We are very excited to be participating in the 7th annual DVEF Battle of the Books!  This is a program for 5th and 6th grade students in the DVUSD.  Students will read 4 books for each battle and answer questions before a panel of judges during each battle.  The final battle will be for all 12 titles and the highest scoring teams will be chosen to participate in a district wide battle.

The following titles will be read for the 2019-2020 battles

Battle I (October):

Because of Winn-Dixie (Dicamillo)

City of Ember (DuPrau)

Hatchet (Paulsen)

Walk Two Moons (Creech)

Battle II - (January)

Captain Nobody (Pitchford)

The Unwanteds (McMann)

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Grabenstein)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Coerr)

Battle III - (March)

 Pictures of Hollis Woods ( Giff)

Poppy (Avi)

Ella Enchanted (Levine)

El Deafo (Bell)

All books are available for check out in the Terramar Media Center.

Battle of the Books schedule:

 Schedule is currently pending, tentative weeks are shown below

Battle I:

October 2019

Battle II:

January 2020

Battle III:

March 2020

District Battle:

April 2020

Regional Battle:

TBA