Ready, Set, Read…It’s time St. Francis!Are you ready to train your brain? Are you ready condition your reading skills?Are you ready to represent St. Francis Community School in the greatest tournament that the Regina

Catholic School Division has to offer?

Get ready for the….

Battle of the Books

B.O.B.2013/2014

What is BOB?O Reading club that uses a game show format to challenge

teams’ knowledge of books.

O 8 pre-selected books

O Teams of students are asked questions based… characters, plots, themes, and settings

O Teams consist of 4 students from Grade 5 to 8.

O Students in each team read all of the pre-selected titles

O Points are scored by correctly identifying the titles and authors of the books. (1 point for the author name, 3 points for title)

We want you!!!

Have fun reading! Be a part of BOB this year!!!

Between Heaven and Earth

by Eric Walters

[BL 4.6 MG Pts 6]

Seventeen-year-old DJ climbs

Mount Kilimanjaro to follow his

beloved grandfather’s request to

have his ashes spread on the

mountaintop. DJ soon learns that if

pride comes before the fall, then

perhaps humility comes before the

ascent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jny-bXcZXR0

The rest of the Seven Series…

Written by seven bestselling Canadian authors!

A well-loved grandfather and avid adventurer, dies.

He leaves behind an unusual will that outlines sevens tasks he has set for his seven grandsons.

DJ (age 17) Steve (age 17)twin brother of DJ

Spencer (age 17)Older bother of Bernard (a.k.a. Bunny)

Bunny (age 15)the youngest grandson

Rennie (age 17)the mystery grandson

Jim Webb (age 17)always known as Webb

Adam (age 16)the lone American grandson

Define “Normal”

by Julie Anne Peters

[BL 3.6 MG Pts 6 ]

When Antonia agrees to meet

with jasmine as a peer

counselor, she never dreams

that this girl with the black

lipstick and pierced eyebrow will

become a good friend and will

help her deal with the serious

problems she faces at home.

How to Survive Middle School

by Donna Gephart

[BL 3.9 MG Pts 6 ]

When 13-year-old David’s best

friend makes the start of middle

school even worse than he

feared it could be, David

becomes friends with Sophie,

who shares his love of TV shows

and posts one of their skits on

YouTube, making them wildly

popular online.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIlT5JKCnAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6uZnDd7lXo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YUjbtKdmXs

Michael Vey: Prisoner of Cell 25

by Richard Paul Evans

[BL 3.5 MG+ Pts 11]

Fourteen-year-old Michael discovers he

has special electrical powers and, with

the help of his best friends, becomes

aware that there are other teens with

similar powers, but something or

someone is hunting them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFz0c33VpxU

Michael Vey

Book 2 Book 3

The One and Only Ivan

by Katherine Applegate

[BL 3.6 MG Pts 4]

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived

for years in a down-and-out

circul-themed mall, meets Ruby, a

baby elephant that has been

added to the mall, he decides

that he must find her a better life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UtPdqV2crQ0

Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer

by John Grisham

[BL 5.2 MG Pts 8]

Thirteen-year-old Theodore

Boone, a legal whiz kid, gets

caught up in a high-profile

murder trial in his town.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qQMUZhzbDLU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

feature=player_embedded&v=wYP-

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Other Theodore Boone Booksby John Grisham

Book 2 Book 3 Book 4

Ungifted

by Gordon Korman

[BL 5.2 MG Pts 8]

Due to an administrative mix-up,

troublemaker Donovan Curtis is

sent to the Academy of Scholastic

Distinction, a special program for

gifted and talented students, after

pulling a major prank at middle

school.http://www.youtube.com/watch?

feature=player_embedded&v=qmyPaGw4uN

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Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

[BL 4.8 MG Pts 11]

Ten-year-old Auggie, born with

extreme facial abnormalities,

goes from being home-schooled

to entering fifth grade at a private

middle school, where he endures

taunts and bullying and struggles

to be seen as just another

student.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fgB

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