. The final battle dates have not yet been set but will be in-person this year and will likely be sometime in the beginning of May.

Students responsibilities:

Reading as many of the 10 books as you can

Submit questions for our practice battles (paper or online)  
Click here to submit a question online
Click here to access a copy of the question sheet to print

Participate in the practice battles

Rate the books they have read (Online) Click here to rate the books you have read

Submit reading response assignments … details to come.

The books in this year’s battle:
A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy
A Stranger At Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
I Am A Taxi by Deborah Ellis
Out of My Mind by Penny Draper
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas
The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Click here to see the Destiny Collection with information about each of the books