BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

2010-11

Noble BOB Team takes first place at

the

County Competition

March 10th Noble

won!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

2011 - 2012

What is Battle of the Books…• A reading incentive program originally created for

middle school…• Students read from a pre-determined list of titles…• Students work in 6-member groups to answer

questions related to content of books on the list…• Team of 12 students from each participating middle

school meet to compete with other teams in the county…

• The county team that wins meets for a Regional competition…

• 1st Place at Regional’s goes to the State Battle!

The

Pre-Determined

List

Of

Books 2011-2012

“Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.”

“A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.”

“On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.”

“When her father is injured, fourteen-year-old Nazia is pulled away from school, her friends, and her preparations for an arranged marriage, to help her mother clean houses in a wealthy part of Karachi, Pakistan, where she finally rebels against the destiny that is planned for her.”

“Recounts the twelve-day pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth, covering the chase through Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, with a discussion of Abraham Lincoln as a father, husband, and friend that examines the impact of his death on those close to him.”

“Text mainly in English with some Spanish. Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday.”

“Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.”

“A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.”

“A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an old man in the English countryside during World War II.”

“Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.”

“After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.”

“Ten-year-old Caitlin, who has Asperger's Syndrome, struggles to understand emotions, show empathy, and make friends at school, while at home she seeks closure by working on a project with her father.”

“Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.”

“The author describes how dogs have impacted his life from childhood through the present day, recounting the stories of his first dog, Snowball, in the Philippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.”

“In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.”

“At her grandparents' North Carolina mountain home during the summer of 1963, grief-stricken after the death of her newborn sister and isolated by her mother's deepening depression, eleven-year-old Annie Winters finds comfort holding an oblong stone she calls her "rock baby" and befriends a reclusive mountain woman with a devastating secret.”

“Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.”

“Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.”

“Fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, find themselves caught up in the deadly struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient book that holds the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.”

“While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.”

“In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.”

“Twin daughters of interracial parents, eleven-year-olds Keira and Minna have very different skin tones and personalities, but it is not until their African American grandmother enters them in the Miss Black Pearl Pre-Teen competition in North Carolina that red-haired and pale-skinned Minna realizes what life in their small town in the Pacific Northwest has been like for her more outgoing, darker-skinned sister.”

“Smuggled out of Nigeria after their mother's murder, Sade and her younger brother are abandoned in London when their uncle fails to meet them at the airport and they are fearful of their new surroundings and of what may have happened to their journalist father back in Nigeria.”

“Brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.”

“In an overpopulated world where all signs of nature have been obliterated and a wall has been erected to keep out plague-ridden animals, twelve-year-old Mika refuses to believe that his twin sister was killed after being abducted, and continues to search for her in spite of the dangers he faces in doing so.”

“A young girl's rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying witch hunt and trial.”

“While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune.”

So,

how

does

BOB

“work” ?

Simulation BOB

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• Among the Hidden• The Bad Beginning• Charlotte’s Web• The Devil’s

Arithmetic• Eragon

• The Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Capture

• Hatchet• The Hunger

Games• The Lion, the Witch

and the Wardrobe• A Wrinkle in Time

Question 1.

In which book does the main character time travel to a

camp?

Question 2

In which book does a boy find a mysterious stone?

Question 3

In which book does a boy learn to survive by himself in the woods

and also how to survive his parents’ divorce?

Question 4

In which book does a character voluntarily take her

younger sister’s place in a competition?

Question 5

In which book does a barn owl make friends with an elf owl?

Question 6

In which book does the main character’s father disappear while he is involved with top

secret government work?

Question 7

In which book do the main characters find themselves in a land cursed by an evil “queen” and where it is always winter?

Question 8

In which book did a young boy live along the Mississippi

River?

Question 9

In which book is a man willing to use any means necessary to get the fortune of his three

relatives?

Question 10

In which book does a spider save the life of a pig?

Question 11

In which book does a boy live twelve years in isolation?

Question 12

In which book does the government hold annual survival competitions?

Question 13

In which book does a boy trick a friend into painting a fence

for him?

Question 14

In which book does a girl resent the traditions of her

Jewish heritage?

Question 15

In which book do four children travel to a strange and

magical land?

Let’s

Check

Your

Answers

!!!

Question 1.

In which book does the main character time travel to a

camp?

e. The Devil’s Arithmetic

Question 2

In which book does a boy find a mysterious stone?

f. Eragon

Question 3

In which book does a boy learn to survive by himself in the woods

and also how to survive his parents’ divorce?

h. Hatchet

Question 4

In which book does a character voluntarily take her

younger sister’s place in a competition?

i. The Hunger Games

Question 5

In which book does a barn owl make friends with an elf owl?

g. The Guardians of Ga’Hoole: The Capture

Question 6

In which book does the main character’s father disappear while he is involved with top

secret government work?

k. A Wrinkle in Time

Question 7

In which book do the main characters find themselves in a land

cursed by an evil “queen” and where it is always winter?

j. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Question 8

In which book did a young boy live along the Mississippi

River?

a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Question 9

In which book is a man willing to use any means necessary to get the fortune of his three

relatives?

c. The Bad Beginning

Question 10

In which book does a spider save the life of a pig?

d. Charlotte’s Web

Question 11

In which book does a boy live twelve years in isolation?

b. Among the Hidden

Question 12

In which book does the government hold annual survival competitions?

i. The Hunger Games

Question 13

In which book does a boy trick a friend into painting a fence

for him?

a. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Question 14

In which book does a girl resent the traditions of her

Jewish heritage?

e. The Devil’s Arithmetic

Question 15

In which book do four children travel to a strange and

magical land?

j. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

What

is

the difference

between

the real BOB and

our simulation game ?

The real BOB…1. The book titles are different, of course.

2. You will not have a list of the books in front of you !

3. Everything will be done orally. There will be no pen or paper before you.

4. Between the six members on stage, you must know the names of all the authors.

If I am interested, how do I begin…

• Sign up in the Library by Tuesday, September 13th. You may sign up by “group” or as a “walk on.”

• Begin reading the books. A list of the books are on the Library webpage. After September 14th, the books can be checked out from the Noble Library.

• The first meeting of the group will be announced after Sept. 13th. At that time we will discuss how to work within a “group” and also when & how the “battle” for Noble’s 12 positions will be determined!