The Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading competition designed to promote the love and appreciation of reading to all elementary school fifth and sixth grade students, while building confidence, friendships, and study skills. The aim of this program is to encourage students to read a variety of books and recall information about the plots, characters, and setting of the books.

Students form their own teams of two or three students to compete and test their knowledge in three exciting school competitions held in the Library Media Center during 1st hour, once in November, January, and April of the 2019-20 school year. Families are welcome and encouraged to support our competing students throughout the program. Winning teams will move on to regional, district and inter-district-wide competitions. Team members are assigned 4 different books to read during each competition, or a total of 12 books. The top scoring team from each school will compete in the district finale in April. The top team that wins at the district level will go on to compete in a battle with Chandler, Gilbert, Higley, Mesa, and Queen Creek/Combs districts in May.

Titles for the 2019-20 Battle of the Books competition are:

Battle I:

Because of Winn-Dixie by Dicamillo

City of Ember by DuPrau

Hatchet by Paulsen

Walk Two Moons by Creech

Battle II:

Captain Nobody by Pitchford

The Unwanteds by McMann

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Grabenstein

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Coerr

Battle III:

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Giff

Poppy by Avi

Ella Enchanted by Levine

El Deafo by Bell