Tuscaloosa County
Battle of the Books Competition
Congratulations to our 2016-2017 BOB team for their 3rd place finish. They finished 3rd out of 28 teams from the city, county, and private schools in the Tuscaloosa area.
The battle of the Books list for the 2018-2019 school year is out. If you are interested in being on the BOB team, please see Mrs. Gamble. Slots are limited and students who do not read all of the books will not make the team. In order to be competitive, it is advised that you read the books more than once and come up with some sample questions so teammates can quiz each other. The competition is normally in March. We will select the team and have a couple meetings before the competition. There will be a fee to join. That fee will include entry fee and a t-shirt. Media releases are required.
2018-2019 Battle of the Books List
Key, Watt. Deep Water
Gibbs, Stewart. Spy School
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Alexander, Kwame. Rebound
Hahn, Mary Downing. Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Shenikin, Steve. Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
Gratz, Alan. Refugee
Anderson, John David. Posted
Previous BOB Books
2017-2018 Battle of the Books List
Beatty, Robert. Serafina and the Black Cloak
Clayton, Emma. The Roar
Flores-Galbis, Enrique. 90 Miles to Havana
Kamar, Amjed. Beneath My Mother’s Feet
Marrin, Albert. Uprooted: the Japanese-American Experience During WWII
Reynolds, Jason. Ghost
Rue, Ginger. Rock 'N’ Roll Rebel
Sands, Kevin. The Blackthorn Key
2016-2017 Battle of the Books
Alexander, Kwame. Booked
Key, Watt. Terror at Bottle Creek
Gibbs, Stewart. Space Case
Straud, Jonathon. The Screaming Staircase
Campbell, Susan. Terrible Typhoid Mary
Bauer, Joan. Soar
Korman, Gordan. Slacker
Neilson, Jennifer. A Night Divided
2015-2016 Battle of the Books
Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover
Auxier, Jonathan. The Night Gardener
Carriger, Gail. Etiquette & Espionage
Feinstein, John. Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery
Flanagan, John. The Ruins of Gorlan
Hunt, Lynda Mullaly. Fish in a Tree
Salisbury, Graham. Hunt for the Bamboo Rat
Yousafzai, Malala. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition!)
2014-2015 Battle of the Books
Neilson, Jennifer. The False Prince
Charbonneau, Joelle. The Testing
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
Gratz, Alan. Prisoner B-3087
Goldber Sloan, Holley. Counting by 7’s
Swanson, James L. The President Has Been Shot: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy
2013-2014 Battle of the Books
Meyer, Marissa. Cinder
Steven Shenikin. Bomb--The Race to Build and Steal the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
Korman, Gordan. Ungifted
Lu, Marie. Legend
Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan
Turnage, Shiela. Three Times Lucky
Patterson, James and Tebbet, Chris. Middle School the Worst Years of My Life
Khan Gale, Eric. The Bully Book