BOB 2022-23
America’s Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program for students in 3rd thru 12th grades. Students read books and come together, usually in groups, to demonstrate their abilities and to test their knowledge of the books they have read. Check the lists below for this year’s books. For more information, visit their home page by clicking HERE
Grades 3-4:
The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde R. Bulla
Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs by Betty G. Birney
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Wanted… Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
Moo by Sharon Creech
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson
Pocket Full of Colors by Amy Guglielmo
The Million Dollar Shot by Dan Gutman
Bearstone by Will Hobbs
Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground by Ellen Levine
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look
A Handful of Stars by Cynthia Lord
All About Sam by Lois Lowry
Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller by Doreen Rappaport
The Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson
Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Each Little Bird that Sings by Deborah Wiles
5th & 6th Grade
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barhnill
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
City of Ember: the First Book of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Found by Margaret P. Haddix
Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan
Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks by Klise K. & Klise, M. Sarah
Worth by A. LaFaye
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Rules by Cynthi Lord
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Who Was Walt Disney by Whitney Stewart