BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
FIVE BOOKS
• Cinder
• Counting by 7s
• Mr. Lemoncello’s
LIBRARY
• The Mark of the
Thief
TWENTY STUDENTS
WHO ARE
• GOOD READERS
• COMMITTED
• TEAM PLAYERS
• ENTHUSIASTIC
• HARD WORKING
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New
Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From
space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their
move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl.
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class
citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and
blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes
intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly
finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a
forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom,
loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her
past in order to protect her world’s future.
Now enjoy the book trailer for Cinder:
https://youtu.be/bfkFotwA5LA
Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed
with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who
finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been
easy for her to connect with anyone other than her
adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from
leading a quietly happy life... until now.
Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when
her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone
in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it
is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but
extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push
through her grief and discover the true meaning of
family.
Now enjoy the book trailer for Counting by 7s:
https://youtu.be/Yrz41FH6OMM
When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to
enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius
Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones: He
discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the
great Caesar and is filled with a magic once reserved for
the Gods -- magic some Romans would kill for.
Now, with the deadly power of the bulla pulsing through his
veins, Nic is determined to become free. But instead, he
finds himself at the center of a ruthless conspiracy to
overthrow the emperor and spark the Praetor War, a battle
to destroy Rome from within. Traitors and spies lurk at every
turn, each more desperate than the next to use Nic's
newfound powers for their own dark purposes.
In a quest to stop the rebellion, save Rome, and secure his
own freedom, Nic must harness the magic within himself
and defeat the empire's most powerful and savage
leaders. Enjoy the following book trailer:
https://youtu.be/2Kg44SmgWSs
Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if
not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board
games, word games, and particularly video games. His
hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative
gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the
genius behind the building of the new town library.
Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of the first 12
kids in the library for an overnight of fun, food, and lots
and lots of games. But when morning comes, the doors
remain locked. Kyle and the other winners must solve
every clue and every secret puzzle to find the hidden
escape route. And the stakes are very high.
Enjoy the following trailer:
https://youtu.be/7R1Cf28An2g
TEAM MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE
• All 4 books to keep!*
• A team T-shirt *
• A great time
• Preparation for the High
School Competition!
*Team Fee of $40 for books and T-shirt due October 7, checks payable to
BRMS. Financial concerns email [email protected].
Your parents must sign a permission slip and agree to pick you up after practice.
PRACTICES WILL BE HELD ON A WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL IN THE LIBRARY.
WHAT DOES A COMPETITION LOOKLIKE?
Students
• Students sit as a group
• Work together to
answer questions
• One team member
with excellent spelling
and penmanship writes
answer for the group
on whiteboard and
displays for judges.
Emcee
• Asks fact-based
questions to teams.
Judges• Award points based on
difficulty of question
and quality of answer
THE SCHEDULE
• October 2, 2015 - Applications for the team due to Language Arts
Teacher
• October 5, 2015 – Team announced
• October 7, 2015 – First Meeting – Taking Care of Business:
• 3:45 – 4:30 pm in the school Library
• Order books and T-shirts
• Collect money $40 (cost for four books and t-shirt)
• Check payable to BRMS
• Financial concerns email [email protected]
• T-shirt sizes
• Future Meetings: After School in the Library from 3:45-5:00 pm
• Meeting Dates distributed (about every three weeks on a
Wednesday)
• Book Reading Schedule Revealed
• October 14, 2015 – Books Distributed
• October 21, 2015 – First Team Practice for book one: Cinder, by
Marissa Meyer