Battle of the Books 2013

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   Vivian

   February 7, 2013 at 9:48 pm

   I am a taxi is a really good one!!

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     robertsh (Post author)

     February 12, 2013 at 8:46 pm

     This is one of my favourite battle books this year! Did you know this book has a sequel? It’s called “Sacred Leaf.”

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   Yang

   February 16, 2013 at 5:06 pm

   Seems Legit!

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   Claire

   March 17, 2013 at 5:18 pm

   All of the books this year, look sooooooooooo good!!! I wish I could read them all, if only I could do that.

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     robertsh (Post author)

     March 25, 2013 at 9:04 am

     Maybe you *can* read them all! Glad you are excited for Battle this year 🙂

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   Claire Tian

   March 30, 2013 at 8:52 pm

   I still can’t believe battle of the books started!! I just love it!!! I want to thank you so much, Mrs. Roberts, for hosting this every year!!:) The important thing to me, is that you always have such wonderful and engaging books for us to read, and I’ve never even heard of them before! My favourite book this year, is “Out of my mind” because I got really inspired by this book. In my opinion, I think it’s kind of sad that the main character in the book (Melody Brooks) can’t talk and walk, and she’s never been able to express her feelings, and telling her parents how she loves them and are thankful for them. To be honest, I felt like crying when I read this book, but on the positive side, I still rank this book number one out of all the other battle books (not that I don’t love the other ones too. I honestly LOVE all of them). I think the author’s message in the book, is that just because someone’s autistic, it doesn’t mean that they can’t share the spotlight with the rest of the “normal” kids, because in the book, it also tells us how the autistic main character, is extremely intelligent, and that she’s the star player of her quiz team. The author’s probably trying to tell us that everybody is unique, and most importantly, EVERY SINGLE person has their OWN unique ablilities, limits, and powers, in order to help them succeed in life, and we have to accept them for who they are.

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     robertsh (Post author)

     April 2, 2013 at 8:38 am

     Thank YOU, Claire. I love your enthusiam 🙂 Glad you are enjoying Battle of the Books so much. I think you got the message of “Out of my Mind” exactly right… Just a quick correction, Melody does not have autism. She has cerebral palsy. Keep up the Battle energy!

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   Claire Tian

   April 6, 2013 at 9:30 pm

   I can’t wait to read “invisible lines!” I heard it’s really good!

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     robertsh (Post author)

     April 8, 2013 at 10:11 am

     They are ALL really good! 🙂

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   Claire Tian

   April 9, 2013 at 8:54 pm

   Only 3 more battle books to read, then, I would be finished reading every single books!! just a little bit more to reach my goal!! (I set a goal for myself to try and read all the battle books this year)

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     robertsh (Post author)

     April 11, 2013 at 8:44 pm

     Which is your favourite so far? Good luck reading the last 3 books!

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       Claire Tian

       April 19, 2013 at 7:06 pm

       my favourite book is out of my mind, how do you spell g.e.e.k, and invisible lines!!! they are soooooooooo good, and truly fantastic!! just a quick question, do you have any other books in the library that are by the author “Sharon Draper?” I want to read her other books too, because “out of my mind” was such a fantastic book!! Thanks!!!

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         robertsh (Post author)

         April 23, 2013 at 8:38 am

         What is your least favourite book and why?!

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