May 5, 2014
Welcome to Cal Young’s Battle of the Books Blog!
The 2015-2016 books!
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins (available on Axis 360)
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (available on Axis 360)
Famous Last Words by Katie Alender
The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson
Jinx by Sage Blackwood (available on Axis 360)
Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger (available on Axis 360)
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead
Michael Vey: the Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans (available on Axis 360)
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
The Roar by Emma Clayton
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (available on Axis 360)
Strike Three, You’re Dead by Josh Berk
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World by Henry Clark
Written in Stone by Rosanne Parry
Congratulations to Black Fire, Cal Young’s 2014-2015 OBOB Champion Team!
Questions? Ask Sam in the library or e-mail her at arnold@4j.lane.edu.
The 2014-2015 books are listed below:
Watch Sam’s Animoto video that introduces the 16 books: OBOB Books 2015
(To view online: http://animoto.com/play/2FB2z7rsxDOXvUhA2Ei2KA)
- Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
- Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac
- Endangered by Eliot Schrefer
- The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
- Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
- Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
- Legend by Marie Lu
- The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
- The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
- One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
- Poison by Bridget Zinn
- The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
- Shooting Kabul by N.H. Senzai
- True Legend by Mike Lupica
- Ungifted by Gordon Korman
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio
What is the “Battle of the Books”?
- Oregon Battle of the Books is a statewide event that promotes good books, reading as a social activity, and fun!
- Participants will form teams composed of approximately 5 members with a teacher/staff/volunteer coach.
- Each team will prepare for the Battle by reading the Battle books, discussing them, and answering questions about them. (Not every member needs to read every book! You can divide and conquer!)
- “Mini-battles,” drawings, and incentives will be given as participants work toward their goals.
- Battles consist of two types of questions about the books.
- Teams compete in February, and the top two teams will battle in THE FINAL BATTLE in late February. The winning team then takes on the Staff Team!
- Our top team wins the honor of competing at the regional and possibly state level. Fame awaits a hard-working team! The Regional Tournament is Saturday, March 7 at Willamette High School.
- All participants celebrate at the end of the Battle season with an exclusive Ice Cream Sundae party.
- Sign up with Sam Arnold-Boyd in the Cal Young Library in September or October! We will get acquainted with the books and each other during September and gel into teams in October.
- Get readin’ and get battlin’!
- Each Battle will consist of 16 questions.
- The questions will be read by a moderator.
- Teams will have 15 seconds to ring in and answer each question.
- 5 points for each correct answer.
- 2 points deducted for an incorrect answer.
- If the first team misses the answer, the other team can pick up 3 points.
- “In which book” questions are answered with the book’s title and author.
- Content questions are answered with specific information from the designated book.
- Cal Young Battles will take place in the Library during lunch.
- A bracket of competing teams will be posted in the Library in late January.
- Students can refer to the OBOB bookmark. No other notes, papers, or pencils are allowed.
Good Sportsmanship is the goal at all times! If you lose, it’s not the end of the world! If you win, enjoy your victory but don’t gloat! Support each other and have fun!
Go to the Battle of the Books blog for 2012-2013
Go to the Battle of the Books wiki for 2011-2012